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  2. Bowling form - Wikipedia

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    A conventional roll of the bowling ball will enter the 1-3 pocket, and continue to roll from right-to-left (right-hander.) The ball only contacts four pins (1, 3, 5 and 9 pins) to achieve a strike. This type of roll/hit applies to strokers, power strokers and crankers. A conventional bowling form is the most commonly used method in 10-pin bowling.

  3. Bowling action - Wikipedia

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    Traditionally the non-bowling arm is held vertically. More recent bio-mechanical theories have suggested that the non-bowling hand touching the bowling shoulder provides a shorter lever, permitting greater pace for quick bowlers. Shoaib Akhtar uses this technique. A bowler at the point of release

  4. Off cutter - Wikipedia

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    An off cutter is a type of delivery in the game of cricket.It is bowled by fast bowlers.. A bowler releases a normal fast delivery with the wrist locked in position and the first two fingers positioned on top of the cricket ball, giving it spin about a horizontal axis perpendicular to the length of the pitch.

  5. Hook (bowling) - Wikipedia

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    There are two ways to produce a hook. The first method involves bowling technique. At the moment of throwing the bowling ball, the hand should be behind the ball and where the thumb (for a right-hander) is anywhere between 10-o'clock and 12-o'clock, and the two fingers are between 4-o'clock and 6-o'clock.

  6. Glossary of bowling - Wikipedia

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    Suitcase grip, Suitcase release: A grip or release of the bowling ball in which the thumb continuously points inward (left, for a right-handed release) and the fingers continuously point outward. Distinguished from grips and releases in which the fingers are " behind the ball " (on the part of the ball furthest from the pins), which is ...

  7. John Jowdy - Wikipedia

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    In his book Bowling Execution, he emphasized the importance of synchronizing the pushback, swing and hand rotation with the four or five steps to the line. Jowdy compared the ideal release of a bowling ball to landing an airplane, with emphasis on accuracy and smooth descent onto the lane while at the same time rotating the hand from the 6 o ...