Role of the Trailing Leg and Knee Continuation

Trailing Leg and Knee Continuation

Movement of the Trailing leg Why Knee continuation

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

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

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 into the tripod position. Note: the right leg retains its flex as it moves left.

Knee continuation: after release and into the follow thru 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.