This has been my worst bowling season in many ,many, years. I am having a problem getting my ball to move. I throw equipment made to move, I don't throw fast (14-15 on Quibica),and I keep my equipment maintained. Old school says to come out with your hand in the handshake position. New school is to "stay behind the ball". I think my major problem is my release and not getting the # and angle of rotation. So maybe you could tell me exactly what you think staying behind the ball means to you. Is there a turn at the end ? Post or direct to good videos if you can. Thanks.
If you truly stay behind the ball, you release with 0 degrees of axis rotation, that means no matter how much you increase the rev rate, there is no forces generated to make the ball change direction to the left.
The goal is to get from the end of the oil pattern (up against the wall) to the pocket, while generating enough momentum to achieve the proper amount of deflection.
You need to balance the axis rotation, with the rev rate.
Increasing the rev rate gives you more potential momentum, but if you combine that with too much or too little axis rotation, you won't get to the pocket.
Increase rev rate to hit the pins harder, fine tune axis rotation to hit the pins in the proper location.
High rev rates, with modern "hook-in-a-box" surfaces don't require very much axis rotation.
You could think of it as:
Momentum(right->left) = Rev Rate * Ball cover stock * sin(axis rotation)
For example, if you use a plastic ball cover stock, you get a lot less momentum.
