Author Topic: Couple of questions (Read 592 times)

CountryClubBowler · « **on:** February 29, 2004, 10:27:03 PM »

To all the helpful folks on this board,
I have a few questions I've been mulling over for a while.

1 - What does a down PAP coordinate mean? My pap is about 4.5 over and about .5 down. I don't know the exact coordinates because I use rather large tape for marking it. I do know it is below the midline however.

2 - What does a low track (far from fingers) mean? Mine is about 1.5-2" away from the fingers. Lots of rings.

3 - How do you create a break point more down the lane? It seems for me that whenever I try to shoot it out farther down the lane, I get the same result. When it hits the dry, it turns. So even if I shoot for a deeper break point, it will still break at a really similar spot. This is for lanes with dry backends mostly, since that is the condition I play on.

Thanks to all,

CCB

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I bowl at country club bowl...not a very inventive name now is it.

CountryClubBowler · « **Reply #1 on:** March 01, 2004, 04:36:55 PM »

Thanks Bob, nice concise response.

About the inverted track. I looked that up on google for just some mentionings of the term. What I came up with was kind of interesting. From what I can piece together, this is what an inverted track means. Btw, this is how I bowl, but I'm basing it on what others say. I just know that I do it, but not necessarily the mechanics of it.

1 - Generally higher revs. (true in my case, I happen to be hooking everything off the lane now. It's actually kind of a problem. And I have lousy ball speed.)

2 - Fingers stay in the ball longer. (also true, I have been working on this indirectly.)

3 - Track is closer to the fingers than thumb. (true because that is the definition, but also answers my question about a down PAP. If it is closer to the fingers than thumb, then a perpendicularly drawn line will lead to below the midline, not above.)

Am I missing anything, or is anything in here incorrect? I guess it is a topic not explicitly covered on too many websites. Just that one that has the videos of cranker, stroker, and spinner release. I think everyone has been to that site at least once. Thanks for reading.

CCB

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I bowl at country club bowl...not a very inventive name now is it.

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