Ball Speed Discussion

[vdubtx]

Ball speed for me is from 16-16.5 mostly. When lanes get dry, I get up to about 17.

[Aslan]

Back stuff up onto Data DVD's, Thats 4.7 gig per DVD of free space.

Now if it really is that your memory is full (not disk space) then you need more memory (it's cheap) or to kill off some unused services.

A guy I bowl with is an IT guy and he seems to think it would be easy to add some internal memory. I back things up to a big 1T hard drive, it's more the actual computer's memory or something. Like you said, I just need to clean a bunch of junk off of it...stuff I don't ever really use. I hate to put too much money into it because it's probably due to be replaced by the end of next year. But yeah, I'll probably try to just add some memory to it and see what happens.

Part of it is the iMovie software. It essentially downloads the footage into iMovie...so you end up with the footage on your computer twice while you work with it to create another file (the movie itself). So for whatever footage you want to work with, you need 3x the memory of the size of the footage. I got it down to 2x by quickly moving the original footage to a flash drive, then deleting it from the hard drive...then downloading it from the flash drive to iMovie. But that only worked for smaller amounts of footage.

I love the convenience of the laptop...can take it upstairs, downstairs, on the patio...whatever. But I miss the power of the desktop. And now that I've switched to MAC computers...ughh...replacing them is NOT cheap. Apple wants a pretty penny for that little shiny Apple sticker you get with each computer purchase.

[John Anderson]

Edit: Whoops fixing this real quick.

Aslan, I think that your IT bowling friend is referring to RAM. This would make video editing a bit faster since the computer has more fast access memory to work with. A bit hard to explain without being too technical, but know that video editors are using 16gb, 32gb, or 64gb of ram in a typical setup now. You probably only have 4gb or less if your computer is due for replacement soon.

[Mike White]

A guy I bowl with is an IT guy and he seems to think it would be easy to add some internal memory. I back things up to a big 1T hard drive, it's more the actual computer's memory or something. Like you said, I just need to clean a bunch of junk off of it...stuff I don't ever really use. I hate to put too much money into it because it's probably due to be replaced by the end of next year. But yeah, I'll probably try to just add some memory to it and see what happens.

Part of it is the iMovie software. It essentially downloads the footage into iMovie...so you end up with the footage on your computer twice while you work with it to create another file (the movie itself). So for whatever footage you want to work with, you need 3x the memory of the size of the footage. I got it down to 2x by quickly moving the original footage to a flash drive, then deleting it from the hard drive...then downloading it from the flash drive to iMovie. But that only worked for smaller amounts of footage.

I love the convenience of the laptop...can take it upstairs, downstairs, on the patio...whatever. But I miss the power of the desktop. And now that I've switched to MAC computers...ughh...replacing them is NOT cheap. Apple wants a pretty penny for that little shiny Apple sticker you get with each computer purchase.

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[Aslan]

On those scoring system that sorta tell you your speed...is that the speed of each shot? Or a rolling average?

If it's each shot...has anyone ever recorded their speed after each shot to see what the variance is shot to shot?

I might do that tonight...see what my +/- is from shot to shot.

[bowl1820]

On those scoring system that sorta tell you your speed...is that the speed of each shot? Or a rolling average?

If it's each shot...has anyone ever recorded their speed after each shot to see what the variance is shot to shot?

I might do that tonight...see what my +/- is from shot to shot.

It's each shot, no running average.


There's some apps that will do it.

I use Bowling Ball Speed Free. But you need someone to run it while you bowl. (Or you can video yourself and then do it while watching. It's pretty accurate too.)

[dougb]

It's each shot, no running average.


There's some apps that will do it.

I use Bowling Ball Speed Free. But you need someone to run it while you bowl. (Or you can video yourself and then do it while watching. It's pretty accurate too.)

I had no idea this app exists. Thank you!

[Aslan]

Like when I used to keep track of pocket percentage....last night I forgot to do the experiment. Plus I was having a horrible night and was frustrated so it wasn't a good night for it.

But that's cool that theres an app for it. Not everyone bowls in houses with scoring systems that track it. And even the ones that do tend to be fairly "off" from time to time.

[John Anderson]

Like when I used to keep track of pocket percentage....last night I forgot to do the experiment. Plus I was having a horrible night and was frustrated so it wasn't a good night for it.

But that's cool that theres an app for it. Not everyone bowls in houses with scoring systems that track it. And even the ones that do tend to be fairly "off" from time to time.

I think fairly off is an understatement for some houses. More like, you'd be better just eye balling it and taking your best guess. I've seen some super slow balls read upwards of 12mph. I mean we are talking over 10 seconds to get down the lane and just barely get pin fall to happen. Mind you, the place this was at had above ground ball returns and single rail ball racks with rockers. It still has tube tvs as well.

[Aslan]

I can usually tell when a speed reader is "off" because if I see a speed < 14mph...I never throw that slow. And if I see a speed over 19mph...also must be "off". I'd have to try REALLY hard to throw a ball that slow or that fast....it wouldn't be my usual, natural throw.