Finding out if the lanes are oily or dry is easy. First thing you should do is play the line you always do, or throw the ball in the same area that you usually. If the ball doesn’t hit the pocket that means the lanes are oily. If your ball hits the pocket high, or goes on the other side of the head pin, the lanes are dry.
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ABT is the amateur bowling tournament. the abt uses handicap. there are two classes, a classic which is any one with a avg less then a 194, and there is a major which is for anyone with a avg over 194. The ABT format is a four game block and there are 2 blocks on Friday, 3 on Saturday, and one on Sunday. the total number of bowlers for Friday will be added up and the top 1/5th of the bowler will advance and the same goes on to Sunday. After the last block on Sunday the remaining bowlers will do one more block then the top five will bowl against each other in step ladder format.
Carry is where when your ball hits the pocket, or 1-3 or 1-2 depending on what hand you use, and getting a strike. So carry is the % of strikes you get when you hit the pocket.
How can you tell when you have bad carry?
When your bowling and you hit the pocket you leave a weak 10 pin, 7 pin, 5 pin, 4pin, or the 8-10 split. Another thing is when you keep leaving solid or stone pins. What a stone or solid pin is when your ball hits the pocket hard and you leave a pin standing that hasn’t been touched.
How can you get better carry?
There are a few ways to help you carry strikes better. When you start leaving weak pins, slow your ball speed down, rev your ball up, change rotations, change weights or change balls. When you change rotations you should know what release works better. If your release is 11-5 o-clock change it to 10-4 or 9-3 o-clock, this way your ball will drive harder.
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Bowling ball weights, the weight of your ball does matter. The max weight is 16lbs and the min is 6lbs. With a 16 pound ball you wont get as much hook as you would get with a 14lbs ball. A 16lbs ball will drive harder into the pins getting better carry, but if you have a high rev rate like me then you wouldn’t really want to throw a heavy ball; instead i throw a 15lbs ball. The lightest reactive ball is only 10 pounds and that ball will hook but it wont even get you half of the carry that a heavy ball will have.
Pin Placement is a very important thing that helps your ball pretty much do any thing.
Where do you want your pin placement at?????
For Oily lanes you want the pin far away from your track. (your track is the part where the ball rolls on the lane)
In the picture below it shows for a righty where you want your pin, where the pin=p and your track=T. Now if you have a high rev rate and you want extra length on the ball get closer to your track, but make sure not to get to close to it. You would want the pin to be above the fingers or if you want length and a smooth roll on it you would want it below your fingers.
The higher the pin the sharper the reaction and the lower the smoother the reaction.
This is what I think are the most important things in bowling
1. Mental Game
You have to have a good mental game, what i mean is you can’t get mad or frustrated because you’re not bowling good. ALWAYS take your bowling one frame at a time. By having a good mental game you have a slight advantage over everyone else, not only will this help your game it will help you in seeing what’s happening when something goes wrong.
2. Physical shape.
You health is another key to bowling, keep your self in shape. Bowling is not a easy sport, it demands so much and when your body is a little bit tried or lazy it could lower your scores up to 50 PINS.
3. Mechanics.
You can’t bowl good without good form. Timing, push off, follow through, and a good knee bend are the keys to bowling good. If your ball is late in your swing you wont get enough lift or get too much lift on the ball. If you don’t push off at all most of the time you will leave a 10 pin because without the push off you don’t follow through. With out a knee bend you will become less consistent, because you get farther away from the lane.
4. Spares and Strikes
Spares are the most important thing in this game, without spares your strikes will be worth a lot less. Spares are the heart of the game, sure you could throw a lot of strikes but then you still would end up with like 220′s and 200′s without spares.
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The first thing is to ask yourself is do i hook the ball? Do i have a high rev rate? Do i have a high ball speed?
I’ll start out with people that hook the ball with a high rev rate. When you have a high rev rate like me, the ball will read the lane much early then most. When finding your best rotation you gotta look at the lane conditions and the ball your using. If your ball is drilled for max hook, and the lanes are oily, you would want to have a 3-9 o-clock to 4-10 o-clock rotation. By having this rotation it allows your ball to get through the front put of the lane and explode on the back end for max hook. But if you have a high rev rate and your using the same ball when you hook it and the lanes are dry, you must have a more end-over-end roll like 4.5-10.5 o-clock to a 5.5-11.5 o-clock roll. By having this end-over-end roll the ball wont read the lane right away, the result of throwing the ball like this is a much straighter down-and-in shot.
For those that like to throw the ball straight, there is a good chance that you have a lower rev rate. When the lanes are oily and your having a hard time hitting the pocket you have to have more of a 5-11 o-clock roll. The reason for this is because of the lower rev rate the ball will hook more than if you had a high rev rate. Another thing is that throwing the ball like that, you create lots of carry and back end.
How to hook the ball, its not easy and it will take time to master. The first thing you should do in hooking you ball is to make sure that you have a mid-high performance ball, by having a ball like that it should make hooking the ball easier.
The first step in hooking the ball is the start with a lighter ball so you don’t hurt your arm, wrist, and elbow. Another thing to remember is that a finger tip ball helps out a lot, a finger tip ball is where you have the ball drilled so your thumb goes all the way in the ball and your fingers go in to the first knuckle. Now when your ready to bowl you should always put you fingers in first to provide a perfect fit. It doesn’t matter if you have a high or low back swing its all in the wrist and elbow. I’ll tell you about how max your hooking potential later.
When you get into you backswing and when your come down you should cup your wrist ( get under the ball) and when you get to the bottom of your swing you should release the ball on the upward part of your swing, but that’s not the only thing, also when your about the release the ball let it roll of your hand and lift up with your fingers. Now after you get that down you should see your ball hook more and more.
Step 2
After you been hooking the ball for a few week your should start to feel stronger, and when you feel that your ready to change to a heaver ball, increase your weight by 2-3 pounds. If you feel that your ball still isn’t hooking enough you should use your elbow to provide more spin. when you come into the top of your back swing start to bend your elbow. About half way through your back swing push the ball off with your elbow and lift with your fingers. ANOTHER INPORTANT THING IS when you release the ball that you have rotation that is going for the head pin.
THING TO WATCH FOR
If your ball was drilled and has too long of a span on one of your fingers YOU SHOULD NOT USE IT. This is very dangerous because you can pull tendons and even break one of your fingers. When one of your fingers has to long of a span it puts all the pressure on that one finger.
This is a video of my friend Nick Holm bowling in league at Little Falls Bowling Center.
On this The Lanes are slick. Nick is a lefty and is a pretty good bowler as well. Even with Nicks extremely small rev rate compared to mine, he makes up for it with his consistency.
In this video Nick uses three different Balls From Colombia 300.
I went out and bought the lane #1 Dirty Bomb. The Dirty Bomb, how can i say this, its A BOMB when it hits. The Dirty bomb is the best ball i ever thrown in my life. The Bomb just never seems to let up, it just keeps on hitting hard.
My Favorite part about this Ball is that it hooks, and then it can go straight. Made for Heavy oil lanes this is my ideal ball for any lane condition.
On this film I’m bowling on wood lanes with heavy oil, and carry down. Watch for the Great explosion and the awesome carry.
I Rate this ball 95 out 0f 100 *****
Me bowling in little falls, MN. These are wood lanes that are hard to master and tend to have very different lane conditions from one week to another. it’s hard to avg. over 200 her but i avg a 213.
The first ball i throw is the Track Avenger.
The second ball i throw is the Brunswick Zone Classic. the Zone classic is one of my favorite balls. it’s very ease to rev up and i love to throw this ball hard and fast. It’s a very consistent bowling ball.
The Third ball i thrown is the Hammer Black widow Pearl. The Pearl is very clean threw the front of the lane and has a strong backend.
I Rate the Track Avenger, 86 out 0f 100
I Rate the Brunswick Zone Classic 89 out of 100
and the Hammer Black widow Pearl 91 out of 100
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