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Fluff E Bunnie

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Machuga's Bowling Style
« on: February 26, 2007, 02:54:48 AM »
I was watching the telecast this weekend and they mentioned that Machuga had a combination of an old school style and modern style (something like that).  To me it looks like a classic style.

Am I correct that they said that?  If so, what about his style makes it newer?  

I really liked Machuga's form.
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Re: Machuga's Bowling Style
« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2007, 10:58:09 AM »
The high backswing, the wrist action at release.  "New school" is more high speed, higher revs, and big hook while "old school" is probably lower speed and revs, straighter.  Machuga doesn't have the open shoulders or inside-out swing that most of the crankers have, he stays pretty square.  He bowls very well from outside and inside and everywhere in between.

Classic tweener, I think.  Chris Barnes is the same way.

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Re: Machuga's Bowling Style
« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2007, 11:02:07 AM »
I'm guessing that it has to do with his release. He can put a "load" on the ball because of how quick it is.

Classic form until the ball reaches the bottom of the swing, then comes the difference...

He is also very capable of playing up the edge and removing some of the "hand."  Apparently he did it most of the week.
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Re: Machuga's Bowling Style
« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2007, 11:10:15 AM »
I think it looks nice also!

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Re: Machuga's Bowling Style
« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2007, 11:14:21 AM »
Chuga is absolutely perfect if you ask me.

he can swing it and he can go up the boards.

dead perfect release.

just wish he had some better luck on TV.
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Re: Machuga's Bowling Style
« Reply #5 on: February 26, 2007, 11:15:04 AM »
Ah so it was the release?  I remember they showed it close up in slow-motion.  Maybe I can catch it on the replay next week if they don't cut that part out.  Then again, they probably will...
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Fluff E Bunnie

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Re: Machuga's Bowling Style
« Reply #6 on: February 26, 2007, 11:18:49 AM »
quote:
Chuga is absolutely perfect if you ask me.

he can swing it and he can go up the boards.

dead perfect release.

just wish he had some better luck on TV.


Yeah that's what I was thinking...  He looked really sharp.
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Re: Machuga's Bowling Style
« Reply #7 on: February 26, 2007, 02:37:12 PM »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3KB0Rip5L8

wtf? Machuga had the AMF on his chest but was using a storm?
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Re: Machuga's Bowling Style
« Reply #8 on: February 26, 2007, 06:47:13 PM »
Ooh I like watching bowling in Japanese.  Also, that video has Patrick Healey.  Good bonus!
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Re: Machuga's Bowling Style
« Reply #9 on: February 26, 2007, 06:51:40 PM »
I think one word could sum up machuga's game. Ideal. In more than one word however, I would like to say that he has without a doubt one of the best physical games on tour(top 4 at least}. he has such a simple game up to the line, then that super fast release that gets tons of power(if necessary) with a completely strait arm swing(no elbow bend). If there was anyone on tour that I would wish to be like its most defiantly him!
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Re: Machuga's Bowling Style
« Reply #10 on: February 26, 2007, 07:15:29 PM »
I believe that the "old school" style he was speaking of, was the simple approach, ONLY a shoulder high backswing, and his slide foot pointing straight ahead.  The "new school" was that he can rev it up if he needs to.  The new era of bowling is power.  Finesse has somewhat taken a backseat to the power players and those who want to be.  Bowlers, young and inexperienced, are fascinated by by watching a ball hook a ton and throw pins around.

Shoot.....even us look at guys like Mineman, Criss, Lawrence, Trabers, and others who fluff the ball up the track, and we call it "boring"  When we here that Smith, TJ, Couch, and other more power players are going to be on the show, we tend to get a little amped up.  

In other words, Machuga has a strokers approach, with a powerful release.
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Re: Machuga's Bowling Style
« Reply #11 on: February 27, 2007, 12:37:44 AM »
I had the privilege to bowl with him at a pro-am in Birmingham last year and specifically asked him about his release. I asked him where he learned it and he said "on a pool table."

He told me he practiced that release by spinning a cue ball on a pool table, over and over again, until he developed that snap. As you know, he's good friends with Norm Duke, and he told us Duke can't hook a pool ball on a pool table because "Norm lifts straight up from the center of the ball." But of course he complimented Norm on the other parts of his game.

The motion he showed me was much like turning a doorknob. Hold your arm out straight, and turn your wrist like you were opening a door. That's the trigger at the bottom of his swing.

He's the guy who convinced me to try to ditch my wrist brace, and I finally did. I've patterned my release after his and while I'm sure it's not anywhere close to his, it's the best I've released the ball my whole life.

And as good as his release looks on TV, you ought to see it in person. Butter-smooth.

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