Rev rate is as important as accuracy

[fokai73]

check the individual standings in large big money leagues, and count how many low rev bowlers under 300 rpms are in the top 10 vs the higher rev rate bowlers. (None card holders)

Unless the person is a professional/tour bowler, I highly doubt many joe the low rev bowler would out place higher rev bowlers with or without accuracy.

Increasribg rev rate IS as important as being accurate.

[Tony]

check the individual standings in large big money leagues, and count how many low rev bowlers under 300 rpms are in the top 10 vs the higher rev rate bowlers. (None card holders)

Unless the person is a professional/tour bowler, I highly doubt many joe the low rev bowler would out place higher rev bowlers with or without accuracy.

Increasribg rev rate IS as important as being accurate.

I understand what you mean, it's just literally without some reasonable degree of accuracy all the revs don't make the difference....it would be like saying bat speed is as important as contact percentage in baseball.....if your accuracy / contact percentage is poor all the bat speed / revs in the world can not fix it. That's all I'm trying to say.

You can cite all the tournament or PBA stats you want, but all of those guys have good accuracy or they wouldn't be there. Can rev rate carry bad shots, sure it can, but not if the player makes consistently bad (inaccurate) shots, they wouldn't be anywhere near the leader-board, they would be the high rev 150 average bowlers, we have several in leagues I'm in, two handers with tons of revs but lower accuracy....
In golf think of the huge distance drives, that land a fairway away from the hole you're on....lack of accuracy, that's why John Daly wasn't the top golfer on the tour.

If the statement was if you have good accuracy the best way to improve your game would be to maintain the accuracy and increase the revs.....that makes perfect sense. Just my take on it, no disrespect intended.

[Amyers]

The real answer is all are equally useless without the other. Accuracy, Ball Speed, and Rev Rate are instrumental in bowling. You can be very accurate and have high speed but if you cant make the ball move it wont hit well. You can be have a high rev rate and speed but if you spray it all over the lane you cant be consistent. Even high rev and accurate without the speed make it hard to keep it on the lane and carry at the finish.

It takes a balance of all three to bowl at a high level. If any of three are out of balance to the others it will cause issues

[fokai73]

The real answer is all are equally useless without the other. Accuracy, Ball Speed, and Rev Rate are instrumental in bowling. You can be very accurate and have high speed but if you cant make the ball move it wont hit well. You can be have a high rev rate and speed but if you spray it all over the lane you cant be consistent. Even high rev and accurate without the speed make it hard to keep it on the lane and carry at the finish.

It takes a balance of all three to bowl at a high level. If any of three are out of balance to the others it will cause issues

you are absolutely right, but this post was merely for those who have low revs and who think they can get away with just accuracy. That high rev rate is over rated. Ball speed is equally important that's for sure. But, many bowlers say they can adjust ball speed, but many don't really know how to use it. But that's another topic.