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General Category => PBA => Topic started by: Next Level PS on October 02, 2004, 03:46:19 PM
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How does ryan get away with so much up hit on the PBA flatter patters?
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If you watch him on tape in slo-mo, he actually leaves the ground completely on some of his releases.
It's like a bowling version of what they say in those car commercials where the car is veering all over the road:
"This is a highly trained professional bowler. Amateurs should not try this at home."
Shiv
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Listening to the monotonous staccato of rain on my desk top
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because he's a spinner
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Rev-O
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because he's a spinner
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Rev-O
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Good catch Rev, I guess all that tilt evens everything out.
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How does ryan get away with so much up hit on the PBA flatter patters?
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I watched him a lot during the US Open at Carolier. I think his consistency is the key. He was more consistent in amount of revs, ball speed and hitting his target than many of the other players on tour and they are much more consistent than we league players. He'd play lines and use balls that others wouldn't or couldn't (except, of course, for a few others). I was shocked when he didn't make the cut to the TV set of players. He was among the top 5 scorers the whole time, on that grind out shot.
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I think Fagan might have the lowest track on tour but Shafer's "Power-Spinner" style is definately something you'll see more on the northeast coast from people learning to bowl in various dump houses that act like there's an oil shortage to the world of bowling.
I too do wonder how he's had the success he has because his form is an eyesore on TV(yet pretty impressive to watch live in person).
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-DP3
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Great post, great answers!
Always love to see Shafer play, cos my ball roll is a bit similar to his.
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He actually threw the ball much smoother in college. He's probably the exception, most guys tone in down a bit when they go on tour.
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Shafer and Himmler to my knowledge are the guys that started the "Storm Pro-Pin" craze. They love using long long pin outs(5-7 inches) and putting them above the bridge for length. The thing about a pin like that, you can put it in the leverage position yet still have like a 5-6 pin to PAP distance because it is so high up. The ball coasts no matter what then really rips on the backend. It's a great tool for opening up tighter conditions for guys with alot of hand that don't want to see all the hook in the midlane.
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-DP3
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Edited on 4/13/2005 3:30 PM
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The thing about a pin like that, you can put it in the leverage position yet still have like a 5-6 pin to PAP distance because it is so high up.
I'm confused. I thought leverage was defined as 3 3/8 inches Pin to PAP. How can a ball be drilled leverage but have the Pin to PAP be 5-6 inches?
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I mean in the "Leverage Area" thats about 2 inches wide and to the right of your ring finger. This picture might help you out a bit.
http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/wetoddimage.wtdr/wODc1NjgwNnM0MTNkZmQzMXk1NDE%3D.jpg
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-DP3
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I didn't know there was such a thing as "leverage area". Learn something new everyday. I guess that means I can leave work since I learned what I needed to learn today.
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