Different Styles of Bowling?

[DrOcktagon]

Post a video so we can label you...

Cranker - high rev rate, lots of speed, big hook.
Stroker - lower rev rate, slower speed, less hook(usually), more traditional style.
Tweener - everything inbetween.

Of course it doesn't really help you to know which category you fall into, but it's only natural to want to know where you fit into these descriptions.

[Perrin]

Speed is the easy one, its rev's that I need to do. My phone camera just doesnt go into slow motion. Though I guess speed is only easy when my wife can figure out how to work the stop watch on my phone...

If you have an Iphone there is a free app called Coachmyvideo. It will break down to frame by frame on your phone. I assume it probably exists for Andoid also but I can't confirm that.

[billf]

Hmmm, so Wes Mallot is a power stroker, interesting. I would have classified him and Chris Barnes as Tweeners. Just goes to show how subjective it can be.

[TCJ]

I tend to think of strokers are relatively low-rev bowlers who play mostly from the outside and have a very smooth delivery. In general, they tend to be much more accurate than crankers at the expense of some power. It's a simple way to bowl that can be effective, but I think a lot of people find it boring because it doesn't look as impressive.