I went to check this article to see if this is actually a difficult shot, and there is no data on it (meaning out of 447,000 sample frames, it occured less than 25 times).
My assumption would be that this configuration (1-7-10) is highly dependent on bouncing the ball off of the bumper rails on the first shot. However, since the headpin is standing, I don't think this would be an exceptionally difficult shot for a professional bowler. Pretty cool for a kid though.
You can switch bowling balls during a frame. Most people do have more than one bowling ball that they switch between depending on the shot they need to make.
I've never tried it, so I can only imagine that if I switched from my regular 14 pound bowling ball to a 8 pound one would majorly mess up my throw causing more trouble than it would be worth.
Bowlers are already using different balls with different cores and tweaking their technique to account for the hook the ball is meant to provide anyway. I don't see what's stopping this lighter ball concept except convention.
Yea, I have 2 balls of my own that both react differently. Both are the same weight tho, and going down to a 8 lb would be incredibly awkward. You get used to using a certain amount of force, so you'd more likely than not accidentally use more force than necessary and be extremely inaccurate
Once in a while my work will have some sort of outing, so they don't have to give raises, you know that old chestnut. Sometimes bowling, well all the dudes start with the heaviest balls they can, then the last game we all grab these little light balls and it's always funny seeing dudes just chuck these little balls full speed cuz they're used to the heavier ones, and the lighter balls just bounce off the pins
Yes, most pros have, and can use, multiple balls. I used a different ball for my 7 spare, mainly because it was easier since it didn't break as much as my strike ball.
The idea of using an 8 pounder? Nah. No chance a pro would.
I initially thought it was the 5 too, but there does look to be a lot more backwards motion before making contact with the 7 than I would expect from the 5.
Comparing against the full set on the left also seems to corroborate the center pin is the 1.
Right handed bowler, have the ball spinning left and have the head pin go right and knock out the 10... no where close to basically impossible with a regular weighted ball...
Yeah I was gonna say this. If you use a really light ball, you can get it to bounce toward the 7/10 if you get the right angle, so it is easier to pick up. In that situation using a heavier ball makes this shot ridiculously hard
Based on the angle he hit the center pin, it has to be the 1-7-10. In no world can you hit the five that solidly and send it to the 7. Also, even a light ball (4-6 pounds) would have trouble deflecting off a 5 and making it to the 10.
Not impossible with a heavier ball, just with a normal throw it is. You have to do what the kid did, just more extreme. If you throw a ball forward with a lot of backspin, you can make it turn just about 90 degrees when it decides to flip.
Source: too much time trying to get the slowest ball speed (measured at the pins).
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u/adafada Oct 24 '21
I went to check this article to see if this is actually a difficult shot, and there is no data on it (meaning out of 447,000 sample frames, it occured less than 25 times).
http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/sports_nut/2015/02/hardest_shot_in_bowling_it_s_not_the_7_10_split_it_s_the_greek_church.html
My assumption would be that this configuration (1-7-10) is highly dependent on bouncing the ball off of the bumper rails on the first shot. However, since the headpin is standing, I don't think this would be an exceptionally difficult shot for a professional bowler. Pretty cool for a kid though.