Hammer
02-01-2015, 06:20 PM
When you think about it it takes some talent to throw strikes with a ball that is hooking down a 60' bowling alley. You kind of have to know how to adjust on the alley to get a strike. Let's see, you have 60' of alley which has oil on it and a topografy all its own. There are probably people that have a hard time being able to do it and may struggle for some time. Plus you have to know what kind of ball to use depending on what type of pattern you bowl on.
How many times have you seen people that are on leagues and throw the ball straight down the alley trying to hit just right to get a strike that way. Not everyone can get the hang of throwing a ball with a hook to strike. So it does take some kind of talent to throw a heavy ball up to 16# down a 60' slippery alley and get it to hit just right for a strike while hooking. Plus the deeper you play and the bigger the hook makes it even harder. So you have different degrees of hook. We all just have to find how much of a hook we can handle and get the right ball for the right condition we bowl on to make it work.
Some bowlers never get to that point. I see all kinds of people from young to old that never get to the point of hooking a ball to the pocket. They have been throwing straight balls all of their life using a ball with conventional drilling. There are those of us that took the plunge and got a fingertip ball that had the right surface for the condition we bowl on and stuck with it so we could get good at striking with a hook ball. When you finally get it as right as you can it is a good feeling of accomplishment. When you get to the point of stringing strikes then the work you put into it to get to that point was all worth while. You went from a straight baller to a hook baller and never looked back.
How many times have you seen people that are on leagues and throw the ball straight down the alley trying to hit just right to get a strike that way. Not everyone can get the hang of throwing a ball with a hook to strike. So it does take some kind of talent to throw a heavy ball up to 16# down a 60' slippery alley and get it to hit just right for a strike while hooking. Plus the deeper you play and the bigger the hook makes it even harder. So you have different degrees of hook. We all just have to find how much of a hook we can handle and get the right ball for the right condition we bowl on to make it work.
Some bowlers never get to that point. I see all kinds of people from young to old that never get to the point of hooking a ball to the pocket. They have been throwing straight balls all of their life using a ball with conventional drilling. There are those of us that took the plunge and got a fingertip ball that had the right surface for the condition we bowl on and stuck with it so we could get good at striking with a hook ball. When you finally get it as right as you can it is a good feeling of accomplishment. When you get to the point of stringing strikes then the work you put into it to get to that point was all worth while. You went from a straight baller to a hook baller and never looked back.