Why do people play inside vs outside?

[Ball99999]

Can anyone point me to the specific mindsets for why people play say 5th arrow and why some would play 1st arrow? Or for that matter why some play center arrow (is it for longer patterns so it doesn't have to go far to reach the pocket?)

Why would someone hook from gutter to gutter while Norm Duke can roll the ball up pretty straight into the pocket?

[eugene02]

It depends on how individual would play. Thats why there's Cranker, Stroker, and Tweener and so forth.. for me i'll try to throw straight down and into the pocket until it's rather dry than i'll start moving left..

[Ball99999]

I think I've read that stroker has to be more accurate and that's the difference?

[Keithalw]

I know I am not a cranker and been told that I more less stroke the ball out there. I play right down the first arrow from the right and as eugene02 said I move left as it starts to dry up.

[Keithalw]

I dont know if they have to be more accurate or not Ball99999 im kind of curious as well.

[Ball99999]

So when you move left, do you eventually end up on the inside playing a gutter to gutter ball? Or do you transition balls by then?

[J Anderson]

Can anyone point me to the specific mindsets for why people play say 5th arrow and why some would play 1st arrow? Or for that matter why some play center arrow (is it for longer patterns so it doesn't have to go far to reach the pocket?)

Why would someone hook from gutter to gutter while Norm Duke can roll the ball up pretty straight into the pocket?

Part of it is the style of the bowler, part is the lane conditions. When you see Duke rolling it down down 5 it is because the lane conditions favor his "A" game. Believe me that when that shot isn't working he's out in the middle or the left throwing as much hook as he needs.

[eugene02]

For me I'm using the DV8 HRR, when the lanes are getting dry, i'm throwing from the middle arrow either right 1 arrow or left 1 arrow. depends on how dry the lanes are.

[eugene02]

I think I've read that stroker has to be more accurate and that's the difference?

This is totally untrue. Whatever ways you throw it, wherever you throw it.. you need to be accurate. How can you score great if your not accurate at all.. So.. think about it..

I dont know if they have to be more accurate or not Ball99999 im kind of curious as well.

The answer would be no. thats in my own opinion.

[bowl1820]

Stroker style bowlers tend to have a lower rev rate and not as high a back swing as crankers, so they depend more on having a repeatable and accurate shots. Mainly because the ball doesn't have quite the kinetic energy a cranker style would have.

Strokers get into trouble more when the lanes are dry and might not carry as many less than perfect hits that a cranker would.

Strokers I feel also have more room to adjust by moving and varying their release. Where as Crankers adjust mainly by varying speed and release.

Cranker style bowlers tend to have higher rev rates and higher back swings. And depend on generating area (a margin of error for being just a little less accurate) and power to score well on less than perfect shots/hits.

Crankers get into trouble when the lanes are "tight" (Lanes that don't hook much). They don't have any area to miss and tend leave more bad split's than a stroker. So they have to wait for the lanes to "open up", to get that area they need.

If the lanes are too dry both would have a problem.


Tweeners are trying for a little of both styles