How to do a 3 step approach in bowling | practice this to get better in front of the ball return

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[justinedward]

Right on....i have been stuck doing a three step approach and thought was wrong all along. Thank you for the insight. Will also clean my three up but good poing for needing to be near the ball return.

[jahmalisamuel]

I'm a 3 step bowler, and I start from the back of the approach. Been working for me since I started over 15 years ago.

[phillong]

Saw Prather do this in the final match at TOC, now you here and you both look slower and much more deliberate at release. I notice your balance at the line is very good, better than your normal. Why do we work so hard at perfecting a 4 or 5 step approach if a 3 step approach works?

[hfaceyjr]

Glad I found this, I've been using a three step as long as I can remember. Someone was trying to teach me a four step...it was fluid but hard to start w/the right

[earthmike]

My first 4 or so years I used a 5 step. Thinking if I take a few steps away, I'd have a few less steps to mess up? lol. The last 16 years I've been 3-step. I have 2 - 300 games, one 5 step, one 3 step. I average over 200 most seasons with 3 step.

[fouronetwo]

Honestly think I will just try 3 steps as my normal approach. My left foot wants to move first but I feel uncoordinated doing 4 steps let alone 5. I'm still at the point of not being able to hit the head pin consistently, less is more for me I'd reckon.

[itsdaley]

i do a 3 step approach normally trying to 4 feels to weird for me lol

[denmanfite]

Honestly when you said start with your right foot forward it made perfect sense right off the "gun." Cheers JR

[scootermustang]

I literally just started practicing this Wednesday and the pro shop guy told me to slow the ball down by grabbing it a little. It's like going for a loft and you're not trying to get more revs, so grab it a little right before release. And I happened to use on my 8:30 doubles league Thursday during last 2 games of a 4 game series and still bowled my average(179). If I release too early, it hooked early. If I held on for a touch more, I would strike. My average will go down a couple points because of a disastrous 2nd game, which lead me to play in front of the ball return where there was still oil left by early league.

[johnhorsley]

This is the best breakdown of the 3 step approach...

[MikeDCWeld]

I do a three step approach but I do the pushaway with my left foot and my backswing on my right foot step. Anything else just doesn't flow for me.

[freddiehamm]

I always do a 3 step. It works for me.

[syahdean]

really need this skill.. some time the lane had too much traffic. thank JR..

[robwinn]

I start at the front dots and have always done 3 steps works great. I’ve tried doing a 5 step about 3 full games and it started feeling ok but I know it will take a lot longer for it to feel normal. Should I just stick with my 3 step. The 5 step did increase my ball speed by a full mph.

[MasterGunz]

Great tip on the three step move JR! Thanks 🙏🏼

[mathman]

3-step is very common in small ball bowling like 5, duck and candlepin.

[alanbowled]

i'm going to try and switch to a 3 step approach. I have always used a 5 step approach, but I have a meniscus tear so the less steps I do the better. Hope to get to the bowling alley in another month as I have not bowled now for hte last 2 months due to my injury.

[mreid]

I'm doing this in my house and yes it's hard to get tempo right, feels weird but I'm getting it. The wife is looking at me with her "what the hell face" she doesn't

[donwebster]

But how do you play the 5, 6, and 7 arrows for a right hander? I can't throw past the 4th arrow. Tried to do it on the 7 arrows to strike over but can't get past center arrow.

[scorpion-ninja]

I'm a 5-step kinda guy, but when I need to get in front of the ball return, I just side step left while going forward and around the ball return. Works for me. For those rare league nights when the right lane is hooking alot more then the left lane! A guy named Chris patterson did this perfectly and taught me when I used to bowl at Kingswood lanes back in the day!