What ball speed do you usually throw?

[zdawg]

These days 16/17mph but I've worked on it a lot to get it there. Prior, I was typically in the 13/14mph range, but after working hard on my release and additional revs, I found that I was having immense trouble keeping the ball to the right of the headpin.

[circlecity]

I'm about 15.5 - 16.5 at the pins

[tccstudent]

278.34 mph

but the screens at amf typically say just a little under 18 and that is alot slower then I used to be

[MICHAEL]

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I used to throw much faster, but everyone kept telling me the same thing; "you really don't need more speed"…so I've intentionally slowed things down to give my ball more time to hook on it's own. Upside is accuracy. Downside is pin carry.

I think there is a perfect speed inbetween that keeps the pins LOW, rather then flying high and over pins! I have seen some darn good bowlers that have speed causing the pins to fly over others instead of through them. Correct me if I am wrong Rob, or Mike,,, but to little can be a disadvantage, as well as too fast!

[Perrin]

depending on the alley but most monitors that display speed measure it at the pins so generally adding ~2-2.5mph gives you the speed off your hands

my usualy speed is ~16 mph at the pins but I go as low as 15 depending on what works that day.

[Amyers]

I think there is a perfect speed inbetween that keeps the pins LOW, rather then flying high and over pins! I have seen some darn good bowlers that have speed causing the pins to fly over others instead of through them. Correct me if I am wrong Rob, or Mike,,, but to little can be a disadvantage, as well as too fast!

Speed is relative to revs and entry angle as long as you can maintain enough revs to counterbalance your speed so you can get proper entry angle you can score successfully. most people with high speeds aren't able to produce enough revs to counterbalance that speed it flattens out their shot and produces poor entry angle to the pocket. Why you see them leave a lot of 5-7 or 5-10 splits it looks like the pins explode around them and just fly away but what is really happening is the pins are being knocked straight back instead of at an angle that allows them to hit others. The more speed you can produce as long as you can maintain the entry angle the better off you would be but most of us can't do it.

[bowl1820]

A ball speed of 16 miles per hour at the pins is considered to have the highest strike percentage.

The average at release ball speed for a 220+average / Pro bowler is about 19 miles per hours.

Figuring that a ball loses on average about 3 mph going down the lane. The 16 at the pins looks about right (19mph-3mph=16mph)

Now that's just in general, differing conditions etc. could affect that +/- at any given time.

[MICHAEL]

I have seen many young guys throw the ball at 20mph plus,,, and what I notice is the ball does not go through the skid, hook, roll faze! If they have great rev's to go along with the speed, it LOOKS LIKE IT ON ICE ALL THE WAY and really doesn't grab the lane. ICEMAN LIKES!!



This type of bowler almost always is playing the outside shooting 10 arrow and standing at 10 or even 5 sometimes.

Pins fly every where but as mentioned many weird leaves! It seems that too much speed can cause hydroplaning with the bowling ball.

[Sourtower]

A ball speed of 16 miles per hour at the pins is considered to have the highest strike percentage.

The average at release ball speed for a 220+average / Pro bowler is about 19 miles per hours.

Figuring that a ball loses on average about 3 mph going down the lane. The 16 at the pins looks about right (19mph-3mph=16mph)

Now that's just in general, differing conditions etc. could affect that +/- at any given time.

Very interesting. I have a high amount of revs but my speed on average on the monitor is between 12.5 mph - 13.5 mph. Looks like I'm gonna have to work on strength training to get my ball speed up a bit.

[MICHAEL]

A ball speed of 16 miles per hour at the pins is considered to have the highest strike percentage.

The average at release ball speed for a 220+average / Pro bowler is about 19 miles per hours.

Figuring that a ball loses on average about 3 mph going down the lane. The 16 at the pins looks about right (19mph-3mph=16mph)

Now that's just in general, differing conditions etc. could affect that +/- at any given time.

YOU have a GREAT average, why jack with it?? LOL I know many that would die for a 220 average plus!! Whatever YOUR doing, its WORKING!

I would not mess my arm up or do anything thing different...( So many things, I would imagine come to play when saying 16 is the ultimate speed.

I am sure Rob could elaborate more on this, but it seems to me on HOUSE OIL your speed seems to be doing GREAT!