Author Topic: Which is more important, hook or score? (Read 2788 times)

shipper50 · « **on:** November 03, 2006, 12:25:56 AM »

I have been reading this board and the Track section for a long time now, and I have come up with the conclusion that most bowlers of today would like or rather throw the big hook and not care about scoring.

If you had only one choice of being able to hook a ton or throw the ball that only hooks 5 boards but carry 215 average or more which would it be?

Shipper

livespive · « **Reply #16 on:** November 03, 2006, 12:21:07 PM »

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Chicks dig the big hook. If you have it then you can score.
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cranker89 · « **Reply #17 on:** November 03, 2006, 12:59:59 PM »

Me, as a young bowler, before practiced for more hook, for more revs, for more ladies in the back watching me and talking "look at that guy how much revs he has"... But now as a smart young bowler, try to play straight up 10. board and now i don't have the ladies at the back but i have a pretty solid average around 210

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shipper50 · « **Reply #18 on:** November 03, 2006, 01:26:43 PM »

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Yep.....I have no axis tilt and my track is super high...end over end all day for me!
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C-G ProShop-Carl · « **Reply #19 on:** November 03, 2006, 02:58:38 PM »

I wish SCOOT would really think about this topic every time he bowls

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a_ak57 · « **Reply #20 on:** November 03, 2006, 03:15:32 PM »

I'd hook the ball and score. Of course, I'm far from proficient in either category in real life.
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No Open Tenths · « **Reply #21 on:** November 03, 2006, 03:19:20 PM »

I want to get the ball to come off the spot with enough energy to put ten in the pit. It does not matter to me how the lane needs to be played to do this as long as I can repeat it.
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brinen28 · « **Reply #22 on:** November 03, 2006, 03:27:06 PM »

I dont see any award in the USBC book for MOST HOOK... Hmm, they all seem to revolve around score...

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If the did offer rings for hook, the could offer a ring with the number of boards you cover embedded in the top.

Strapper_Squared · « **Reply #23 on:** November 03, 2006, 03:28:02 PM »

I want to hook the ball more. That way the one time out of 1000 that there is actually oil on the lanes (none of this "check up at the arrows" house shot garbage), I will be able to get a ball to hit while all the straighties would repeatedly leave 5 pins, 7 pins, 10 pins, and the most dreaded of all weak shots, the 5, 7, 10! At which point I laugh, tell them to take their girlish crap out of here and proceed to gloat for the remainder of the night.

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shipper50 · « **Reply #24 on:** November 03, 2006, 03:40:41 PM »

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I want to hook the ball more. That way the one time out of 1000 that there is actually oil on the lanes (none of this "check up at the arrows" house shot garbage), I will be able to get a ball to hit while all the straighties would repeatedly leave 5 pins, 7 pins, 10 pins, and the most dreaded of all weak shots, the 5, 7, 10! At which point I laugh, tell them to take their girlish crap out of here and proceed to gloat for the remainder of the night.

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Strapper,

With all the balls you have in your profile you have owned in your life time, I am sure you will find a HOOK there somewhere.

Shipper

APheLion · « **Reply #25 on:** November 03, 2006, 03:46:13 PM »

score, but nothing beats a strike by a deadly snap when covering 20 boards.

since i wanna be versatile, i do it both ways.
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cnimsk · « **Reply #26 on:** November 03, 2006, 08:11:12 PM »

The idea is to knock pins down. I'd rather throw a piece of bone down the lane and average over 200 then throw a diamond and average 150. Beauty is vastly overrated in bowling! Most important is that my team wins. If I bowl poorly and we win...great. If I bowl well and we lose...that's not good.

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TWOHAND834 · « **Reply #27 on:** November 03, 2006, 08:18:30 PM »

Rags,

Yeah. But chicks dig guys with money. That being said, will a chick dig hook or cash more?
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Macabre · « **Reply #28 on:** November 03, 2006, 09:57:00 PM »

Hook, of course! The guys that cross a lane and a half are awesome!
/gets the sense smacked into him

Of course scoring is more important.
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mpwebber · « **Reply #29 on:** November 03, 2006, 09:59:00 PM »

I never received a check for hooking the ball.

cficare068 · « **Reply #30 on:** November 03, 2006, 10:35:50 PM »

I'd rather throw a plastic ball straight down the lane and have good scores over throwing a big hook. Pretty obvious if you watch me bowl since most of th3e time I play a down and in shot. If I wanted a big hook I could just 2 finger that ball and hook the entire lane.
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Author Topic: Which is more important, hook or score? (Read 2788 times)

shipper50

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No Open Tenths

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