track question

[thaiiii]

can someone explain the pro's and cons of a low, medium and high track? is it bad being a low track compared to a high one?

[BubbaRay]

IT IS ALL IN THE HAND POSITION &/OR ROTATION AT RELEASE THAT PRODUCES THESE TYPES OF ROLLS.
A hand with no rotation directly behind the ball give you a high roll track.A hand with a cocked wrist to the pinkie side develops rolling wrist at release develops a low/spin track.Your hand directly behind the ball, gives you an end over end roll for more control/less hook unless your a cranker.Crankers get way more lift/power from behind the ball.

Each drill pattern/layout will give you a different reaction with different rolls.A good Ball Driller will fit/tweak a drilling into your style.You can drill out 5 balls for 5 different people & styles & get 5 different types of rolls/hooks.

[JaraTo]

You can succeed having anyone of these types of tracks. If you would like to become a versatile bowler, once you become experienced it is beneficial to learn to adjust your release for any of them.

A higher track bowler's ball will read the lane the earliest and would be beneficial for heavy oil patterns and I'm guessing longer patterns as well. This type of ball track allows the ball to transition sooner than the other two. If you have too a high a track, you may have problems on much dryer conditions. Depending on your axis rotation, the ball can either hook too early causing you to play a very deep line... or the bigger issue of the ball burning up it's energy and barely hooking at all. These problems can usually be adjusted for by increasing your ball speed on dry patterns.

A low track track ball will read the lane the latest. Too low of a track may cause the ball to slide too long on heavier oil patterns. This can be adjusted for by slowing your ball speed. On dryer patterns, the late lane read would be beneficial. The ball will not hook as early as a higher and transitions later.

From my narrow understaning, ball track is usually a direct influence on your axis tilt. Your axis rotation will also determine how each will react off the breakpoint.

[Rowdy]

IT IS ALL IN THE HAND POSITION &/OR ROTATION AT RELEASE THAT PRODUCES THESE TYPES OF ROLLS.
A hand with no rotation directly behind the ball give you a high roll track.A hand with a caulked wrist to the pinkie side develops rolling wrist at release develops a low/spin track.Your hand directly behind the ball, gives you an end over end roll for more control/less hook unless your a cranker.Crankers get way more lift/power from behind the ball.

Each drill pattern/layout will give you a different reaction with different rolls.A good Ball Driller will fit/tweak a drilling into your style.You can drill out 5 balls for 5 different people & styles & get 5 different types of rolls/hooks.

"Caulked wrist"??? Trying to keep it watertight for some reason???:rolleyes:

Does this help with revs in any way??? White or clear??? Kitchen,bathroom or outdoor??? Lowes or Home Depot??? C'mon Dude,if this is some PBA "trick of the trade" I wanna know about it.:rolleyes:

[BubbaRay]

Well the trick to the Caulked wrist is this, you put an 1/8 strip of caulk alongside you index and pinky fingers where it meets the ball surface. By doing this , it allows you to get 550+ revs on the ball. A;so keeps the sweat from your fingers from getting into your finger and thumb holes. White or clkear it doesn't matter. I would buy it at your local Ace hardware store though.

C'mon Dude, I made a spelling error. I'll go an correct it ok? Geeez !!!!!!:confused:

[Rowdy]

Well the trick to the Caulked wrist is this, you put an 1/8 strip of caulk alongside you index and pinky fingers where it meets the ball surface. By doing this , it allows you to get 550+ revs on the ball. A;so keeps the sweat from your fingers from getting into your finger and thumb holes. White or clkear it doesn't matter. I would buy it at your local Ace hardware store though.

C'mon Dude, I made a spelling error. I'll go an correct it ok? Geeez !!!!!!:confused:

1/8 inch??? That's all??? Good thing I didn't go all the way up to a 1/4 inch. Whew. I knew there was some kinda trick going on here.

I know you made a spelling error,but "caulked wrist" was just too good to pass up.:rolleyes:

I gotta run to Ace Hardware now.........

[Curacao_Dejavu]

what si caulked ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caulking

i do not get it (with bowling)

Leopold

[slap]

Rowdy making a joke about a spelling mistake. It should have been "cocked" wrist not "caulked" wrist.

[thaiiii]

how would i raise my track?

[BubbaRay]

how would i raise my track?


It will help slightly if you change the placement of the pin, such as putting the pin by your middle finger. In my opinion, however, this is a compensation, not a solution.

To get a high track, the suggestion here is to do it through your release. Do not turn the arm or hand until it passes the arch of your sliding foot. This will cause you to release the ball just a little later, but also help you to not turn early.

Once you see your track coming up toward the thumb, move your thinking to delaying the turn of your arm until it passes your heel, or somewhere in that area. A low track comes from an early turn with the arm and/or hand, and sometimes from a broken wrist at the release which causes you to go over the top of the ball.

[thaiiii]

THANKS, i shall try and keep this in mind during practice, league.