We touched on how to speed up your ball in our last blog post, but what if you need to slow down?

If you're ball keeps blowing right past the break point then the lane conditions that you are dealing are more oily than what you are used to bowling.  When this is the case you're going to need to slow your ball speed down in order to hit the break point with the correct timing.  One thing to remember about slowing down your ball is that it will be caring less momentum and it will grip the lane quicker giving you that early break your looking to get.  How much do you need to slow it down though and how to do it are problematic questions for a lot of bowlers

When you are slowing down your ball you want to follow the same rules as are applied to speeding it up.  That means you want to lower the ball on the approach.  You don't want to decelerate after the peak of your approach that can cause you problems.  You should lower the ball from two to twelve inches depending on the desired speed.  You may also want to try bending at the knees a little bit when your slowing the ball down.

Along with the ball being lower in the approach you're going to need to move closer to the foul line in accordance with the amount you have lowered your ball. If you are still having trouble in not blowing by the break point with your rolls you may need to take a little bit off of your ball by not following through, instead just let you arm swing as it would naturally.

Being able to control the speed of your ball goes a long way in establishing your games consistency no matter what type of lane conditions you come across while bowling.