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Acuuracy and the rev challenged

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Do rev challenged player tend to be more accurate? Why or Why not
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Re: Acuuracy and the rev challenged

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I wouldn't say they tend to be more accurate but to be competitive they need to be more accurate. With todays game accuracy is losing some of its importance, especially if you have power, it makes being accurate hitting an area and not a board anymore.
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i am really rev-challenged, and i know the ONLY way i have a chance is to be accurate. even on house shots i cant spray it everywhere because if i get it outside and it does come back, a lot of the times i'll go soft ten. This has always helped though because i'll be at 205 on house shot, lose horribly in a tournament, then if theres a sport shot tournament, i'll be at 185-190 and be in top 4 in almost every local tournament. i do believe that to be good when your rev challenged, especially as much as someone like me is, you have to be more accurate.
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All rev challenged bowlers are at a disadvantage today even if they have accuracy as their strong point.
When they compete with those who can rip a ball with some degree of accuracy they will not be in the hunt. As we know just hitting the pocket is no assurance of getting a strike.
There only hope is they have enough ball to get a fair number of strikes and with their accuracy are good spare shooters.
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Sawbones wrote:All rev challenged bowlers are at a disadvantage today even if they have accuracy as their strong point.
When they compete with those who can rip a ball with some degree of accuracy they will not be in the hunt. As we know just hitting the pocket is no assurance of getting a strike.
There only hope is they have enough ball to get a fair number of strikes and with their accuracy are good spare shooters.
definitely bones, its ridiculous when i'll go 220 because of ten pins and 7 pins, when other people will go 270+ spraying it more than i am.
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Re: Acuuracy and the rev challenged

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On a tangent somewhat, but what I find interesting is how this argument gets twisted when it's applied to new technology.

I had an older bowler complain recently about how back in the 60s/70s, bowling favored the guys who could impart revs and power on the ball, and that today's game brought the low-rev folks into the picture.

Now, I see here most seem to believe that revs are a necessity in today's game or you're toast.

I think the point to make is that revs/power has ALWAYS been important in bowling, no matter the era.

As to the original question, yes, accuracy is needed more an more as revs decrease. And if you can develop that accuracy, it really helps you on fresh sport shots, because in my experience those guys drop off far less than the rev-it-at-the-gutter guys.

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Re: Acuuracy and the rev challenged

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I’ve seen many inaccurate revolution challenged bowlers.

I’ve seen many accurate higher revolution bowlers.

Accuracy is based as much on good fundamentals as it is on the number of revolutions imparted on the ball.

I believe a higher percentage of high revolution bowlers are inaccurate but that is mostly due to the fact that many of them use too much force in their swings to achieve the revolutions and undermine fundamentals.

Plus on today’s easier conditions the higher revolutions cover up inaccuracies and fool bowlers (both high and lower revolution) into believing they are more accurate than they are. So they see no reason to change.
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Re: Acuuracy and the rev challenged

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now i believe i can speak from the other side of the aspect, being a high rev bowler myself, it is quite easy to get caught up in the THS that requires you to just throw it at the gutter, watch it hook and strike (even though its a 9 pin for me)

accuracy has been the biggest flaw in my game and i know it, it has hurt not only my line when i get on a tighter shot but it has also hurt my spare game, any power or high rev bowler gets to "hide" some of there fundamental flaws cause they can "overpower" the lane/pattern (not the best choice of words but its all i could think of atm)

to go back to the question, i believe that less revs means more dependency on there accuracy, therefor making them more accurate bowlers
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Being one of those lesser reved bowlers I can say it doesn't make me more accurate but I have to be more accurate to be competitive.
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