Bowling Follow Through

Perfect bowling form demands a correct bowling follow through.

After releasing the bowling ball, your hand should come up until it passes in front of your eyes, and is directly in line with the pins at the point you want the bowling ball to strike.

As you finish, your hand should be outstretched as though reaching for the target. Discussing a good follow-through recalls an occasion on which my Chicago team bowled in Springfield, Illinois, the first time a Windy City quintet had bowled there in a tournament.

We were naturally anxious to make a good impression before the large crowd that was on hand. Our lead off man took his position and approached the foul line smoothly.

But, just as he was in the act of releasing the bowling ball, it stuck on his thumb and sailed upward to disappear in the heavy smoke near the low ceiling.

Then it came crashing down again, landed heavily on the lane, took three bounces and crashed into the pins for a perfect strike! We all sat there, flabbergasted, but not nearly so much as an elderly lady in back of us who dazedly said to her companion, "Is that how they bowl in Chicago?"

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