The Dreaded Pocket 7-10

[bowl1820]

Please help me! I have been leaving pocket 7-10s in my Monday night bowling league and I mean leaving them by the bushel basket full. In the last three weeks total, I have left 7 of them. What am I doing to make these happen like this??? What is the general thinking in regard to leaving them? I was thinking about throwing my equipment in the Delaware river on my way home last night, and then decided that maybe I should go jump in the river myself....but I didn't....

Jay

When you're leaving pins in the back row, your ball is not slowing down enough, or you're missing your breakpoint location.

[TCJ]

Maybe it's just the center I bowl in, but I seem to notice most 7-10 leaves around here have some things in common: they generally are slightly on the light side and the ball almost always seems to die right before hitting the pins. It bounces off the head and into the three, nudging the six over in front of the ten. The ball barely has enough steam to tap the five, which flies in front of the seven. If I could film all the 7-10 splits around here and put them side by side, they'd all look identical!

Also, it's not speed around here. I see these leaves by people who throw slower (13 mph) and faster (18 mph). I see the left by people who have very flat shots from the corner and people who swing the ball from the left gutter to the right and back into the pocket. But, as I said above, they all look exactly the same when they hit.

[Geneo2u]

Last week we had a bowler leave the 7-10 split 3 times in a row.. that will mess up your score..