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  • Strike or 6!!

  • Start watching at 1:24 for the most awesome shit EVER!!!

  • The more I watch Smith the more I hate him. He's a beautiful disaster out there

  • Robert Smith is great when he has room to the right and able to get friction no matter where he plays. He was never accurate enough to play tighter lines and the TOC and Dallas show proved that in the beginning.

  • Lmfaoo I'm sorry but tht 8-10 is funny as hell

  • Smith's the one-handed two-handed bowler. He bowls just like a two-hander with lots of speed and revs, then he's just like Palermaa throwing bullets at single pins.

  • Such a clean bowling style, Love it!

  • is this a video to make fun of him or somthing because most of the shots he threw were bad lol

  • wow he's horrible at bowling. hope he didn't quit his day job. he barely got any strikes and his form is very bad. FAIL he sucks

  • never have i seen a guy with so many revs not be able to get the ball back to the pocket

  • please explain how hes a tweener... youre mental

  • hay i bowl like that

  • Its actually kind of nice to see a video that isnt always strike after strike after strike. Nice compilation. One of the most fun to watch bowl for sure!

  • Crankers like him have a tough time with heavy oil because they tend to throw it past the breaking point. Check out how many different angles he's using in the TOC clips.

    Aside from that, though, so what? That doesn't mean he sucks.

  • hes a tweener

  • he is a cranker... his rev rate is well into the 600s... his speed makes him throw shallower lines but he is a natural born cranker

  • @honkindonkey he can rev it into 600 but his 'normal' strikeball is in the 540s 550s

  • @jimmsr can u give me an example of someone on the tour with a rev rate of 450-500 please

  • @BrawlerMKP Mike Fagan, Sean Rash, Jeff Carter, ryan Siminelli (is above though), Jason Couch, Mike Devaney, Tommy Jones ( also above), Tom Smallwood, Stuart Williams and Jason Belmonte who is also above :)

  • @jimmsr ok thx ! :) o and chris barnes where is he at?

  • @BrawlerMKP Chris barnes is at the 380-400 depends on the type of shot he is bowling on.

    Just out of curiosity what do you want with this info ? :D

  • @jimmsr Because i dont know my rev rate and im comparing my self to them xD

  • @jimmsr lol i think u got 2 right for over 500, belmo and jones, possibly ryan, nobody else on that list is at 500+

  • @ccool300 He requested 450-500, therefore i gave those and near that. Read the question before you gave an answer please... By the way i am not sure but i believe Fagan is very near the 500 mark as well..

  • @jimmsr malott revs it up more than he does and even wes is under 450 on average, fagan leaves too many flat tens to be close to 500, maybe close to 400 he is, and i just laughed at the list a little cuz only 4 of those guys u named are even close to that 450, and lets be honest, almost 400 is still nowhere close to 450-500, the 3 i named earlier plus rash and couch would be the ones in the 450+ range at best, and even when couch was hammering it on the weber cup it was still only 425 for high

  • @ccool300 I am not even going to try to explain this to you... If you strand youtube you can find rev rate vids everywhere, just go and have fun, boy.

  • @strongsock lmao i hope your kidding

  • Great bowler Robert smith that he is, why does he only tour 2 hong kong 2 coach da people? wonder when is he coming 2 singapore? i need tips n advice from him 2 control my rev rate.

  • I think Robert Smith is a good bowler, we all have our shares of splits. The person who post this has to view beyond the end result ( whether strike or not) and appreciate his stance, timing, finesse and accuracy despite the power released.-- That says it all, Hopefully the guy who post this learns from my comment and his perception of bowling going forward.

  • Was the point of the vieo to show how bad he is, i dont get it

  • WMG strikes again

  • Bad bowling? I can watch that when I release the ball.

  • why do they have a video of so many of hit shitty shots? he throws a lot of strikes, no reason to show all his shit shots

  • robert smith is a beast. anyone who says robert smith is garbage needs to get a life and quit trying to act like they can bowl better. lol

  • what is so good about robert smith

  • everything

  • Im starting to get a little better now. I bowl almost exactly like robert. My average is a 202.

  • Robert Smith From the cure Rocks!

  • whats the point of making a robert smith vid and showing crappy shots of him?

  • He might suck, but he has one incredibly wicked release.

  • we can agree on that

  • i wanna see you bowl on that scorpion pattern back then before the modified it, this guy does more things with a bowling ball then you could ever dream

  • robert smith is the fucking man .

  • how do you figure? the most powerful one handed bowler ever on the planet... guys got 7 titles, and a US Open for a major. so hows hes trash? i seen him yesterday putting up scores over the cap with ease.

  • You think you are so good? Why don't you post a video of yourself bowling, assuming you even bowl, and see if you are better than Robert Smith and i can tell you that you are NOWHERE near his standard, so SHUT THE HELL UP man, YOU are the SUCKER!

  • aw man...

  • ohh is not th cure.... shit....

  • hahaha, I thought this had something to do with The Cure's lead singer :D

  • Only Robert Smith can save us from Mecha Streisand!!

  • haha, you've seen south park too, i asume.

  • wmg SUCKS!!!

  • Strongsock must be bowling those 15 frame games like the Amish do in Kingpin

  • I am sorry strongsock, I have to slam you. If you actually bowled on a sanctioned league like a lot of people do, you would know that the highest points for one game is 300 (12 strikes) now for 3 games, that is 900 points. Get it straight.

  • Too much of anything is too much.

  • OK first of all strongsock or w/e is retarded, nobody avgs 275 on ANY pattern... but yeah people dont understand how hard these patterns are, the pros are a lot better than people think they are.

  • yeah you are a pro strongsock, for your information, the highest score for a single game is a 300. Now if you are talking about a series (3 games) that is still horrible for 360. So there you have it.

  • you're really stupid the highest SINGLE game is 300, 12 strikes, highest SERIES is 900, if you're talking about your series you suck LOL 280 is like a 90 avg.

  • Smith is the shit. End of conversation

  • lol damn he had some bad shots in there lol i have bowled on several pro patterns myself our lanes set the viper scorpien and shark i avg 170 on the viper and i had a 160 somethin going on the scorpien and the shark i had a killer 1 90 i was playin with an ultra zone set to a 2" pin playin up just inside of third out and in

  • cool your onest...i did the viper a while back..got better each game...168..im a 180 average at the moment..pba patterns are a lot harder than most high average bowlers think, but the house pattern pros wont bowl them..ego..LOL!

  • im house shot retarded.........sport patterns=home lol

  • My highest series on a viper pattern is both a 767 and an 842 that i shot a couple of days ago at Tarpon Lanes In Tarpon Springs, Fl. I shot it too with a new ball called a Hammer Raw Pain and a Pain it was to the pins, lol. When the lanes are really dry, i have to throw it from the 3rd arrow on the right, have it snap to the 2nd arrow on the left, and then snap back into the pocket. I love the new ball.

  • damn those are nice sets.

    lefty i presume?

    i bowled on cheetah today and I still can't used to throwing the ball straight

  • lefty i am. How did you know? Lol. I am pretty gifted as God has given me the gift of bowling. I am seriously considering going pro. My average is 157 but with the new ball, my average for the last 3 weeks has been 266!!! This is a truly (it might be truely, but anyways,) this ball is amazing. Remember, the ball is only half of the work.

  • you can tell you're a lefty when you said you throw from 3rd arrow on the right and have it snap on the second arrow on the left that track is played by lefty's =)

  • true. But, did you notice the lol? I was being sarcastic. My Bad since you didn't catch it.

  • Why yes 266 on sport nice lol

  • was that to me? I did have a 283 on the scorpion pattern.

  • pch thats nothing, i average 275+ on the scorpion pattern.

  • if you can show me, then I will believe you. If that is the case that you average 275+", you should be a Pro and not sitting on your butt going on youtube.

  • pch I am a pro highest game to date is like a ...360, and thats with a crap ball.

  • dumbass

  • Can't say much about the pba patterns since I haven't bowled any, but judging by my humbling scores at the Usbc Open I can only imagine it's tough. I would definately welcome a pba style league and I am going to be a proponent of getting one established in our area.

    Will definately weed out the uncommitted bowler.

  • some of the usbc patterns are harder than the pba patterns. they are not all that hard if you have the right ball in your hand. u still have to throw it good but just make your spares and catch those doubles and 3 baggers.

  • whats the song??

  • Static X - Destroy

  • 0:59 hmmmmm very nice :)

  • this is a horrible video of robert smith

  • I agree stormbigbowling. I myself have a 191 ave at my local bowling alley and have shot a 300 before and a couple of 700's but Ive played pba lanes only one time and shot a 142. That shit was hard.

  • This video does not represent Robert Smith very well at all.

  • when was the match where he was playing aroudn up 2nd arrow with the purple ball

  • i agree. robert smith is by far one of the greatest. speed, timing, ball control, rebs. what else? and all of u guys who claim to avg a 220 on house, it would prob be equal to a 170 or so on a sport or pba shot. so there. even though robert leaves high shots and stuff cuz of his rebs, hes still a beast!

  • lol this isn't gonna be like a complete disagreement to ur 220 ave ppl theory but i have a 220+ average on a house and average high 190's low 200's on pba conditions. just had to put that there...sorry im feeling figjam'y right now.

  • robert smith is frickin brilliant. of course he leaves lots of high shots the lanes break down on him so fast because of his huge rev rate but he still over comes those high shots because with his speed and rev rate he gets some great breaks. he has had many issues and problems whether hes in a slump or he has a health issue he has overcome them to win another title last year

  • robert smith must ,be great because he is a pro. but he is a crappy pro. he leaves to many splits and isnt always consistantly hitting the pocket.

  • u should shut the hell up he is better than u

  • To all of you who claim you have a higher average than Robert Smith: try bowling on a sport or PBA Experience league. Your average, and your ego, will be brought down to earth VERY quickly.

    I don't care what anybody says. Maximum Bob is a freak of nature.

  • Thank you. Finally somebody said it. Robert Smith is beast. And everyone says he sucks. But if he did, he wouldn't be on tour. There are alot of guys who talk alot of shit because they average 220 on house. But if they ever decided to step up to PBA Experience, they would understand why these guys are pro and they're at home watching. Trust me, i'm only averaging 170 on PBA.

  • as bo burton said this year that pba patterns are 20 to 30 pins harder than house patterns

  • Seriously. The league i'm in is about to get into Kegel's Road Patterns.

  • get the sport series ones if you can. they are just as hard as the pba shots. seriously helps your game. and yes i compete in a tournament club that puts out the kegel sport series and i compete on pba conditions as well. they are equally tough.

  • That's what we're getting into. It's crazy. Some of the hardest stuff i've ever bowled on. Kudos to you man. Cause there are a lot of people to scared to average below 190. So they just say "fuck it". I bowl in a tournament club like that, as well. It's the greatest. They don't put out sport shots as much as they used to. But they're out there.

  • i said get the sport series ones cuz there is a challenge series and a sport series for the kegel road patterns. my tournament club uses both. and there is a difference in them. im just lucky cuz we have a national pro in my home center and he has them put out the pba patterns when he is home. and im good friends with the guy so i get to play on them.

  • have u seen on the pba site the scores they have on house shots its 220+ and thats the shittiest

  • They average that on pba shots. Most pros average around 250 on house.

  • wow a lot of people running their mouths on here...I average about a 225 in my league but the open tournaments I have bowled in I only average about a 209-211 and I get my butt whooped..lol...we bowled on the 50'...its a lot harder than these guys make it look.

  • i think you would agree with me that the only way you can really respect these players and their skill is by playing on the patterns they play on weekly then people will really know how hard it is

  • If this was interesting video, I've made couple vids of Robert Smith. Take a look in my channel if interested :-)

  • dude see my dad ave. 242 ok he is one of the elite good bowlers in this city, im not going to be as good as he is ok so idc about ur little make believe brother who ave. 220 and only been bowling for 3 years ok so fuck off dude

  • Well, I'm pretty sure you're carrying that 195 on a THS, where PBA members can average in excess of 260 for a FULL season. Forgive me, I can't remember who carried it...

    Try bowling on some sport shots, and we'll see what happens to your 195 average... where Mr. Smith here will average 230...

  • "Mr. Smith" didn't average 230 on one pattern this year? not one, so how can you say that? Yes he would tear apart a house shot but he wouldnt average 260... Only one guy has averaged 260 for a season and that was jeff carter.

  • Jeff Carter. 261. some shit lol

  • Only 195?i know somebody that has 236 and he isnt arrogant like you!ps:he is 16!!!

  • Too many revs?! with his speed?! do you actually know what you are talking about or are you just trying to prove how much you don't actuall know?!

  • Oh 195ave so your not better than him! perhaps you should wait until you are better than him to comment on his bowling.....oh and lose the attitude thats whats wrong with places like this....its people like you!

    Get a Vid of you bowling uploaded, im sure we would all like to see and comment on your bowling!

  • OMG 195?!?!?! Wow my 14 year old brother averages 220 and has only been bowling for 3 years, and he would never talk out of his ass like you are... 195 might be impressive compared to your mom and dad who average 136 but thats nothing to anyone, who has any talent.

  • most of the shots in this vid are terrible

  • Let's see you doing better then...........why don't you post some of you bowling so that we can rip your bowling apart? no? I didn't think so. Are you in the PBA? NO? peopel like you shouldn't be allow on youtube as you have nothing good to say!. Your a total waster.

  • yeah, smith throws fantastic shots down the lane and won a few titles, but if revs is all there is to bowling, hey, bowling would be a really simple game

  • Yeah im not going to argue that fact, however I could put together a video of Pete (PDW) weber or Norm Duke missing more times than not, does that make them, two of the all time greats, bad? I think most people would say no. I could also put a video of Robert Smith shooting 279, i.e 11 stikes and a 9 spare, would you then say he was great? it's not a great clip for strikes, it's more for his revs and speed and style.

  • Italian9832......Let me guess you are better?! You have averaged 218 over the past 9 years and won the US open?!....no......I didn't think so, get a life you tosser! What's the point of logging on here just to say that?!

  • hVE U EVER THAUGHT HES THROWN THAT BALL THAT WAY FOR SO LONG HE CANT STOP NOW?? HES A GREAT BWLER AND HE'LL DO BETTER THAN ANYONE

    WHO SAYS HE SUCKS WILL

  • he bowls like a child, fair enough if you can control the revs but he obviously cant. theres always someone like this at the alley "look how many revs i can do" dosnt mean a thing if the scores are shit.

  • Yep exactly. He hasnt done a thing on tour. He pretty much sucks for a pro

  • ridna660r....."he hasn't done a thing on tour"?! was that a question or are you trying to show how much you don't actually know?! try 2000 us open champ, not many people can say they won the US open! oh he also won a further 6 titles! check details before posting crap like that on here!

  • he hasnt done a thing? He has won 8 titles, including the U.S open, plus he would have more titles if he didnt have injuries.

  • I'm sorry, should that say 7? It's either 7 or 8.

  • not only does Maximum Bob (Robert Smith) have more revs and faster ball speed than most, he is also very accurate thats really not a good video of him, so maybe you should look into things before you leave comments. :)

  • jsparx...maximum bob throws an AVERAGE of 450 rpm he can throw up to 750rpm, so to say he cant control it is rubbish, your talking out your ass! He also averages 24mph and throws his spare ball at an average of 27mph, this all seems pretty controled if you add these stats up, think before you speak please!!!!

  • Meant to write 650 rpm not 450rpm

  • the point i was making is that he usually misses the pocket, so what if he goes brooklyn with a million revs, the scores dont reflect his pro status. your entitled to your opinion, but in my opinion, he bowls like an amateur.

  • so you sir are trying to tell me that Robret Smith bowls like an amateur, when hes bowling on a 50 foot oil pattern with about 2boards of forgiveness. 7 titles and he had a year off becuase of an injury, unless your rev rate approaches high 5's and you cant loft the gutter cap constantly, and throw good shots, and even join tour and bowl out there, then i'll let you make opinion.

  • 7 titles... U.S open... ya.. he hasn't done much.

  • Sometimes,having too much revs and speed isn't that good.coz if the pins are light,the ball may just ram right through the pins coz of its power and leave some splits like 4-9 or 7-9

  • WTF are you smoking? Revs and Speed are a GREAT thing if you can control it. Has nothing to do with pin wieght and ramming through. Throwing more revs usuaully leaves you with a bigger margain for error.

  • I would ask someone that actually knows about bowling what revs and speed do to pins! I think you'll find that if you watched Smtih win his latest title that "his revs just slap the pins silly" quote from Randy (the pba commentator) think what you're typing before you type it please!

  • You can never have to many revs as long as you can control the change of direction down lane. Ball speed is also helpful except for maybe the longer (Shark) patterns. Robert tends to struggle a little on longer patterns because it offers less friction and he can't just wheel it. Anyone that has won a US Open is awfully good. That shot is brutal.

  • Couldn't agree with you more! Slothar0142

  • I met him in seattle and took a picture with him! i also took a picture with walter ray williams jr.

  • Smith is probably the best bowler to watch, no other bowler can get up to 720 rpm on his shots while throwing at the speed he does, I hope there are plenty more titles still to come for Maximum Bob!

  • according to PBA,he can get 720 revs

  • i can get about 650 revs on the ball

  • Yeah with the ballspinner.lol

  • hahah rite.. prove it in some vid and i believe u

  • The first few shots were from the show that i just uploaded...check them out. thx for the vid.

  • The first few shots were from the show that i just uploaded...check them out. thx for the vid.

  • He's stile remember me when I used to bowl :P(I used to get high revs.. near 600 ;>) I need to get back some day

  • dude put more strikes up!!!!! and he can go up to 640 revs! maybe more i can bowl about 460 revs

  • bad ass bowling style, it's cool that you dont show all strike shots..keep it real!

  • no kidding

  • wow. this is the most unflattering highlight vid I've ever seen.

  • did you really have to show the scenes where he doesn't strike? :S

  • i want and need robert's revs

  • no you don't. i have about 300-400 revs (depending the lane condition) and i average 215

  • Revs don't make a bowler.

  • i meant to say 300-400 rpm. and i know that revs don't make a bowler accuracy does, accuracy and repitition. when i bowl i rely on hitting my mark and repeating shots.

  • As any decent bowler would. it just sounded like you said you averaged 215 because you throw 300-400 revs, all good.

  • o lol.

  • WTF, I thought this was about The Cure.

  • Me too.

    XD

  • i dont get it half the time they werent strikes...

  • this music is angry.

  • so is his release lol

  • Only a retard thinks this video is retarded. I Don't see your ass out there with a video or 6 titles, or 60 perfect games. Stop hatin' and get to appreciatin'. Ya Bum

  • this is a really dumb video, if your trying to show of Robert Smith, try putting clips of him making strikes and spares.

  • He misses his mark too much but he can put soo many revs on the ball its insane

  • I'm suprised. u put every open in but u didn't put his gutter in!

  • lol, makes him seem like a bad bowler :p

  • shouldn't you use his strikes instead of his open frames? :/

    LOVE the music, what song is it? :D

  • hey dude nice vid for an awesome bowler

    could ya tell me the song is??? is it static-x?

  • Yeah it's Static-X's song "Destroy All".

  • rofl i love maximum bob

  • Why did you use so many opens from Robert Smith? This video is retarded and doesn't show what he did when he first started bowling in the PBA.

  • WOOO deathmetal and bowling go great together