Advice on reading lane transition faster
Posted: November 7th, 2019, 6:18 am
I went in to sub tonight since I have been hurt for 4 weeks but have bowled 5 days straight. So tonight: Background 4 person team 2 teams. 2 people playing around 8-10 board down and in very low revs. I was playing 12 to 7 and in. Then a two hander with lower revs then what he should be doing was a little left of me I think. Everyone else was throwing plastic down the middle.
Short version: how can you tell the difference if the heads are drying up or you aren't throwing the ball in the correct launch angle you are intending to.
1st game threw everything dead perfect except 1 ball that I missed to the right which struck. I ended up with 3 solid 10s with the rest X. Started out standing 27 then moved to 29 right at the start of the 1st game. 2nd game hit the 1-3 every shot except one shot broke my wrist and released it wrong and went to the right and missed the head pin to the right. So 1st game 248 2nd game 235 or so and 0 missed spares. 3rd game I moved left 1 board at some point probably after the 1st shot. Next 2 shots didn't go out far right enough but still held and struck. Next 3 balls where extremely high in the pocket left the 4 pin 3 shots straight. Then brookln 2- times after that. Moved left 1 board and hit the pocket leaving a flat 10. Next shot I believe was through the nose leaving 6 10. So basically from almost the start of this game, I couldn't get the ball to "push" far enough right. I was thinking I was throwing the ball wrong by closing down my angles or shoulders or something so kept trying to get it out. I didn't think about moving left, because I am used to the ball over reacting down the lane or not quite getting to the breakpoint and then I move. This ball was like changing direction as soon as it hit the lane or something. I was aiming for 12 to 7 or 13 to 7 and ended up throwing like straight down 15 it looked ike. Then I thought about it and thinking well maybe I jumped where the two hander was and he ate all the oil. I moved 2 and 2 left (stand at 33 thow accross 15 to 7) and then on the last ball I had the ball motion back and struck, but it took me the whole game to do that.
I am used to the backends drying up on the right side but not the fronts. I don't think I was paying close enough attention at the arrows and I was looking up too soon so I couldn't judge if I was throwing it correctly or something else was going on.
I guess a better question is, how can I tell when the fronts are drying up? I can tell when the midlane and the backends and all that is having problems but the fronts? I guess as soon as the ball touched the lane, it changed directions on me and went straight instead of / and I was looking up and didn't see that change in direction and that is what threw me off?
If I throw the ball to the right and it stops and changes direction then I know to move left. I didn't even get to throw the ball to the right, it hit the lane and went like straight up. I threw the ball on spot today only missing 1 spare which was a 10 pin and I think I looked up before I threw the ball at the arrows. I was so frustrated because I didn't know what was going on, I know I wasn't throwing the ball wrong at all but it wouldn't push to the right. I didn't want to move left if I didn't have to. My thinking is, well if I am throwing the ball wrong, then moving left isn't going to fix the problem. I wanted to throw at a lets say 15 degree angle and instead ended up at almost 0. I am rambling on but its been awhile since I have been stumped.
the ball I was using is a storm supersonic drilled to control the midlane. It has factory finish on it but has 6 games bowled on it after that.
Short version: how can you tell the difference if the heads are drying up or you aren't throwing the ball in the correct launch angle you are intending to.
1st game threw everything dead perfect except 1 ball that I missed to the right which struck. I ended up with 3 solid 10s with the rest X. Started out standing 27 then moved to 29 right at the start of the 1st game. 2nd game hit the 1-3 every shot except one shot broke my wrist and released it wrong and went to the right and missed the head pin to the right. So 1st game 248 2nd game 235 or so and 0 missed spares. 3rd game I moved left 1 board at some point probably after the 1st shot. Next 2 shots didn't go out far right enough but still held and struck. Next 3 balls where extremely high in the pocket left the 4 pin 3 shots straight. Then brookln 2- times after that. Moved left 1 board and hit the pocket leaving a flat 10. Next shot I believe was through the nose leaving 6 10. So basically from almost the start of this game, I couldn't get the ball to "push" far enough right. I was thinking I was throwing the ball wrong by closing down my angles or shoulders or something so kept trying to get it out. I didn't think about moving left, because I am used to the ball over reacting down the lane or not quite getting to the breakpoint and then I move. This ball was like changing direction as soon as it hit the lane or something. I was aiming for 12 to 7 or 13 to 7 and ended up throwing like straight down 15 it looked ike. Then I thought about it and thinking well maybe I jumped where the two hander was and he ate all the oil. I moved 2 and 2 left (stand at 33 thow accross 15 to 7) and then on the last ball I had the ball motion back and struck, but it took me the whole game to do that.
I am used to the backends drying up on the right side but not the fronts. I don't think I was paying close enough attention at the arrows and I was looking up too soon so I couldn't judge if I was throwing it correctly or something else was going on.
I guess a better question is, how can I tell when the fronts are drying up? I can tell when the midlane and the backends and all that is having problems but the fronts? I guess as soon as the ball touched the lane, it changed directions on me and went straight instead of / and I was looking up and didn't see that change in direction and that is what threw me off?
If I throw the ball to the right and it stops and changes direction then I know to move left. I didn't even get to throw the ball to the right, it hit the lane and went like straight up. I threw the ball on spot today only missing 1 spare which was a 10 pin and I think I looked up before I threw the ball at the arrows. I was so frustrated because I didn't know what was going on, I know I wasn't throwing the ball wrong at all but it wouldn't push to the right. I didn't want to move left if I didn't have to. My thinking is, well if I am throwing the ball wrong, then moving left isn't going to fix the problem. I wanted to throw at a lets say 15 degree angle and instead ended up at almost 0. I am rambling on but its been awhile since I have been stumped.
the ball I was using is a storm supersonic drilled to control the midlane. It has factory finish on it but has 6 games bowled on it after that.