Hey Demoman, do you know if your leaving ringing 7's or weak 7's? depending on which your leaving we can better understand what the cause is.
I start a half step back if I'm leaving the 10. It probably works out to changing my finishing position to around 6" behind my original stop line though. You are just gonna have to go throw a few games and see if it helps that leave. It's amazing what a half a step can do to your game though.
Hey Demoman, do you know if your leaving ringing 7's or weak 7's? depending on which your leaving we can better understand what the cause is.
Demonman-Can you hold the ball with your fingers on top of ball and throw it that way? In other words can you throw your ball opposite the way a house bowler would throw it.
Zothen
Hey guys - I waited at the alley today for ups to bring my new purple taboo but they didn't show before I had to go so fingers crossed for tomorrow. 75 I'm not great with bowling lingo but I imagine a ringing 7 would be rocking and barely stand and weak would be not moving at all? If so then I would say the majority would be weak. It's not completely my worry about leaving the sevens so much but more that I consistently pick up the spare which I'm only doing 35-40% of the time. I hope to get some practice before league tomorrow night so I can try Moving back and see if that helps. Zothen I'm not really sure what you mean about fingers on top of the ball? Do you mean my holed bowling fingers? If so I never tried
A ringing seven is when the 4 pin literally flies around the 7 pin with out hitting it. A weak 7 is when the 4 pin just kind of slides in front of the 7 and into the gutter without hitting the 7, so it's really more about how the 4 pin reacts than the 7. It depends on the angle into the pocket more than anything.
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Demonman-If you hold the ball in palm of hand,then turn it over so the ball is facing the floor. Then throw the ball without putting a lot of spin on it.
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Years ago, much younger I might add, I was having trouble shooting my ten pins. A pro took me aside one day and taught me how to "kill" the roll on the ball. $0 years later I still use that technique and I'll average probably 98% conversions on my 10 pin.
Basically, all you need to do is break your wrist backwards (thumb on top of the ball facing downward toward the floor on your downswing) with NO ROTATION of your hand and fingers. Yes, you'll be throwing a straight ball with 'nothing' on it. With balls as aggressive as they are today, I can shoot a 10 pin with my Alpha max, over the 3rd arrow, and feel reasonably sure I'll convert it. Of course I don't use the ALPHA, I use my plastic ball.
This is another "trick" we all need to have in our bag of tricks, when we bowl. It's not hard, just a little practice and you can get it. By the way, when you release the ball the thumb stays straight up towards the pins and finishes facing the ceiling. Try it.
Bob
My grandfather taught me how to bowl. He was born in 1904 and was a well-known athlete (in his day) in the Corning, NY area where I grew up. He threw a back-up ball and had 300s to his name. The way he silenced the back-up ball critics was to take his critics out onto the lanes and out-score them. So, in short, don't waste your time defending your "unorthodox" delivery. Let you scores do the talking. It sounds like you are already on your way to a 200 average!
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602 series tonight with the new purple taboo - absolutely love the ball but that's destined for another topic. I had two sevens to pick up all night - I wanted to see if the new ball would change things before changing my approach and it sure did. I really think the older black widow was just not getting me the pin action it should have and the new ball did the trick. I still need to work on my sevens anyways because it's still the only shot I have trouble with so I will keep you all posted. TGS thanks for th story about ur grandfather - sounds like he was a great man. Everyone else as always thank you for the suggestions and feedback as I will certainly try them all over time. Best
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