well, today i go to leagues and am expecting hte normal shot. extremely heavy oil since everyone always wants to use the latest hook monster. SO i throw my first shot and omg! i took out he 4-7! to make a long story short i shot 480 throwing with my tornado. the prob. was my slow speed (14 mph) mixed with the dry, short lanes. i tried speeding it up but found no consistency due to the fact im used to having to slow it down for soup. i tried staying behind the ball more but the problem was the same as i was having with my normal release: move inside, come up light with no energy at the pins. come back outside a lil, comes storming back, 4-9. i even left 3 7-9's! and this is coming from a stroker! i switched to plastic afterwards to practice and shot 560. i was not happy with this score either. what would you guys suggest i do to either gain more consistency with throwing harder, but not losing the consistency i already have, or should i go out and get an old hammer or something to combat these lanes if i ever come up against them again?

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stanski

I remember seeing a good tip about floating the ball through the heads.  I'll see if I can find it.  Don't try to overpower the lanes unless that's your forte'.  Move back on the approach and hold the ball higher in your setup.  Target further down the lane.  As you found out in practice, plastic can be a lifesaver.

As usual, Ron's site has good tips.  #16 is about throwing the ball faster.  http://www.bowl4fun.com/ron/roncarchive.htm
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Penn State Proud

Instead of trying to force the ball down the lane, you can use your normal ball speed and make a ball "float" down a dry lane by collapsing your wrist back and changing your hand position so that the fingers are around 4 (maybe even 3) o'clock or so. The result is a topped shot that makes the ball skid very cleanly through the heads then pick up a great roll on the back of the lane provided you still have backends.

You may feel like you are bowling with a "limp wrist", but the pin action is unbelievable when the lanes are really roasted and you do the release properly.

Edited on 10/24/2003 6:00 AM