As I was telling y’all a few days ago I’ve taken up bowling. A friend of mine has given me some advice so I thought I’d put it here where I can find it.
if you want to raise your scores, simply get more spares.
For spares remember the rule of 3.
Find your "strike shot" and note which board you start on (big toe of dominant foot) and which board the ball crosses out by the arrows.
Note: "Strike Shot" is the shot that hits the pocket. This shot doesn’t always result in "10 in the pit".
For this explanation we will "say" that the head pin (#1) is your primary target when shooting a full rack. To shoot spares simply move your feet 3 the opposite direction of the new target pin.
meaning… If your target pin becomes the 3 pin, you move 3 boards left. 6 pin, 6 boards left. 10 pin, 9 boards left. — 2 pin, 3 boards right. 4 pin, 6 boards right. 7 pin, 7 boards right.
One of these 7 pins 1,2,3,4,6,7,10 will always be your target… (example.. shooting a 7-8 mini split, the 4 pin is your target pin even though it is off the deck).
Good luck and high scores.
ps…The 10 (or 7 pin for lefties) is a lot easier than it’s made out to be as well. The easiest method of shooting this pin is to stand on the dot closest to the opposite gutter and shoot over the middle arrow. Then adjust a board at a time until you are "spot on".
oh, and one more thing. If you haven’t yet, try to develop a bit of a hook. In bowling, angle of entry is everything. To shoot a hook simply imagine that you are sliding a suit case down the alley and make a fist as you let go of the ball. This will cause the side rotation necessary for at least a small arc.
Thanks, Greg.
About Larry D. Burton
I'm a 55 year old controls engineer who just likes tinkering with stuff.
Finished high school at a local institute of learning. Decided it wasn't a good time to be a healthy, physically fit 18 year old with no college experience. Entered college and started working toward a degree in animal husbandry.
1975-1976
Discoverd that I was not going to be a very good husband of animals so I left school to figure out what I might be good at. A local beverage company took pity on me and paid me to go from place to place making sure their on tap beverages were maintaining their high quality.
1976-1979
Got out of quality control and into vending. Learned about control systems and refrigeration also learned that vending machines are heavy and vending doesn't pay all that well.
In 1977 I found myself married
1979-1981
Dedicated myself to installing and maintaining commercial refrigeration equipment. Found myself on the roof of a local grocery store one night in the middle of an ice storm replacing a compressor and figured it was time to get back into school.
1981-1986
Got my but back into school at night and changed jobs to keep the mechanical and electrical systems of a local coporate hospital in working order. The job expanded to unstopping drains and burning lab samples and amputated body parts.
1986-now
Finished school and took on a job designing, installing and maintaining industrial control systems. Along the way I picked up a bunch of computer skills that became very useful connecting various industrial controllers to one another and moving the data into coporate databases. I now operate Dallas Bay Technologies, a one man shop specializing in technology solutions for industrial problems.
So… How’s the bowling going?
Between a vacation trip to Cancun and a business trip to Chester, PA, I haven’t been back lately but I’m optomistic. I’m improving slowly but I’m improving. Thanks for the tips.
business trip in chester pa:? what type of business? selling crack i assume
That was about 3½ years ago. I was there installing a warehouse distribution system in a paper plant, about the only large manufacturer left in Chester. I can see where you would assume the only business there is selling crack.
My first trip there was in January of 2005. There was dirty snow on the ground and the town had the appearance of Berlin just after WWII. It looked like a bombed out ghost town.