Author Topic: What's typically wrong with a shot (Read 884 times)

jd1319 · « **on:** January 19, 2004, 10:49:36 PM »

that you would describe as a solid pocket shot that leaves a split? I've had a rash of these lately, pretty shots leaving 7-10's, 4-9, and 5-7's. The shot looks like my typical strike ball, so what is happening at the pins to cause these horrible leaves? I'm just trying to get a better understanding so I can guess how to adjust and get away from so many of them. I'm not shooting bad, my last 3 sets were a 636, 639, and 648, but without the splits, I'm pushing 7's. The shots working, but I'm thinking I have to be doing something wrong to have the splits being very frequent. I understand the bad shots, but these balls don't look bad.

Typically, I'm your down and in bowler, medium-high to high speed, high track, low-med revs, using a phenom unleashed.

9andaWiggle · « **Reply #1 on:** January 20, 2004, 01:56:32 PM »

Well, I was thinking carrydown might be causing your ball to slide through the pocket rather than drive through it (leaving te 5-7). Although, usually the 4-9 is left from being too high in the pocket or having the ball driving too hard through the pocket (which is hard to do with carrydown). I'm not sure what causes the 7-10's. I would guess carrydown again, where the ball punches through the 3 pin (sending the 6 around the 10) and maybe not sending the headpin into the 2 enough to get the 4 to hit the 7. I dunno - I was fascinated last week when I saw 2 righties, on the same lane (different game) leave the 7-9 on a 1-3 pocket shot!

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punkrawk77 · « **Reply #2 on:** January 20, 2004, 02:01:01 PM »

I was having this problem last time i bowled at a heavily oiled up lane. I was getting what looked like really good pocket hits and was leaving splits. It didn't make any sense to me.

A_P_K · « **Reply #3 on:** January 20, 2004, 02:05:33 PM »

You generally leave a 5-7 split when you're ball runs out of gas before it hits the pins. I guess carrydown could effect this somewhat, but I'd be inclined to say the bowler caused it himself by not staying under or with the ball when he released it, not generating enough power.

I leave many a pocket 7-10 and from my point of view that's from either carrydown preventing the ball from hitting enough head pin (coming behind), or hitting flat as well.

They already mentioned how you could leave the 4-9, but sometimes it just happens, and you'll leave the smash version.

...And as I'm typing this I realized Bob covered all the bases as well...
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star · « **Reply #4 on:** January 21, 2004, 06:31:38 AM »

Another piece to put in my collection from Bob Hanson

Thank you Sir.
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