First Ric, Bill and Ray were/are part of the process of the ball motion study, in fact Bill before he passed away praised the study due to its point of view and its conclusions. Every ball manufacturer had a representative on the task force.
The lane condition we use is a low volume, flat pattern that is 53' in length. It was our believe by this pattern we could virtually eliminate the bowling ball being steered by the pattern, and that we wanted to test what happened in the oil not out of the oil.
Again with the players statistics, of course if one adds revolutions the overall ball motion is to be greater. Again common sense things, but as we as bowlers know everyone believes whatever they believe that green balls don't hook as much, I have to have the psa upside down for good ball reaction etc. The study answered a lot of those type of questions. We are educating bowlers about what affects the ball motion, not what can you do as a player to increase your ball motion, that would be the coaching department.
As to spending money in other places, trust me they are with the new USBC youth department and with the help of BPAA's youth department and resources they are working on building a lot of great programs. With that being said, as the department I work for, USBC's overall goal is to grow the sport of bowling, our job is to grow the sport by regulating the sport and educating bowlers on the sport by scientific studies. That's my job. I am just trying to further educate the bowlers who want to be educated.
Paul
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