quick question:

What is the difference in reaction and hook between the two? I have been told im a high track bowler but am not too sure what this actually means bowling wise. Just curous.

That's pretty much the explanation.  The cause is that high trackers, for the same number of revs, will put more ball in contact with the lane than low trackers.  Track circumference is typically greater for high trackers, and so one revolution is a longer distance for us.  That's the big reason we get earlier roll; we create more friction between the cover and lane.

On the plus side, we get get more reaction for fewer revs than low trackers.  A low-track cranker is almost wasting revs, or the revs aren't doing as much work.

SH

It's not high track/low track so much as it is large track diameter/small track diameter (not taking into count resulting PAP's and layouts).  Someone with a small track but .5" from fingers and thumb will not get more midlane than someone who tracks 2" away but has a very large diameter.

IL, what shelley means is that if Large Track Joe has 15 hand revs on the ball (ball spins that many times on it's trip down the lane) and Small Track Bob has 15 hand revs, Joe will have more contact with the lane surface because of his track in comparison to Bob, so in effect Bob is "wasting" some revs because he doesn't get as much contact.  But if the condition calls for less midlane then Bob is at an advantage.  It's kind of the difference between forward and side roll, I guess.  Both have their uses.
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Edited on 3/2/2006 5:17 PM

thedjs, I am not a driller or really as knowledgeable as many others here but it seems to me that a stronger drilling for a low tracker would only make the backend stronger.  You want to get the ball into an earlier roll and that can be done by keeping the top weight low and using negative sideweight.  Something else that might help would be to have the CG out but that might mean using a weighthole (which could be used to reduce topweight and/or sideweight).  Also check out Ron Clifton's tips on finger dancing.

Not sure about the low track - large track as I have only seen low track - small track.
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