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rlamanna

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Approach Positioning
« on: March 18, 2004, 09:17:52 AM »
I've been bowling for years with my right foot on the third dot from the right on the approach. I want to adjust to the left side of the approach. I've been experimenting with my new Storm X Factor Reloaded with my right foot on the second dot from the left. My ball won't hook into the pocket and Storm says that the X Factor Reloaded should track out over the second arrow back into the pocket. I haven't been able to figure that out. Can anyone give me some advice?
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cgilyeat

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Re: Approach Positioning
« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2004, 05:56:21 AM »
YOU need to understand that the diagrams that the ball companies give you are EXAMPLES of how a given ball relates to other balls.  How the ball reacts and hooks (or doesn't hook)for you depends on lots of things: the amount of oil on the lane, your ball speed, rev rate, axis rotation, etc.  Just because the storm diagram shows a ball path, does not mean that it will react the same for you.
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charlest

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Re: Approach Positioning
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2004, 06:21:52 AM »
quote:
I've been bowling for years with my right foot on the third dot from the right on the approach. .... Can anyone give me some advice?


Beyond what cgilyeat has said just above,
I think you might best take advantage of the advice of a good local coach. That first sentence of yours is about as different from the very basics of bowling as you can get. One of the jokes made by many bowling columnists is "The ABC has now ruled that you can move your feet." That is a joke.One can't possibly be ... I hardly know where to begin or continue. One must adjust with feet AND target CONSTANTLY.

A ball, any ball will react differently on any and every lane due to many factors, even on the same lane as a league session progresses, no les son the same lane on different days. One usually starts out with any one ball on their favorites line; this implies a particular foot position. But one must always chage, as one learns how that lane is reacting. A few very experienced, very good bowlers may be able to stay in that one position by changing hand positions , ball speeds, and/or balls, but even the best rarely, rarely do that - stay in one spot.
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Not done

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Re: Approach Positioning
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2004, 09:12:48 AM »
the 3rd dot does nothing for me.....

just a suggestion, try learning the boards. It is just that I find when I go away to tournaments, they have less or more dots for some reason, so I line-up by the boards. It doesn't catch you off gaurd when you go to a big tournament, and they are missing the outermost dots and can longer throw 10pins....

Overall..... try throwing a swing shot.... easy enough to learn and helps with a big hooking ball.
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7 - 10, eh?
looks like a job for the reset button....

*presses reset button*
*random ball flies down the lane*
*ball hits 10 pin*
*ball explodes*

I knew it was too good to be true....
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JohnP

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Re: Approach Positioning
« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2004, 03:38:04 PM »
rlamanna -- cgilyeat and charlest are exactly correct.  To add to what they have said, if you have been able to stay in the same spot on the approach for years, you must be throwing a straight ball.  So just moving your body left on the approach is not going to change that straight ball.  You need a good coach if you want to improve your game.  --  JohnP
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