Similar boat rev wise except have pretty decent speed and a ton of axis tilt.  I can make virtually any reactive go straight on conditions I see if I want (newer synthetics with decent oil).  Grateful for reactives though because I have a hard ceiling in the 210s with anything else.  Accepted playing third arrow is deep for me and straighter is greater is how its going to be.  I don't blame ball makers for my hook phase mostly being front to back though, as their tech gives me what little swing I have.

 I understand where you’re coming from. The very things that used to make me a quite formidable opponent, now serve to make me an old “also ran” wannabe.

 That nice medium 14-15 mph speed, that cupped wrist, and that late release on the upswing just don’t work like they used to.

 But, I came along with that style, just about the time the “old farts” of my era, with their full rollers, were being phased out by the newer urethane lane surfaces and urethane balls.  I beat them like an old drum.

 He is correct in his assertion that the game has evolved into a game of speed and revs. Take two identically weighted balls following the exact same path, one going 15mph, and the other going 18mph. Given that power = mass X speed, and the faster ball will deliver more power to the pins, giving the person throwing it a slight advantage for carry.


 Time passes, and things change. It has always been that way, and always will be. It is the natural progression of things. We don’t have to like it, but we DO have to face it. Now, it is my turn to take that beating I talked about earlier.

Getting old. It sucks. 

I took 7 years off and now bowling is fun again to me because these new balls make my mediocre game look way better than what it really is.

Where  lower rev players,  lower tilt/rotation players suffer is when they have to move off 10/2nd arrow.  The days of urethane/rubber/plastic with making minimum moves is long gone. Lanes are oiled where high levels of friction are on the gutter making it worse.   

It requires bowlers to move in and open up the lanes.  It doesn't require 400rpms but it does require a change in release.  I've seen a lot of bowlers get help in feeling this by using gloves that allow the bowler to put their wrist in position to increase tilt and rotation....... Instead of trying to buy a ball and use a layout to keep from moving off of 2nd arrow.

Revs and speed doesn't equal scores. Today's house conditions can make it appear that way.

That's was and still is my situation to an extent. For a number of years, after having come back to league bowling after a 3 1/2 year break back in 2003.,.,the center I was bowling at always played "oily" .,.,they didn't strip the lanes regularly so it always played longer than they really were. The way the lanes were was perfect for my game.,.I could just square up and stroke it straight up the 2nd arrow with pretty aggressive equipment and not get an early or overreaction. That was the only league/center I bowled in for about 5/6 years.  in the 08/09 season..by mid end January my average in that one league was up to 219.  My downfall came that January as my home center changed hands twice in a month. The shot drastically changed in that I could no longer square up and play down and in a stay on the left side and score. After the change I was a lost cause.

I never had learned how to move inside and throw it left away from the pocket. Until then I never had the need to do so. When the lanes broke down I could simply switch balls and stay in the same place and I was fine,. or if I had to I moved left to the outside I could still stroke it over the 1st arrow and be effective.

Since then out of necessity I have learned more about adjusting various things such as hand position, the pointer finger spread or right next to the middle finger, and also spotting closer or further down the lane. Those things do help a lot, but I must admit it still is a struggle at times.,

Brad

When I started in the 60's I was pretty high speed for the time, fortunately I threw a heavy rolling ball so that even with hard rubber of the era I still had some reaction.

But I was always trying to slow down some.

As I aged my feet got slower, my back swing lower and my speed has gotten slow.

I've been on the wrong end of it in both eras.

But I had a pretty good run in middle before balls got so aggressive.

Bowling gets me out of the house and some exercise which is nothing but good health wise.  Everything else is gravy.