modern release cuz of reactive resin

[Mike White]

projecting the ball down the lane is basically moving you mark, instead of using a target that is 10 feet from you (the arrows), you project you target down lane, example: the reflection of the pins on the lane. doing this will increase accuracy so long as you can constantly hit it. once i learned how to project the ball my average increased by nearly 20 pins over a summers worth of practice

Moving your mark down the lane is a way to achieve better projection if your problem is releasing the ball too early.

Good projection is about efficient energy transfer from your approach into the ball.

The most efficient point to release the ball is at the exact bottom of the arm swing.

If you release the ball later than that, you project the ball up into the air. (See any video of Aslan)

If you release the ball earlier than that, energy is wasted at the impact into the lane. (See any of my videos)

[MICHAEL]

Basic straight slide we used as kids..im 56....slide did not send u airborne.....maybe trajectory of ball rather than porojection might help.....that's why u hear people talking about pushing the ball down the lane.......

So laying the ball down close to the foul line vs further out? Using the dots, manybe instead of the arrows?

projecting the ball down the lane is basically moving you mark, instead of using a target that is 10 feet from you (the arrows), you project you target down lane, example: the reflection of the pins on the lane. doing this will increase accuracy so long as you can constantly hit it. once i learned how to project the ball my average increased by nearly 20 pins over a summers worth of practice

instead of using the arrows,,,, which is about ( I would guess ) 10 feet away,,,, YOU TARGET FURTHER Down the lane... Iceman needs help,,, this sounds the opposite of what Beagle says. HOW can you target the reflection of the pins? LOL

I am so FRICKEN confused about this Projection and modern release, that I am not even sure how to practice it!

maybe a link explaining it step by step??

[MICHAEL]

Moving your mark down the lane is a way to achieve better projection if your problem is releasing the ball too early.

Good projection is about efficient energy transfer from your approach into the ball.

The most efficient point to release the ball is at the exact bottom of the arm swing.

If you release the ball later than that, you project the ball up into the air. (See any video of Aslan)

If you release the ball earlier than that, energy is wasted at the impact into the lane. (See any of my videos)

OK,,, now this is beginning to make sense! If you loft the ball as that young kid did on TV that almost won the titile, ( the guy that wore tennis shoes, and threw beyond the arrows LOL) that worked for him. His energy flow though the pins was pretty amazing.

I don't get how moving your mark down the lane, is a way of better projection, I would think you would release the ball well past the bottom of the swing looking further down??

[Shaneshu87]

i am no coach lol but instead of looking at the arrows i look down lane at the reflection of the pins i use the tip of the 6 pin reflection as a mark instead of an arrow. so i guess this helps to project my ball

[Beagle]

yep mike white hit the nail on the head....great explanation

[Beagle]

might have to sneak in Alignment as #5....how many times have you seen guys standing 25 or more playing 2nd arrow

[Shaneshu87]

might have to sneak in Alignment as #5....how many times have you seen guys standing 25 or more playing 2nd arrow

agreed! hahaha i love watching people that keep moving left but keep the exact same mark and get frustrated "why will nothing work!? it must be the lanes!"

[Beagle]

exactly.....u see them crying in their drink at the bar about the lanes. that's a given for every league

[MICHAEL]

exactly.....u see them crying in their drink at the bar about the lanes. that's a given for every league

HEY,,, Iceman does not drink! I know all about moving left, ( if you don't have a Deadly Aim), in which case you can almost play the same line all night long! (ALMOST) I know about, when moving left moving target also, to find fresh oil!

I have never heard of ANYONE using the reflection of pins to target...LOL...NEVER!

That young guy that beat some of the best on tv was a 27 year old named ( Valenta),,, I know that the spelling is incorrect I will look it up and make the correction, he did what I would call PROJECT THE BALL DOWN THE LANE! Two hander, who put his thumb into the ball to the first knuckle as I remember it!

PROJECT the ball.....

I will go back to read mike whites comment... maybe I need to read it twice?

[Beagle]

I have heard that about reflection of pins as a target......cant do it though.....I think I read that the black masking reflection is the 45' mark