In the Bronze coaching class I took with Ron Hatfield, he stated that he almost never asks people to slow the ball or thier steps down. Bowling is basically a physics problem where you have to knock down about 40 pounds of pins with a ball that can't weigh more than 16 pounds. Back in the dark ages, the only way to get a good angle to the pocket was to roll the ball relatively slow. With modern balls and the current lane conditions we can get that angle with more speed.
That said, there is something to be said for having a consistent speed for your approach, one that's not as fast as you can possibly go. Feet that are too fast can play heck with your timing and everything that implies. For some simply counting under their breath is enough to regulate the pace. Some use music, whether thinking of a song in their mind, or actually listening to one.
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