Alright guys.. my stats are in my profile..

I'm having a problem slowing everything down.. during practice my feet and ball speed are slow and im throwing the ball like i want to, but as soon as the lights come on i become fast again. Like i mentioned i don't have a lot of have, and kind of spin the ball, so i have a problem with getting to fast, and my carry % is reallly low.

I use a 6 step approach, which i feel is my major problem because im getting too much momentum when i get to the line, and everything is fast. I am throwing 15# stuff, and im not willing to move up to 16 because i have so much equipment.

I have tried everything, hold the ball lower, concentrate on staying slow. but when i do concentrate on staying slow my timing feels REALLLY off, and i can't get used to it. If the lanes are dry im killing it, but if theres any remote of heavy oil i stuggle with carry and hook..

Ive tried switching to a 5 step, and thats a little better but i still have a tendency to get fast, and timing still feels weird.. I hope anyone can gimme some suggestions to work on.. hand positions, speed, everything.. grrrrrrrr its becoming frustrating thank god i can make spares or id b foooooooooooooooked..

Thanks For Reading,

Brandon

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 New Baltimore Michigan, 48047
 Inside Salt River Lanes

I've had the same problem for about 4 months...

I was throwing my ball way to hard for the revs I have.
If I would make a guess my revs would be in the 250-range I guess, but I was throwing the ball at about 20 MPH or harder.

Everybody told me I really had to slow down my speed, and I really tried everything:

I'm a 4-step guy, so I moved even more towards the line, I only stand at the 1st line of dots now and I'm a tall guy ( 1.90m which is 6'3 I think), hold the ball just below my waist, very small push-away, ...

Nothing helped because I couldn't slow my feet down and kept rushing the shots.
Also I was ingoring much advice I got from fellow players, which I regret afterwards.

Since about a week I'm improving: finally managed to slow my feet down (this was the biggest stap forward, beste change I've done).
I stay lower during the approach and I do a deeper kneebend now.
This gave me a better timing/feeling & it allows me to:

1) throw slower => I try to get +- 17 MPH
2) revs have incrased, by no means much but more than it used to be
3) far better ball reaction, thus more strikes

Before on our fresh 39ft med-heavy houseshot I had to play straight up the 1st arrow :S
Now I can play the little swing shot I love: 9-10 at arrows to around 3-4 at breakpoint.

I can also even slow the ball speed further down now, to about 15 MPH and play a bit deeper (around 3th arrow) but this is not my comfort zone, planning on practicing on this area tough.

Also I have a (long) pre-shot routine and I talk a bit to myself before taking the aproach -> this really helped me to get in a slower rhytm.

Sry for the long post.

Grtz.

Edited on 1/7/2009 10:07 AM