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DP3

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Hitting Holes & drilling for very high tracks...help!
« on: February 22, 2004, 11:56:22 PM »
Hello, ever since I've converted to my two handed technique I get a ton of forward roll on the ball with about 500-550 rpms.  The drawback is since I raise my track so high on the first and second flarerings of all of my equipment I am clipping the middle finger.  The track is inverted a little so it barely misses the thumb.  The thing I have noticed with the balls I throw, I can't throw anything with the pin over the bridge or in the palm or else I'll hit every hole and the ball tracks almost like a lefty full roller.  When the pins are in the leverage or axis position I'll barely clip the holes at all.  My question is, what kind of layouts can I use for length while keeping the ball in the "flare-safe" zone?  Would I have to just drill them with the pin on or near the axis or would I have to use longer pins(4-5) and put them high out near the VAL?  I plan on drilling up four new balls within the next month(most likely within the new ebonite line or storm line) since I can no longer throw my other stuff and the guys I work with seem to be a little puzzled on what kind of layouts I should use because they've never drilled for a two hander.
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Re: Hitting Holes & drilling for very high tracks...help!
« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2004, 03:59:44 PM »
Sounds to me more like your releasing the ball on top of the fingers and not flairing over them. If not any kind of pin high layout should do the trick and raise the bow tie. Try putting the pin 4" above your midline on one ball to start and see where you will track and flair. Another thing you could try is to throw the ball with no holes drilled in it and just use a wax pencile to mark diferent spots to simulate where your fingers would be. I have a two handed bowler that does this and has yet to drill a ball he didnt like. This is one advantage of this release "try before you drill" as he calls it and is pretty accurate way of seeing first hand what the ball will want to do.
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Re: Hitting Holes & drilling for very high tracks...help!
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2004, 09:00:31 AM »
TTT, I wanted to see what other type of responses I could get on here.
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