why don't you try to project the ball further down the lane, or possibly open up your hand and dont grab so much
Sport Shot Help
I just started a sport shot league a few weeks ago and noticed my game has dropped majorly on short patterns. I used to average a 210 on short patterns and now I am lucky if I average 150. I am trying to play the same line and I hit Brooklyn from the 1-5 board. I will have a diagram below of how I play each shot, in theory based on what I see and math for my closest line. Can you give me any tips for playing a short pattern? Thanks in advance. League is Thursday so I will look at what you guys have said and try them out. Here are the links to the photos.
House Shot
Sport Shot
why don't you try to project the ball further down the lane, or possibly open up your hand and dont grab so much
I have my hand flat and I even sped up my ball speed by 2-3 mph.
hmm are you a higher rev bowler? i'm a medium rev bowler and i love short patterns lol but even i have to flatten out sometime i even pull my ring finger completely out of the ball
About the short pattern your playing too deep and your getting the ball out in the dry way too early.(Kind of deep for the house shot IMO too! but whatever works for you)
You need to move right. short patterns have a lot of dry on the backend and you don't really want to swing the ball.
When you play the short pattern from the deep inside line because the ball hooks a lot, the ball will leave the oil pattern in a area (I think around the 8th-12th board) which doesn't leave much room for the ball to hold back into the pocket.
By moving right and playing more the outside part of the lane, the ball will have more room to make its move towards the pocket.
You should also look at ball choice something smooth reacting and give it some surface.
Last edited by bowl1820; 07-14-2014 at 01:30 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
My rev rate is 450-500 and my speed is around 18-19 on this shot and 17 on THS
Try a urethane ball.Originally Posted by tmacfanmike
First get to the pocket, then fine tune for carry.
Seems your current ball can't find a path to the pocket.
It can't get much worse than that.
I don't have a urethane ball... It got ruined in a car crash around 6 months ago.
Well rumor has it, they still sell them in pro shops.
BTW, don't let your bowling balls borrow your car, they can't see over the steering wheel.
Yeahhh but that requires extra money :P Something I don't have at the moment. And I learned that the hard way
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