Revolutions

[got_a_300]

The key is to not try to have the highest revs possible, but to have the most controlable and comfortable rev rate for you style. I used to have a rev rate of about 415, and I was inconsistent. I lowered my revs down to about 390 and feel much more comfortable, and my average has increased because of it. Good hand positioning, consistent release, and balance at the foul line is what you can work on. Good, consistent revs will come from those three things.

I agree 100% with Daniel as I used to back in my younger days on the old wooden lanes
throw the ball at around 20+ mph and had a rev rate well over 690-700+ rpm and I could
carry a decent 200-218+ average but it was very hard to hit the same board or the same
small area every time back then. Yes I could really devastate the pocket most of the time by
just picking out a large area on the lane to hit but I was also very inconsistent on getting the
ball to the pocket every time with any consistency back then. I do believe that might just have
played a roe in all of my back problems that caused me to take a 12 year break from bowling.


Now fast forward 12+ years on synthetic lanes and I now throw the ball around 15+ mph with
a lower rev rate in the 350-400+ range now days. Yes my average has dropped quite a lot since
I came back to bowling I'm down in the 180+ range now but I'm a lot more consistent on hitting
my mark and getting the ball to the pocket now days. The only thing is the ball just doesn't have
the explosive hitting power as it had back then when it hits the pocket now days.

I have to agree rpm's on a ball isn't everything in bowling it takes a lot more than say 700+ rpm's
to score well in the game it takes good timing, good balance, a really free arm swing a consistent
repeat of shots and a consistent hitting of your mark.

[billf]

I have been working on changing my rotation, wrist angle when cupped (less cupping) and less revs. The best part is, the revs are a little lower but not a lot and with a rotation more around 45 degrees instead of 90, the ball motion looks better and is more controllable.

[DanielMareina]

Good for you Bill! 90 degree tilt is definately not the way to go. 45 will give you a nice medium between forward and side roll. You will see your scores increase quite a bit with that change. It is a hard change to make though, so I think it is worth congratulating you on it

[billf]

Thank you Dan. The funny thing is, to relax the cupping I just used a wrist brace for a few days of practice. Most people use them to get more cup, I just set it at the first setting. The change of axis rotation was by use of a lot of video to see where I was coming out/around the ball.

[billf]

Just a quick thought;

If revolutions were the end all of bowling then Tommy Jones and Robert Smith would be the all-time tournament winners. I like both of them and I'm sure there are others with stratospheric rev rates but they came to mind first.