Back and with questions.

[blistershurt]

havent been on here in a little while, busy rehabbing the knee.

I have a few things I'd like to address though.

1) My approach is getting better(getting lower from my knee instead of my torso) and my release has changed ever so slightly. I've seen ball tracks before on a website for the different styles. My oil track went from a high end stroker line to a cranker(yes I know) track. Though I still dont throw crazy hard (16-17) I expect I'm now what is a tweener, please give me some more insight into this.

2) Got my BW and Trauma Response back finally. Polished the BW to 3500, doing fine, in fact I can swing the ball more than i used to. The Trauma is great. Starts its roll very early, I have a pin down drill under the bridge, CG kicked out a little at 5 o'clock with the Mass Bias in a 4:30 position. It is polished and after I bowled on the synthetic lanes in my house I know it is good I got it. Now with the Trauma I need to know whether to go 2000grit or 1000-1500grit range.

3) I am going to get a Cherry Vibe soon, and I have the idea of what I'm going to drill it like already. This will make my arsenal look like this (sorry I know how much you all absolutely HATE arsenal questions)
Heavy Oil-Trauma Response @ 2000 or 1000-1500 range
any type of medium volume of oil- BW polished @ 3500
Light Oil- Cherry Vibe @ OOB ( 4000 w/ polish)
Spares-T zone


Thanks for the advise ahead of time.

[Rowdy]

I like your choices.Good spread of different ball types.Glad the knee is better.I know how much of a pain those are to rehab.Good Luck with it and your selection of balls.

[BubbaRay]

A stroker is a type of player in bowling who releases his or her bowling ball in a smooth manner that reduces side spin. Strokers often keep their shoulders square to the foul line and their backswing generally does not go much above level with the ground. This type of release reduces the ball's hooking potential. Strokers are often considered to have more repeatable and accurate shots.

Strokers rely on smooth ball placement more than kinetic energy to fell pins. The all-time money-leading bowler in the United States, Walter Ray Williams, Jr., is a stroker (though some consider his style unique and not easily classifiable). Other famous strokers include Norm Duke, David Ozio, and Dick Weber.

Many left handed bowlers such as Earl Anthony, Mike Aulby, and Parker Bohn III are strokers, which has given a stereotype in the bowling community that many left-handers are strokers.

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A cranker is a bowler who strives to generate revolutions using a cupped wrist and a bent elbow or muscled armswing. Crankers often use "late" timing, where the foot gets to the foul line before the ball. They often use a technique known as plant and pull, hardly using any slide on their final step and pulling the ball upwards for leverage.
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A tweener (a term derived from "in-between") is a bowler that delivers the ball in a manner that falls somewhere in between stroking and cranking. This modified delivery could use a higher backswing that is normally employed by a pure stroker or a less powerful wrist position than a pure cranker. Some use the term to refer to a bowler who is just simply not a "picture perfect" example of a stroker.

Notable tweeners include Brian Voss , Doug Kent, and Chris Barnes (some consider him a normal stroker with a high backswing, but not a very big hook).
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A variation on tweening is used by a very successful and well-known bowler, Pete Weber, who is considered a power stroker. This term refers to a bowler who relies on a high backswing and open shoulders to generate potential ball speed and a big hook, but uses the timing and smooth release of a stroker.


I would go with the Trauma at 2000 gritt start. Drill it the way you think you want it and go from there. If it isn't reacting like you want you could always put alittle more surface on it.

As for the Vibe, I think you will like the out of the box finish .

[blistershurt]

Thanks for the advice both of you.

Bubba Ray-something in my release changed when I started to get lower. Everything feels the same, though, I have been forced to plant rather than slide with the dirty approaches as of late, do you think getting lower could make me put more finger into the ball than I used to, or is this because of the foot planting?

[BubbaRay]

It's a combonation of both. When you get lower you tend to come up from behind the ball more. But at the same time , when you plant, that's what is makeing you relase change alittle. AMF and Brunswick has a slide slipper you could use on your slide foot. the usually run around 10 buck. Use it when the approaches are sticky or in your case planting the foot. This will give you alittle more slide and maybe get that relase back to where it belongs. remember , everything depends on your timing in this game. When the timming is off the release is off also. Comming off a leg proplem is tough when it is your slid leg. Keep working at it with the suggestions and it will be back to where it used to be