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==Trailing Leg and Knee Continuation==
 
==Trailing Leg and Knee Continuation==
  
'''Movement of the Trailing leg'''
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'''Action of the Trailing leg'''<br /><br />
'''Why Knee continuation'''
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'''More Knee Bend does not equal Knee Continuation'''
  
  
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is on the trailing leg with both knees flexed.  
 
is on the trailing leg with both knees flexed.  
 
[[Image:Top_of_the_swing.jpg|thumb|left|100px|Top of the swing]]
 
[[Image:Top_of_the_swing.jpg|thumb|left|100px|Top of the swing]]
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As the downswing reaches waist high her body weight  
 
As the downswing reaches waist high her body weight  
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Her right leg at this stage is behind her.
 
Her right leg at this stage is behind her.
 
[[Image:Waist_high.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Waist high]]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
 
[[Image:Waist_high.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Waist high]]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
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bottom of  her swing through release. The left leg is  
 
bottom of  her swing through release. The left leg is  
 
vertical and a flexed right leg is moving towards the tripod  
 
vertical and a flexed right leg is moving towards the tripod  
position. Important note: the right leg retains its flex as it moves  
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position. '''Important note: the left knee retains its flex as the body mass moves forward.'''
left.
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[[Image:Bottom_of_swing.JPG|thumb|left|200px|Bottom of the swing]]
[[Image:Bottom_of_Swing.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Bottom of the swing]]
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After release and into the follow thru her left knee continues moving forward. The decrease in the gap between her left and right knee is a result of the body mass moving forward against a stopped left foot. If the body mass moves forward without knee continuation the bowler is forced up into the proverbial Flamingo position.
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[[Image:Release.JPG|thumb|left|200px|Knee Continuation]]
  
  
Knee continuation: after release and into the follow thru
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her left knee continues forward. The decrease in the gap
 
between her left and right knee is a result of the body
 
mass moving forward against a fixed left foot. If the
 
body mass moves forward without knee continuation the
 
bowler is forced to stand up into the proverbial
 
Flamingo position. Momentum has to go somewhere –
 
forward or up.
 

Latest revision as of 05:14, 5 June 2011

Trailing Leg and Knee Continuation

Action of the Trailing leg

More Knee Bend does not equal Knee Continuation


At the top of her swing Kelly’s body weight is on the trailing leg with both knees flexed.

Top of the swing

















As the downswing reaches waist high her body weight is in the process of transferring to the left leg. Her right leg at this stage is behind her.

Waist high


















Upper and lower body movement is minimal from the bottom of her swing through release. The left leg is vertical and a flexed right leg is moving towards the tripod position. Important note: the left knee retains its flex as the body mass moves forward.

Bottom of the swing















After release and into the follow thru her left knee continues moving forward. The decrease in the gap between her left and right knee is a result of the body mass moving forward against a stopped left foot. If the body mass moves forward without knee continuation the bowler is forced up into the proverbial Flamingo position.

Knee Continuation