Modern bowling ball technology has advanced by leaps and bounds to the point where a good bowling ball will do a lot of the leg work for you.
Bowling ball pin down.
How much difference can you get from a bowling ball.
The pin marks the top of the core inside the bowling ball.
Pin down layouts give you a slower more controllable overall ball reaction.
When the pin placement is lowered it is to achieve an arc shape.
If you use a quicker response layout higher pin the ball tends to make a more sudden move to the friction so you cannot use a break point closer to yourself.
In our example the difference is less than 1 board.
It is also the point around which the ball wants to rotate.
An approximately 15 feet 5 m long approach area used by the bowler to.
Pin up vs pin down.
Pin down drilling layouts allow you to stay in the same area because the ball reaction is not as aggressive.
Today track s mitch beasley explains the difference between pin up and pin down layouts.
One consideration if you don t have a high rev rate or high ball speed is that you normally want to change to a similar bowling ball with a pin down layout.
The reason the assumption of pin up versus pin down exist is because 7 10 when drilling the ball pin down there is an excess of thumb weight which requires a weight hole in that area moving or strengthening the psa creating more flare which transitions energy faster so you get a smoother look to your reaction.
The first image below shows the path of a ball drilled pin down.
Pin up is going to cause the ball to transition faster because more mass is being removed from the side of the core as opposed to the top.
Given an infinite length and time a ball will eventually rotate around the pin either with the pin down on the lane or on top of the ball.
Depending on the volume of the lane pattern and the friction of the lane surface you might need either a pin up ball or pin down ball to give you a good look on something longer.
In general pin up versus pin down will exhibit a board or two of ball reaction difference.
While there are definitely ways to optimize your overall throwing speed bowlers who skew slower can still garner explosive pin carry and fantastic back end reactions with the right ball in hand.
The second image shows the path of the same ball drilled pin up.
When you use this type of arc motion you will want to see the ball make a move sooner on the lane.