Pueo
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For those who don't know tons about bowling...
A bowling lane has oil on it except for the last couple of feet before the pins. So if you toss a ball down the lane it kinda slides along in a straight line regardless of any spin you impart to the ball, except for right in front of the pins, where the ball can grab some traction.
The rental balls are all plastic balls, and if you give them spin they still do not react too much, as they are not that "grippy" but a urethane ball is what the pros use. The coating is kind of like a skateboard wheel. So the idea is you Chuck the ball down the lane, and if you are right-handed, you impart a crapton of counter-clockwise spin on the ball when you release it. You try to aim for the extreme right edge of the lane. When the skateboard wheel hits the part of the lane without the oil, it accelerates to the left and plows in to all the pins, which is how you get all that pin energy to knock them all down.
I know *how* to do it, but lack the skill.
So I just use my plastic ball and chuck it as hard as I can
A bowling lane has oil on it except for the last couple of feet before the pins. So if you toss a ball down the lane it kinda slides along in a straight line regardless of any spin you impart to the ball, except for right in front of the pins, where the ball can grab some traction.
The rental balls are all plastic balls, and if you give them spin they still do not react too much, as they are not that "grippy" but a urethane ball is what the pros use. The coating is kind of like a skateboard wheel. So the idea is you Chuck the ball down the lane, and if you are right-handed, you impart a crapton of counter-clockwise spin on the ball when you release it. You try to aim for the extreme right edge of the lane. When the skateboard wheel hits the part of the lane without the oil, it accelerates to the left and plows in to all the pins, which is how you get all that pin energy to knock them all down.
I know *how* to do it, but lack the skill.
So I just use my plastic ball and chuck it as hard as I can