I'm surprised no one has asked this,
But what's your Rev rate now?
How many steps do you take in your approach?
Which foot do you start off with?
I'm surprised no one has asked this,
But what's your Rev rate now?
How many steps do you take in your approach?
Which foot do you start off with?
Right handed Stroker, high track ,about 13 degree axis tilt. PAP is located 5 9/16” over 1 3/4” up.Speed ave. about 14 mph at the pins. Medium rev’s.High Game 300, High series 798
"Talent without training is nothing." Luke Skywalker
I have a friend that is a right handed bowler but stops on his right foot as well, he averages 195 at the moment, and he is 19. but he is by no means consistant, he tells me that he wishes he bowled differently but his parents never got him out of it. so what i have to say is, get out of that bad habit as soon as possable because you could be putting your whole bowling career in jeapardy. Are you in any Leagues? if so, what are you averaging? do you have any videos of you bowling?
@Bowl1820 I do not know my rev rate I do not know how to figure that out. I know I saw a video on it but lost it. I start my approach with my left foot with a four step approach.
@ztbowler15 I am in a league and I started out with a 152 average and when I went to the pro shop and the new guy realized that the old guy had way too big figertips in my ball (i didnt know it matttered on how big just if they was too small) my average the last month of league jumped to a 162 and fell finally to a 158. when I go to bowl a few games (3) and last few weeks of league before it ended recaping I was averaging anywhere from 175-185. Unfortunatly I know I need to get in the habit of video taping myself and had a friend do it once... I always say I look weird when I bowl lol but my cam on my phone sucks big time and I do not have a video camera.
I really want to be good at bowling I enjoy it a lot. I just want to be good at what I do and enjoy kind of thing.
Far as working on the left foot thing when league starts up again in two weeks should I try to do loeft foot still or wait till I am decent at it and do my normal or what? I will try to work on the left foot thing but I have tried few times before it feels weird and it seems oh so wrong when I do it lol ...
Style: Stroker
In the bag: C300 Wicked Encounter, C300 Freeze, Hammer Arson Hybrid, Hammer Cobalt Vibe, and Brunswick T Zone
PAP 4.25 over x .25 up
High Series: 716
High Game: 273
Since you don't know what your rev rate is, you don't really know if you need to increase it.Originally Posted by Keithalw
Watch this:
How to find a bowler's PAP, ball speed, rev rate, axis rotation and axis tilt from Powerhouse
Your finishing on the wrong foot because your starting with the wrong one.
With a four step approach start with your right foot. You'll finish on the left foot then.
right>left>right>left
Last edited by bowl1820; 08-20-2012 at 09:56 PM.
Right handed Stroker, high track ,about 13 degree axis tilt. PAP is located 5 9/16” over 1 3/4” up.Speed ave. about 14 mph at the pins. Medium rev’s.High Game 300, High series 798
"Talent without training is nothing." Luke Skywalker
I would do as much practicing as you can if I were you before league started. If you start bowling off the correct foot, I wouldn't go back to doing it wrong. So if you are doing it in practice, do it in league. It'll just slow your progress of bowling off the correct foot if you go back to bowling off the wrong foot.
Last edited by bowl1820; 08-21-2012 at 08:45 AM.
you really should try to stop on your left foot as it will give you better balance and it is more natural for the body to move that way. but as for now with league starting in 2 weeks, You should completely quit sliding on your right foot, and only stop on your left everytime you bowl. It may take some time to get used too but it will definetly pay off in the long run. BUT MAKE SURE when bowling in league play, to NOT switch your stopping foot from the beggining to the end of the session, you could get called on that for an un-fair advantage. now im not sure how picky your house is about that, but just to be safe. And i would really like to see a video of you bowling while stopping on the left foot, maybe i could give you some pointers. This is just my suggestion. Its wayyyy better for you to change it now while your still learning than to switch to the other foot later on when your average is higher.
tonight I practiced it. I shot a 117 151 110 119 147... it was all up and down. I tried doing my normal four step but my timing was off of course but literally I couldnt keep balance and kept tripping over my own feet. One guy there told me to try the one step approach and it felt ok but know I am going to need a lot of practice which sucks cause rest of the week I will be working less I can get up there thursday maybe. And zt I am going to look for my old flip camif I find it I will try to take a video or see if one my buddies minds doing it on there phone or hell try it on mine and see how it is. By the way thanks all of you who are giving me tips and pointers.
Style: Stroker
In the bag: C300 Wicked Encounter, C300 Freeze, Hammer Arson Hybrid, Hammer Cobalt Vibe, and Brunswick T Zone
PAP 4.25 over x .25 up
High Series: 716
High Game: 273
Bowl1820 thanks for posting that video... although some of it I didnt understand fully but I get the jist of most of it
Style: Stroker
In the bag: C300 Wicked Encounter, C300 Freeze, Hammer Arson Hybrid, Hammer Cobalt Vibe, and Brunswick T Zone
PAP 4.25 over x .25 up
High Series: 716
High Game: 273
4 step approach starting with your left foot!? RED FLAG! If you're going to do a 4 step approach you need to start with your right foot. Right when you take your first step with your right foot, the arm swing should begin and the ball should be coming down. You can also do a 5 step approach starting with your left foot (which is what I do). Don't start the arm swing until your second step though (with your right foot).
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