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 .

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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