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Mylenation

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Lofting the ball compared to putting it down early on the lane , which is better
« on: September 03, 2016, 04:33:10 PM »
Hi all bowlers out there I just bought a adrenaline ball , a hybrid with the pin down between my ring fingers and i was wondering if putting the ball down early instead of lofting it was the right way to go on a fresh pattern . The oil pattern is not that oily , but it isn't dead dry either. I was able to throw a 250 in my second game and a 204 in my last game after concentrating on putting the ball down and in play and it did the rest of the work . Please send me any tips you guys may have and theories you have on the balls I'm using . I have a old inferno intense pin down and a fast from storm with pin down, and a Vandal with the pin up and had to dull it down to 1000 to get it to move , and i also have a Lane Master Terminator series the blue ball.
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2handedvolcano

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Re: Lofting the ball compared to putting it down early on the lane , which is better
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2016, 11:22:22 PM »
I think somewhere between lofting and a putting the ball own the lane early is best. If its too high it may bounce, too low it may float too much and go Brooklyn
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Re: Lofting the ball compared to putting it down early on the lane , which is better
« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2016, 11:11:58 AM »
Stick with proper fundamentals which is to lay the ball on the lane as smoothly as possible. (for the most part)
It's much harder to be accurate with the ball in the air.
You will see the bowlers go to lofting the ball when the heads go away typically
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spmcgivern

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Re: Lofting the ball compared to putting it down early on the lane , which is better
« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2016, 08:49:08 AM »
Quote from: Dave81644 on September 04, 2016, 11:11:58 AM
Stick with proper fundamentals which is to lay the ball on the lane as smoothly as possible. (for the most part)
It's much harder to be accurate with the ball in the air.
You will see the bowlers go to lofting the ball when the heads go away typically

To add on to this suggestion, you really do want the ball to "hit" the lane as smoothly as possible.  When the ball is thrown "into" the lane (in a downward motion), you lose velocity and some of your revs from the impact with the lane (and also from some physics type stuff with the initial velocity at a different angle than the ball path).  Both velocity and revs are typically desirable. 

Lofting the ball, if not done correctly, will also cause the ball to slow down and the bowler can over-rotate causing even more problems.

Your goal is to release the ball parallel to the lane where all of the initial velocity is maintained.  This will also result in a more consistent reaction.
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