sprocket
01-11-2014, 02:27 PM
You hear a lot about how important spine tilt is in the modern game but is it really anything new? Weren't there many bowlers from the past that used a lot of spine tilt? Earl Anthony comes to mind. Also Don Carter. How about Mike Aulby? I think there are many others as well. So even back 50 years ago there were pro bowlers with a lot of spine tilt and then there were those who were more upright.
Isn't that still the case today? Or is it that now the percentage who employ a lot of spine tilt is higher than in the past?
There's still so much than can be learned by great bowlers of the past. Earl Anthony still has a fantastic physical game even by today's standards. The only oddity I see in Earl's game is that he appears to have early timing. It's funny; Mark Baker talks about the bowling "timing spot" and how virtually all pros, male and female, get to the same timing spot when their sliding heel hits the floor. He says there are two notable exceptions one being Marshal Holman who has early timing and the other being Jason Couch who has very late timing. I don't know how he missed Earl Anthony unless I am wrong about Earl's early timing. His downswing appears to me to have been well into the release zone when his slide heel hit the floor.
Anyway I'm getting off topic. Spine tilt: I say it is nothing new and works now for the same reasons it worked in the past. Maybe the discussion is about the types of roll used by bowlers in the past with spine tilt. Was it more the strokers? Did the crankers tend to be more upright where as now the crankers have more spine tilt?
Discuss....
Isn't that still the case today? Or is it that now the percentage who employ a lot of spine tilt is higher than in the past?
There's still so much than can be learned by great bowlers of the past. Earl Anthony still has a fantastic physical game even by today's standards. The only oddity I see in Earl's game is that he appears to have early timing. It's funny; Mark Baker talks about the bowling "timing spot" and how virtually all pros, male and female, get to the same timing spot when their sliding heel hits the floor. He says there are two notable exceptions one being Marshal Holman who has early timing and the other being Jason Couch who has very late timing. I don't know how he missed Earl Anthony unless I am wrong about Earl's early timing. His downswing appears to me to have been well into the release zone when his slide heel hit the floor.
Anyway I'm getting off topic. Spine tilt: I say it is nothing new and works now for the same reasons it worked in the past. Maybe the discussion is about the types of roll used by bowlers in the past with spine tilt. Was it more the strokers? Did the crankers tend to be more upright where as now the crankers have more spine tilt?
Discuss....