Tony and John say goodbye to Brian Halstrom and wish him well.  We then answer questions about ball speed compared to ball type.  As a lower speed, lower rev player, you should probably use a pearlized bowling ball or add polish to your other bowling balls.

We had a question from a viewer about his ball reaction.  He said it was hooking to early (or too much) and wanted advice.

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Wrist position plays into both consistency and style of play.  You need to have a consistent wrist position to bowl at the highest level.  But you also need to be able to adjust it based on lane conditions.

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The SARGE EASTER grip is a fairly uncommon grip with fairly common misconceptions. We’ll get to those in a moment, but first I’d like to explain what the proper feel of this grip should be. When the fingers are set in the ball, the ring finger should feel nothing. There shouldn’t be any strain, the finger should feel like it disappears in the ball. What we are trying to do is take the ring finger out of play. To do this, we use reverse pitch in the ring finger, which will need to be adjusted based on your span, and other variables.

Will the Sarge Easter grip decrease your rev-rate?

his is true to an extent. During the “feeling out” stage, yes, your rev-rate will go down. It takes time to get accustomed to the grip, and for a certain time, you will worry that your ring finger will hang up in the ball. Once the grip feels comfortable, your rev-rate will go back to normal.

Only power players should consider the Sarge Easter grip

False. Using the Sarge Easter grip can effectively change the grip pressure and alleviate pain in your hand.

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Most bowlers feel that lane courtesy is very important.  You can see it all the time, especially in open bowling where one person understands lane courtesy and kind of looks down on the people next to them that may not know.

Lane courtesy is simply the act of letting people next to you bowl without worrying about you being on the lanes at the same time.  Usually lane courtesy only applies to the one lane to the immediate left and right of you.  If there is someone bowling on those lanes, just sit back and wait your turn.

The PBA follows a different style.  The make you wait for one full pair of lanes, so you will have 5 lanes of uninterrupted bowling.  When done properly, this method actually increases the pace of bowling.

We were supposed to be telling you all about Bowl Expo, what it is, what you can expect.  However, as you will see, the bloopers are longer than the episode.

We had some fun, some stress, some drama, but overall it is always great to see some of our bowling family.  Some of these people we only get to see once a year, during this event.