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General Category => Beginners Board => Topic started by: Shermster on March 05, 2008, 02:40:21 AM

Title: Track height?
Post by: Shermster on March 05, 2008, 02:40:21 AM

What does it mean when someone is a Low, Medium or High tracker?

Any pro's and con's? Or it's just something that suits each different bowler's style?

Title: Re: Track height?
Post by: Hogsharley on March 05, 2008, 10:47:44 AM

When you bowl, you see oil rings on your ball. Look at the rings and if the rings are up next to your fingers, then your a high tracker, if the are low, more on the side of the ball, then you're a low tracker. If your rings go between your fingers and your thumb, then you're a full roller.
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Title: Re: Track height?
Post by: kiknbaque267 on March 07, 2008, 02:05:57 PM

When you bowl, you see oil rings on your ball. Look at the rings and if the rings are up next to your fingers, then your a high tracker, if the are low, more on the side of the ball, then you're a low tracker. If your rings go between your fingers and your thumb, then you're a full roller.

ya but what does this actually mean? does it just refer to how u throw a ball when u throw it? reason being i just gota black widow and looking at all the drilling layouts and dont know which one i am?

Title: Re: Track height?
Post by: Spider Ball Bowler on March 07, 2008, 02:08:20 PM

It kinda shows what part of your ball touches the lane.  Just go pick up a ball on a newly oiled condition and throw a few shots....examine where your oil ring is and that will tell you what you are, and you can lay the ball according to that.

The best way would be go to your pro shop...have him watch a couple of shots and then measure your Positive Axis Point....then have him drill it that way.
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Title: Re: Track height?
Post by: Asura on March 08, 2008, 02:16:19 AM

IMHO, for a High tracker (track closer to fingers and thumbs) the ball rolls earlier while the low tracker bowler rolls much later to the pocket, saving more energy for the ball which later results with more of skid-snap reaction.
 Maybe this helps a bit:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/kennmelvin/tTracks.htm

Title: Re: Track height?
Post by: beginner_bowler on March 10, 2008, 06:18:29 PM

Ok seeing this I think I am a cranker but also I see my track going between the finger(middle finger and ring finger)and thumb holes so where does that fall

Edited on 3/10/2008 6:21 PM

Title: Re: Track height?
Post by: beginner_bowler on March 10, 2008, 08:33:05 PM

Ok I was not sure as looking at the link above my track did not look like a full roller

Title: Re: Track height?
Post by: Shermster on March 14, 2008, 06:01:32 PM

So any pros/cons to being a high tracker or low tracker?