My basic release creates a large hook: a combination of more than average but not cranker revs and medium to less than average speed. As a result, I almost always play an inside line, usually starting around the 3rd arrow. Over the past year or so, my efforts seem to reap little reward for good shot making; there are possibly several reasons for this.
One friend has suggested I learn to throw a smaller hook. I have tried this over the years, unsuccessfully; it always resulted is significantly less hitting power. Over the past 18 months I have been experimenting with many versions of a smaller hook, on an irregular basis. That is part of the problem: lack of consistency and lack of sticking-to-it. Lately I seem to have been more successful. In fact, I did it today, in all 6 games I practiced. Not perfect, but almost satisfactory. I intend to use it in my scratch (read: serious) league tomorrow night; I have been doing especially poorly all year in this one.
So, in today's practice, I noticed something that shocked me quite a bit: I used two balls which are almost at opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of oil handling and "normal" amount of hook, WITH MY NORMAL RELEASE. Yet with this smaller hook release, my breakpoint remained the same, yet my feet's starting position varied by only 5 boards. Normally, with these 2 balls, my feet starting position would be about ..., at least 10 boards different.
Not being familiar with smaller hook philosophy, my question is this -
Do people who throw smaller hook balls require fewer balls to cover a range of conditions than larger hook players. (I am not talking about special condition balls.)
(With a larger hook, I thought I needed to be especially wary of transitions and carrydown and spotty oil patterns.)
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