I blame the bowling God, Humbaba.  Obviously he is upset and feels the need to punish me.  What else could it be, I threw a perfect shot - right?

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Poor entry angle + lack of axis tilt= deflection i.e an 8-10 or 7-9 leave.

7-9, I've left about 4 in three years of bowling including all practice sessions.

It took me almost 3 years for the first one(Thank God).

I was playing too inside with a heavy load particle ball that was sort of rolled out AND muffed.

Every other one has basically been the same.  Too much surface too inside, too many feet of lane covered, on a sort of loopy muffed shot!

Praise the lord!

If playing deep inside this leave is more common.

REgards,

Luckylefty

I liken them to a shank in golf!  Praise the lord there I said it!
Immediately get a touch less surface and move a couple of boards outside.

Leftside,

NO HAND, Talk to the hand.

So we are still all confused.  But to add to the information:

its was the 10th frame of the third game (4 person teams) and I was using a Raging Inferno that Pchee2 gave me drilled 4 X 3 and the ball seemed to roll out deflect right into the 9 pin.  I like the suggestion that it was pin setting/placement and I did amp the ball up a little playing maybe too far inside for this ball on those conditions, and after I released it, it did seem as though I came up behind the ball too much not giving it the rotation that might be needed to carry the 10 pin, but not an 8-10.  Maybe there was some carry down as well, I don't know.

Maybe I'll go to Phoenix to learn how Leftside got so much hand, but I think I know, his eye sight is going too

V/R,

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Nicanor (Ten On The Deck)

Pretty much you just left the 10 and got tapped on the 8.
This caused by the 5 not taking out the 8.
WHAT? you may ask but contrary to popular belief the 5 pin takes out the 8.
To sum it all up you threw a ball that didn't have enough power, angle or whatever to carry the 10 pin and the ball deflected sending the 5 to the outside of the 8 and wala you have the dreaded 8-10.
I have seen high speed video of several splits and for this one that is generally how it happens.
On occasion I have seen this happen when there has been too much power or angle and the 5 went between the 8-9 but that doesn't happen near as often.
Pretty much boils down to too much or too little deflection.
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Jerry
Yes too little deflection for RHr you hit the 5 to solid and it misses the 8 to the right you also hit the 3 light which shots the 6 to the inside of the 10. I have seen it the camera doesn't lie.
This is true for what is considered the perfect pocket shot which is the ball contacting the head pin at the 17 board and then traveling straight up the 17 board from there if the ball does travel this supposed perfect course it can't get the 8 pin therefore it is the 5 pins job. If the ball drives to the 18 the 5 pin may miss.
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Edited on 11/8/2003 3:06 AM

The ball if driving slightly too strong or the 5 pin if driving way too hard

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Edited on 11/8/2003 5:02 PM