How to get rid of the 10 pin or 7 pin. When your a high power player like me you don’t leave to many 10 or 7′s. When you leave a 10 pin there are a few ways to get rid of it, but there are 2 kinds of ten pins, a weak and a ringing. A weak ten pin is when the 6 pin goes around the ten and a weak is where the 6 pin laying in the gutter next the the ten pin.

 When you leave a weak ten pin your ball is hitting to weak or not driving, now you want to slow your ball speed down or change to a higher reactive ball, by doing this your ball will hit harder and drive through the pins.

 When leaving a ringing ten pin your ball is hitting too late in the pocket or your angle to the pocket is too great, so now you want to move your line (where your playing) so your ball hooks a little earlier or so your ball gets a lower angle to the pocket.

The 7 pin is caused by your ball hitting too light in the pocket or hitting really heavy in the pocket. when leaving the weak 7 you want to move so your ball so it will hit or roll harder into the pocket, but if you leave the solid 7 you should speed up your ball or move your line so you have some more oil.

For a lefty just do the opposite .

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.

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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Knowing Your Rev rate.

If you have a low rev rate you will have less power but your ball will read the lane better. When the lanes become dry low rev rate makes it easy to bowl because your ball wont read the front part of the lane as early. A lower rev rate also will help you bowl more games.

If you have a high rev rate you will have a power full strike ball. With a high rev rate your ball will read the lane faster, but when the lanes are oily the ball will still read the lanes early but the result will be a strong back end reaction. When the lanes become dry you better hope you got a less aggressive bowling ball with you, if you don’t your going to have to start throwing the ball harder.

Here are some techniques for high and low rev rates.

IF you have a lower rev rate go out and get a high reactive bowling ball and drill the ball then go long with a strong back end. That means if you throw your ball straight you will love the pin carry you will have, but if you have a low rev rate and you like to hook it then it will have a stronger back end. When the lanes become dry just keep moving left if your a righty.

IF you have a high rev rate go out a get a heavy rolling ball, what a heavy rolling ball if a lower reactive ball the will drive through the pins. When the lanes are oily go straighter, but when the lanes get really dry then you might have some problem. When the lanes are dry and your standing as far as you can to the left, you should put LOFT on your ball. Loft is where you throw the ball farther down the lane, what loft does to your ball is it makes it go longer. When the ball is in the air it can’t hook and it can’t read the lane too early. If you still get too much hook and you can’t throw your ball any harder you have to go to the last thing to do. What you have to do is stand on negative 5 board or so in that area. Then when your standing in that area your foot should be almost sliding into the lane dividers. Then you will have to loft your ball over the gutter.