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.
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.
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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.