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n00dlejester

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Ball Reaction Question
« on: February 01, 2009, 02:41:56 AM »
So in league this morning, I noticed my carry was pathetic compared to usual.  I left 5 ten pins on pocket hits(4 ringing, 1 flat) and probably 4 seven pins all on light hits.  What would cause a ball to do that?  

My line was there all three games, and I was near the pocket the whole time.  I was just really confused as to why I left as many crap leaves.  I usually leave maybe 1-2 ten pins a week and 1-2 light sevens a week...not 4 or 5 of each

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Re: Ball Reaction Question
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2009, 11:04:33 AM »
Either carrydown or a slightly burned up midlane/too strong a ball.

Last Tursday I left weak and ringing 10 pins with 3 completely different balls: one reason - carrydown. High schoolers preceded us in the afternoon and when the house reoiled they did not strip the backends.
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Re: Ball Reaction Question
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2009, 06:04:19 PM »
Hey Jeff,

Thanks for the reply.  The too strong of a ball is definitely a possibility, b/c I did use a ball that's a bit earlier than usual (Dimension vs Gravity Shift).  I heard the low side of the house plays a bit longer than the high end.  It's true, b/c my Dimension hooks up too early on the high side.  It looks good to me, but carry was that.  But it's good to know for the future when I think it looks good, haha.  

A bit of a digression:  Is a light hit 7 pin considered a "blower 7"?
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Re: Ball Reaction Question
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2009, 07:40:32 PM »
Did you see oday's Doubles tourney? Jenn Patrick was leaving all sorts of crap on the left lane. To me that indicates the wrong ball or playing the wrong area. The men hit strong carrydown on the left (Angelo, Harman and RAsh), too strong even for their high rev rate. But Jen was just using the wrong ball, as I see it. When she moved to the right lane for the last game, she had a much better ball reaction.

If you're leaving 7 pins and 10 pins and 4 pins on apparently good releases that hit your target, change balls, lines/targets, ball speed. Change something cause what you're doing isn't working.

There's all sorts of reasons to leave a light 7 pin.
A "blower", in my mind, usually indicates you blew the head pin and the 5 pin very strongly into the left side. Usually the 7 pin is not left standing on that hit. 7 pins can be left on high hits or I know I leave them when I came in too light. The head pin comes off the wall and hits only the 4 pin and maybe the 5 pin, leaving the 7 pin standing. "blower" indicates, to me, a lot of power. If the 7 pin is standing, there generally wasn't a lot of power.

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Re: Ball Reaction Question
« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2009, 01:57:13 PM »
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Either carrydown or a slightly burned up midlane/too strong a ball.


Last week, we experienced this in our early league.  My buddy, who bowls on another team, came over to me saying his LevRG wasn't making it into the pocket.  I told him I had been having trouble getting my Rival into the hole as well...it would look good 3/4 way down the lane and then just not get to the pocket.  He thought it was carrydown but I told him his ball, and mine too,  was too strong and burning up and that he needed to go to a weaker ball as I had done.  We both had a good look after that while most everyone else struggled...
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Re: Ball Reaction Question
« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2009, 03:32:18 PM »
VT_Turkey,

Good move. ALso going to a weaker ball should tell immediately if you have carrydown of the midlane where you were playing is too dry for the ball you were using.

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Re: Ball Reaction Question
« Reply #6 on: February 02, 2009, 03:36:08 PM »
Did you notice if any of the pins were off spot, if they weren't than I would have to agree with carry down

But I wasn't there so it's just a guess
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Re: Ball Reaction Question
« Reply #7 on: February 04, 2009, 09:26:03 AM »
The pins looked fine...guy on our pair went 290-279 the first two games, lol.  And I'm not sure there was carry down...If I moved right, my ball picked up really quickly and crossed.  I think the ball was grabbing in the mids enough to mush my corners.  I mean, I had a good number of bombastic strikes and carried 2-3 light hits...but compared to what I'm used to it was pretty ugly.  

Thanks for the input guys.
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