Kharlos bowling practice Apr-May 2008

Just some practice shots from the last several weeks. I am a tweener-style bowler, and use an Ebonite Bash and an Ebonite Raid as my main balls. Constructive (& even destructive) comments are better than silence :)

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Sports

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• Ebonite
• Bowling
• Tweener
• Kharlos
• Raid
• Bash

[Vulture629]

Why the drifting to the right? Every time I do that I pull the ball...nice shots BTW, was this on a house shot?

[Kharlos68]

I walk toward my target line, which may appear like drifting, but I need swing room and have to line up far enough left. Every once in a while though, I will catch myself drifting on a shot and it usually results in a de facto armswing "correction" which causes me to tug the ball left (pretty badly) and usually missing the 1-2 pocket to the left. All of these shots were on the standard house shot, which is roughly 36' of cheetah-like oil and decent backends.

[BM2504X]

What happend with your average whan you get this ball?

[Kharlos68]

My average is currently 216, and the two balls in this video help me in different ways. In my experience so far, the Bash gets easy revs and goes long with a strong-arc finish on the backs, while the Raid carries almost every decent pocket hit. The only drawback with the Raid, like a lot of balls with asymmetrical weight blocks, is its reaction approaches a flip and consequently it is harder to get it to set up into the pocket consistently. If you had to take one, I'd say get the Bash.

[vanni9283]

Was that a 4-count at 1:18?

[Kharlos68]

Yep. I get that a lot when I kill the speed on it.

[Rickywin]

The ball kind of falls into the lane. You want to feed the ball into the lane, like an airplane landing. I would try a little bit more knee bend and a little bit more spine tilt. I think this will allow your ball to get onto the lane smoother.

[lilshawn0724]

the only thing i see wrong is your swing.. your backswing is good but when your coming down to release your are really getting fast i have the same problem. your swing should be like a pendulem all one tempo and the same speed all the way back and down go check out my video on my page and on by the account name of menorevs

[Storm900Global]

great form, have u thought of getting a morich ball. I think your style would fit morich really well.

[Bowling300OldStyle]

Not bad.....good balance overall at the foul line....good 10 pin pickup.....only a few times the armswing chicken-winged a little

but overall good. Speed control may be your

need of work as some balls ran a little high.

I would say 210-220 average type on house condition or close to that. Keep practicing. Your style may come in handy in tournaments.

[gamohunter1985]

just one tip that may help is to not rotate ur hand around the ball so early stay behind it longer. dont start turning you hand until your arm is completely verticle to the ground. It will give u more revs and beter carry even though u really dont need either but it should help

[poorman722]

I own a bash, and I love it. The backend is awesome on that ball. I just started throwing w/ 3 fingers (used to throw with 2) and it has a great reaction, but I'm having trouble finding the pocket. Working on it though

[Vulture629]

Ahh...I kinda do the opposite, starting on the right and drifting left (just to prevent pulling the ball which is my BIGGEST problem). It sucks, every time I pull the ball, it goes to 4 and 7. The house shot at my leagues is 41 feet...I could never play on 36. Too short for me.

[Vulture629]

ya whenever I throw with more RPMs I leave washouts a lot, when I throw straight I usually leave pocket 8-10s and pocket 7-10s more than anything. I'd rather leave washouts.