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EastonCxN

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Crankers v Strokers
« on: April 16, 2005, 09:03:47 AM »
It seems that in today's population of young bowlers, all they want to do is crank it across the alley. You see it in leagues, and open bowling, kids grabbing a ball off the rack, using no thumb and just makin it go from one end to the other usually not getting many pins. Why is it that every young kid strives to throw that big hook. I am one of the few that is not like that, i am trying to be a nice Stroker. Would anyone agree that it is easy to repeat a strokers shot rather than a crankers, wont the scores prevail over the look of the ball going down? what do you guys think
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RPM MAX

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Re: Crankers v Strokers
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2005, 05:07:44 PM »
NO NO NO! Its all about what is natural to you and what you can repeat. Why must you keep going on about how crankers can not repeat shots? There is no right or wrong way to bowl its all about what works for you.
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Re: Crankers v Strokers
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2005, 05:09:08 PM »
well im saying you have so many revs that you miss your spot, you lose your shot, not that it is natural just on the fact of consistancy
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Re: Crankers v Strokers
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2005, 05:10:04 PM »
I do see that if you have down your shot, and your a cranker, like sean in that synergy video, ya it can be deadly, but for the average bowler that i watch do that they seem like they have trouble hitting the same spot with how much they have to get into the ball
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Re: Crankers v Strokers
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2005, 05:12:12 PM »
Sean is a kid who has not learned to control his swing. He is not a great example of how a good cranker can repeat shots.
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Re: Crankers v Strokers
« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2005, 05:13:24 PM »
In theory it would be easier to repeat a stroker's shot compared to a cranker's shot, but once again we are talking about accuracy versus power issues. While a stroker can be deadly accurate, without the proper power and leverage behind each shot the cranker could outscore the stroker every time.

I myself grew up learning how to stroke the ball, and while I'm impressed sometimes with people that play coast to coast, I'll take a game of 9/9/9/X9/9/XX9/9/X for a 205 over the crankers who may put up 8 strikes in that span but can't make a spare to save their lives...

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Re: Crankers v Strokers
« Reply #6 on: April 16, 2005, 05:16:48 PM »
Ya, i noticed many of them cant get down their shots on the right part of lane (righty) the other day i seen a cranker get 8 in a row and finish with 221 cuz he couldnt pull though on 10 pins
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Re: Crankers v Strokers
« Reply #7 on: April 16, 2005, 05:17:11 PM »
Thats another thing people who can rip on the ball are labeled as bad spare shooters thats just bull! I belive I am much better than average when it comes to shooting spares.
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Re: Crankers v Strokers
« Reply #8 on: April 16, 2005, 05:18:16 PM »
the ones i seen crank their spare balls, supposing they dont hook, and they miss is by feet almost all the time (going off of one or two people i see every week)
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Re: Crankers v Strokers
« Reply #9 on: April 16, 2005, 05:18:27 PM »
the main concern here is youth bowlers who by no means (most the time) are doing wat is natral, they are trying to throw big hooks, just like there favorite PBA star, or simply because it looks cool. There are some older crankers who can control the "power shot" BUT in kids under the are of 16 (YABA bowlers) most of them all want to throw a big hook and very few of them can control it.

I will join Easton in being a YABA bowler that has no want or means to rip the cover off the ball, from what i've seen the cranker can score about the same as the stroker but he will have a tendency to miss more, but get forgiving breaks, than the stroker (once again from YABA bowlers).

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EastonCxN

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Re: Crankers v Strokers
« Reply #10 on: April 16, 2005, 05:20:52 PM »
YAY someone on my side, see i would like to know the secrets and how to throw that, just for times you need it, I.E. heavy oil, when i cant hook it i could put a little more in the ball but i believe straight up is the way to go, if you hook it too much, nothing hard about adding more speed, only help hitting power, i just think you cant lose that way, lol well to bad if your consistant
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Re: Crankers v Strokers
« Reply #11 on: April 16, 2005, 05:21:34 PM »
RPM Max: This doesn't mean that all crankers can't shoot spares, just like I know many strokers that aren't great spare shooters either. Sorry if you assumed that I was targetting all crankers in this category. I just happen to know in my local area a lot of people who like to throw the ball from one end to the other and then do the same thing at spares, leaving them perplexed as to why they miss a 10 pin by half the lane...

Matt

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Re: Crankers v Strokers
« Reply #12 on: April 16, 2005, 05:23:32 PM »
Well any one who revs a spare ball deserves to miss the ten pin I fire hard and straight about 22 mph.
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Re: Crankers v Strokers
« Reply #13 on: April 16, 2005, 05:24:04 PM »
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RPM Max: This doesn't mean that all crankers can't shoot spares, just like I know many strokers that aren't great spare shooters either. Sorry if you assumed that I was targetting all crankers in this category. I just happen to know in my local area a lot of people who like to throw the ball from one end of the other and then do the same thing at spares, leaving them perplexed as to why they miss a 10 pin by half the lane...

Matt


That is about identicle to around me, lol i like the kids that try to crank it no thumb but stand like they are going for straight up shot, and hook right in the opposite gutter, lol and act like they threw it wrong and get p*ssedlol i laugh at them
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Re: Crankers v Strokers
« Reply #14 on: April 16, 2005, 05:24:20 PM »
and is this not directed toward the youth? RPM max how old are you and how ong have you been doing this (bowling like you do)?
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