I notice that most of the really good ten pin bowlers put spin on the ball when they release it. This has the effect of making the ball curve at the end of its path down the lane. It seems counter-intuitive to do this. After all, isn't it simpler and easier to control a ball delivered gun-barrel straight ball?\n\nWhat is the advantage of imparting "spin" on the ball to make it curve on the lane?
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Energy!  A straight ball hitting the head pin, just slightly off center so as to get the best chance at a strike, has the largest resistant force to travel thru to complete the task.  By putting spin on the ball, you are adding you arm energy(the straight forward energy) alonge with the additional energy of the spin, which by the way is adding speed to the ball.  If you watch a ball go down the lane, the ball actually picks up speed right at the end of the lane.  And by striking the pins from the side, or angle, the pins scatter more destructively taking out other pins.  It is physics!  Next time you watch a bowling tourney on TV, watch the balls' speed and spin, from release to contact.  Conservation of energy.  Converting/transferring one energy/force to another.
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Using the marks is a lot easier...the lane is 60" in width and 60 foot long.....you need an inch of skill and 60 foot of luck!!.....pick out 2-3 boards right in front of the foul line......you should also see some dots....maybe there also.....roll the ball over those boards every time (about 5-8 boards from the gutter and inward).....now about 15 ft out are the arrows in from of there.....pretend that those are actually the pins and bowl as if they are with some medium and natural speed......pickout the spot I told you too and then move to the foul line with your shoulders square to the foul line and then roll the ball and pretend to shake hands with the #1 pin(the head pin) to create a good folow thru......most important when you slide your sliding foot must finish perpendicular to the foul line....if you don't your stroke with be off and not consistent for you to make adjustments.....depending on where the ball finishes from the headpin....move yourself left or right.....but stroke or use the same speed and finish with you foot perpendicular and your shoulders square to the fould line.....and keep adjusting..........watch some of the better scorers (notice that I did not say better bowlers).....look for the better scores....there is a good chance that they have blocked or fixed lanes and these cheaters know where the oil was laid.....these are the ones that average 215 + but can't score anywhere else......but they will tell you where the block is....do and learn what I told you and you will be able to score anywhere under any conditions......good luck on the tour and I will be expecting my 1%!!
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If you are throwing straight down the lane (as most beginners do), aim for the "pocket".  For a right hander, that is the spot between the head (front) pin and the pin to its right and behind it (i.e. between the 1 and 3 pin...here is a diagram: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/images/eps-gif/BowlingPins_1000.gif).  If you are left handed, you'd want to throw between the 1 and 2 pins.  Hitting this spot will generate a fair amount of "pin action" (pins colliding against each other), hence knocking them all down for a strike...sometimes.\n\nNow, to get REALLY good at striking, you'll want to throw a ball that hooks into the pocket.  Why?  Because the ball will not deflect away from the pins (as much as a straight ball) when it makes contact.  A straight ball is more easily deflected to the side after making contact with the front pins, often resulting in middle pins left standing (like the 5 pin), even after a perfect pocket hit.  \n\nWhen you throw a ball that hooks, it is not so easily deflected because the ball's rotation, even after making the initial contact, will continue to take it into the middle of the pins, causing maximum pin action.\n\nYou can get fairly good throwing a straight ball (maybe a 170-180 average), but to get to 200+, you will need to learn to throw a hook.
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to be fair 1 week is too short.\n1. however if u r a pace bowler(iam one) try to cut down on the pace an concentrate on line and length balls.trust me,they may not be as awesome to watch as a yorker or a swinging ball but u vil get good results.if u r a spinner the best way is 2 bowl slow,give the ball a loop and entice him 2 drive.if u bowl slow and in the right areas its very hard 2 get runs \n2.to  better ur 3 pointers u must do a lot of practise .get a good feel of the ball and dont try too hard.thats a very easy mistake to make.calm down take ur time and shoot.dont worry if u miss nobody sinks every 3 pointer that he shoots(even in the NBA).
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You should stand across the lane, which gives you more of a chance to hit the pin. If you stand on the same side, you would have to roll the ball perfectly for 60 feet! \nTo get a little hook w/o hurting your hand... notice how your hand naturally hangs at your side. The thumb is pointing toward your leg. Just copy this grip with the ball and your thumb comes out first and the natural follow thru will let your fingers "lift" the side of the ball giving it some spin. Because of the oil on the front part of the lane, the ball will go straight, but at the end where it's dry, the spin will carry the ball into the pocket.
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It's a pitch that is thrown similar to the way a quarterback throws a football.  It spins the same way and is supposed to tail similar to a slider, only more.  In other words a right handed pitcher throwing to a right handed batter, will tail the ball away from the hitter.  I've tried to throw it myself and it is hard to throw with power and accuracy, but I guess a really good pitcher (which I'm not) would be able to master it fairly easily.
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It is your point.  The one complication is that  it is the only time your opponent can reach over the net to touch the ball.  He has to hit it on the fly however once it bounces on your side it is your point.
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Just practice and don't try too hard.  Also, each time you practice, experiment with hand positions, spots to use on the lane for your ball to follow, swing plane, adjusting your steps during approach and also learning muscle memory when delivering the ball.  Experimentation will help a lot because you will bowl like yourself with your own style and delivery.
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I try to keep the face as flat as possible through the stroke.  However if I am digging out a low ball I need to creat a slightly open face to gain net clearance.  I meet the ball just a little out in front of my body.  Most club players lose directional contol by taking the ball too early or too late.  They are either pulling the ball to one side too often or not hitting the ball as crisply as they could.  I had a friend who is a 5.5 / open class player work with me on the shot and we covered the finer mechanics involving shoulders, hips, and balance through the stroke.
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one thing when you are passing the ball to the setter make sure that you keep your arms straight so that the ball can hit on a flat surface and make sure you stay down, do not rise up when you are passing the ball.  Have you feet pointed towards you target (normally the setter) to make a good pass.  When hitting use you lower body more than your upper body.  There are six people on the four at a time.  setter, left hitter, middle  hitter, right hitter, leftback and right back. anymore questions email me at DeAra15@hotmail.com
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Well you don't say what kind of information you are looking for, but the only difference between a ball rolling down the half pipe and a slippery object sliding down the same half pipe is that some of the energy goes into the rotation of the ball as it rolls down the slope so it will accelerate a little more slowly than the sliding object would. For example bobsled sliding down an icy track will get to the bottom a little faster than a bowling ball rolling down the same track when it is dry in the summer.
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Muralitharan has a defective action his bends more than the 15 degree angle that bowlers are permitted when he delivers the ball. Same is the case for Shoaib Akhtar, Jermaine Lawson, Shabbir Ahmed but guys, why did you forget Kyle Mills?\nMurali & Mills do throw the ball. Mills, because he is not asian will never be reported. While Murali has cited disability for his bending of the arm. But think of the amount of exessise turn & bounce he generates. He turns around matches on it's head because he has an unfair advantage. \nMY arguement is:::\nIf Murali is granted pardon because he cites disability, then why doesn't the air-force recruit pilots with specs.Disability cannot be cited as an excuse. Am I wrong anywhere??
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In my opinion i think the perfect game in bowling is the hardest. Why, because you have 12 times the throw a ball down a lane and hope that, each time you throw it, you knock over 10 pins.  I've had better luck getting close to a hole in one the first year i played golf in high school.  The home run would be a little easier for me then any of the others.  Hit one back in high school on a 350 field from a coach that used to play in the minors
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It depends highly on your play style. If you're used to throwing house balls, which are plastic with a static core, then it'll take a lot of practice to get used to the custom balls. They have what's called a "dynamic" core; it's smaller, more dense, and helps impart spin on the ball to create the hook you see professional bowlers throwing. Choose a comfortable weight; remember that lighter balls won't have the same power through the pocket as heavy ones, but heavy balls are harder to throw and sometimes control. In the long run, choose a ball that just -feels- right to you. Trust a bowling alley's pro shop owner with the decisions he gives for you, and ask the guy a LOT of questions, because he'll know the answers.
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The only way the beach ball could hit first is if the bowling ball is INSIDE the beach ball.\n\nThis "teacher" (and others like him/her) is the reason I left a lucrative career in nuclear engineering to try to salvage at least some of our children from a lifetime of ignorant subservience to foreigners who aren't enamored by "educational theory".
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One of my old teamates uses the slurve nd i have used it in the past. If your starting use the 4-seam 1 its a lot easier to control. 1st u out ur middle finger on 1 side of the ball nd the thumb on the other side of the call (of course both r touchin both seams) the u put ur pointer finger on the top of the ball nd have ur other 2 finger rest nd throw it. the 4-seam is faster nd less slurvy than the 2-seam. the 2-seam is most affective but u really have 2 pracitce. i believe u take the middle nd the thumb on 1 seam each nd put the pointer on top of the ball but iv never seen the 2-seam but i can imagine that it is a wicked pitch. i never used the slurve in a game i jus used my fastball, change up, curve nd slider\nthe slider can be thrown many way. i like to have the middle on 1 side of the seam nd the pointer on the otehr side of the seam nd my thumb on top nd watch it go. try not to touch the seam.
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The football is under the laws of projectile motion which is governed by the laws of gravity. However, in reality, it is much more complicated. It also involves air resistance and the ball's spin.\n\nIf you thing of air itself as a kind of "road" (a soft road), then it is possible to "drive" on this soft road by spinning. So in truth, there is a path that the ball is heading, that is the projectile motion. BUT, there is also another motion that the spin is moving on the "soft air road" which will make it deviate from the "projectile path". The greater the spin, the greater the deviation.\n\nAdditionally, if one can time a spin such that it influences the ball up to a certain point and then stops influencing it (the spin stops in mid air), you can imagine that kind of trick this can have on the ball's motion. It may travel along a path and suddenly deviate from it (for example, like a dip). So the motion of the banana kick can take on very curved paths, depending on the skills of the player who knows how to manipulate contact with the ball itself, resulting in the desired spin, velocity and terminating conditions of the ball's trajectory.