The Best Way to Swing a Bowling Ball After 60 (The Japanese Way)

The swing, the release, the drills and practice cards from this video, written out properly — Clean Release and The Senior Bowling Library: https://kenjibowlingpro.com/?b=1&v=swing-b... A good swing after sixty is not a stronger arm. It is a swing that is decided before the ball moves. In this video Kenji, who grew up bowling in Japan and now coaches league bowlers over sixty, walks through the basics of the bowling swing, piece by piece, the way an old house bowler taught him back home: where your shoulders point, which way you give the ball away, where you hold it, and how to let it fall. Same ball, same delivery, less work for the arm. In this video: What "the Japanese way" honestly means (and why coach John Jowdy singled out the smooth, free armswings of Japanese bowlers) Piece 1: square to the pins: why the ball should open your shoulders, not the other way round (and where the "chicken wing" comes from) Piece 2: give it away straight: the direction of your pushaway, and what to check if the ball brushes your leg Piece 3: hold it where you want it to rise: how the height of your stance sets the height of your backswing (the change you can make in the first frame, with no practice) Piece 4: let it fall under your shoulder: the pendulum, a loose grip, and the tired-shoulder check For the body that has changed: three steps, no long slide, a lower start, a weak grip, plus a mirror drill for tonight at home Lighter ball or not: the honest numbers, and the honest cost of the Japanese side The key: finish toward the pins, and what your finish tells you about the whole swing (also for spares) The books: four volumes for bowlers over fifty — Clean Release, Easy Strikes, Spare Shooter and Bowl Easy (only in the complete Library). Large type, a source for every fact, 30-day money-back guarantee: https://kenjibowlingpro.com/?b=1&v=swing-b... Everything is described for a right-handed bowler; left-handers mirror it (your corner pin is the 7 instead of the 10). Figures and coaching ideas quoted in the video come from published sources: John Jowdy, Tyrel Rose and Mike Jasnau (with Del Warren and Michelle Mullen) in Bowling This Month; the United States Bowling Congress ball weight comparison as reported by Bowling This Month; and the public records of Ritsuko Nakayama and the Japan Cup. "The Japanese way" means how the narrator was taught in Japan, not one official Japanese method. Educational content: no particular score or average is promised, and nothing here is medical advice. If you have shoulder, back, knee, hip or heart problems, check with your doctor or physical therapist before changing how you bowl, and stop any movement that hurts. Anything you try at home: dry shoes, a floor that does not slide, something solid to hold on to, nothing heavy in your hand.