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bowlingmytmouse

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A new vid, gimme your thoughts please
« on: March 21, 2005, 05:13:08 PM »
Hi all,

Here is my newest vid of me and my Super Sonic. There are a couple of Ressurection shots in there, its pretty big too.  Lemme know what you guys think.  I've been trying to get rid of all the kick motion, but as you will see I need some more work.  And I know that they aren't all strikes, just want everyone to see how mine rolls. The layout is in my prof.


http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/wetoddimage.wtdr/wODM4OTYwNnM0MTNkZmQzMXk1NDE%3D


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Strapper_Squared

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Re: A new vid, gimme your thoughts please
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2005, 08:13:53 AM »
Overall you look pretty smooth...  even though the "kick thing" is going on, you appear to have pretty decent balance, so I wouldn't worry about it too much.  I might try to work on achieving a looser armswing (the last little bit of height in your back swing appears to be forced).  That may help improve accuracy a little...  It hard to tell your number of revs from the video, but your ball speed seems to be moderate to high.. so unless you are really revving it up, I wouldn't worry about trying to increase speed much more...
nice video...

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Re: A new vid, gimme your thoughts please
« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2005, 11:23:03 AM »
Form looks great.You are balanced and your ball roll is smooth and the release looks clean.

What I noticed however was that you were bowling at Ft. Meade. I bowl there often including a friday night league. I was curious as to your opinions on the lane conditions. I.E. Oil amount/Brand- Difficulty of shot- Opinions on Dean and Brian in the pro shop, or anything else you have to say. I would be greatly interested to hear. I personally like the shot. I match up well on a fresh shot with both my SD-73 and my new Absolute Inferno.

This is a severe hijack of your post and I apologize for that, but I have typed too much to redo it as a PM. Feel free to PM me with the response however.

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janderson

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Re: A new vid, gimme your thoughts please
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2005, 12:24:33 PM »
Allow me to preface my comments by saying that I'm not a qualified coach.

From the looks of things, you're pretty fundamentally sound and likely already a good bowler, definitely a cut about the typical house hack.  Are you working with a coach?  The "kick thing" seems to be a simple balance issue and probably easily fixed.  To me, its possibly related to the motion of your head and/or non-bowling arm.  Your head is nice and "quiet" throughout your delivery and follows a great slowly-lower-to-the-finish-position.  However, your head sometimes "pops up" at the line and sometimes more than others.  Compare the first shot in the video to the second, watching the head, arm, and leg.  You definitely "pop up" on the second shot.  If you watch the motion of your non-bowling arm, you'll see it jerk at the same time your head pops up.  Your "kick thing" looks to occur at about the same time and might be a result of the head motion, arm motion, or both.  A coach will better be able to help you determine which is causing which (if either).

What I can tell you is that being consistently, solid and balanced at the line is critically important to elevating your game to the highest levels.  Watch pros like Brian Voss or Tommy Jones, and they are like a rock at the line.  Throwing the ball from the same solid base allows you to increase your revs and repeat your revs consistently.  It also plays a major role in your angle through your target.

As far as filming non-strikes, I'm glad to see someone finally do this.  When showing others how you bowl, you should always include the good and bad.  I wish I had a video of myself from the debacle of this past weekend's tournament - it would help my coach help me much more than any video of me crushing the pocket over and over.
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Re: A new vid, gimme your thoughts please
« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2005, 12:27:42 PM »
Forget about having the "kick". Mike Aulby never puts him trailing leg down. I have a slight kick, but snap the toe to the approach quickly. Although, the kick is a little more oriented to the cranker.

bowlingmytmouse

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Re: A new vid, gimme your thoughts please
« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2005, 12:09:00 AM »
Thanks all,

I appreciate all the kind comments, I really do take them to heart.  Janderson your right about the popping up thing, I didn't really notice it before.  O will take more effort in staying down.  I was a lil tired in the vids, but I wil definately make a point to stay down at the line.

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