Author Topic: Standing on 15, throwing at 10... (Read 931 times)

rlamanna · « **on:** April 28, 2004, 02:04:44 PM »

On nights when the lanes are nicely oiled, I'm okay throwing the ball at my normal speed standing on 15, throwing at 10 and sometimes out to 8 or more. I'm not as accurate as I need to be. When the lanes begin to breakdown, I usually remain on 15 and continue to throw at 10 only speeding the ball up a bit. Is it better to move over 5 boards and throw at 10 with my normal speed or is it better to speed the ball up remaining on 15? Sometimes I even swing the ball out to the right of the 5th board standing on 15 and the ball ends up hitting brooklyn or way too high. I need to learn these adjustments. My ball speed is medium but, I can change speeds when I have too. Same with revs. Can someone help me out with general adjustments. I have to bowl upwards of 4 games to figure out the pattern and by the time I figure it out the lane conditions have changed. What a sport...

tenpinspro · « **Reply #1 on:** April 29, 2004, 05:39:14 AM »

Hey rlamana,

The correct answer is "do what you do best to score". However, for most guys, it would be to follow or "chase" the oil line as it breaks down. Your movements won't normally be as drastic as 5 boards at a time unless you're a pretty big cranker. For example, you would want to move off a 4-7 leave by maybe 3 and 2(3 with your feet and 2 with your target). We also call this parallel adjustments. This way, all you're doing is constantly following the oil line to help you skid just like you did at 10 board when the oil was there. Chasing the line simply helps you create natural skid before you pick up in the midlane and then continue for the backend reaction. Some bowlers can adjust by speeding up and/or lofting, spinning and so on to create that desired skid thru the heads but it tends to be easier to utilize oil for that instead. Hope this helps...
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Pinbuster · « **Reply #2 on:** April 29, 2004, 08:56:43 AM »

Additional ball speed can allow you to stay on a line longer but eventually you will need to chase the oil line.

I personally will chase the oil line before I change speed. For me it is always easier to change targets than to modify something off of my â€œAâ€ game.

Most of the time chasing the oil line can be done with small consistent changes as the block continues. When you stay at one location and throw harder and/or change balls eventually you will need to move and often that move is a large one and a guess.

I have a couple bowlers on my scratch team who tend to just throw harder if they are lined up. Many times they will wack the shot the first couple games but generally by the third game the adjustment doesnâ€™t work anymore and they struggle the last game.

Be flexible in where you stand and where you play on the lane. A bowler who plays the lane correctly for the shot will almost always out score a bowler forcing his favorite line on the lanes.

MSC2471 · « **Reply #3 on:** April 30, 2004, 02:45:18 AM »

I agree that chasing the oil line is best, until it reaches a point where there is very little head oil left and then you need to move into adjustments with loft, speed and release techinque. There are some tournaments that I bowl up here in New England where they put out a short oil shot that holds up for first shift, but by second shift you need to loft more and/or average 19 mph to keep the ball on your side of the pocket. No amount of 3 and 2 moves will keep you on line when you have no head oil to push the ball through to the back of the lane.

Matt

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