Bowler Reference System Š 2007 Joe Slowinski, ABD, M.Ed.
Increasing and Decreasing Revolutions The key to generating a higher revolution rate is maintaining a strong wrist position before initiating the release. Specifically, you must wait until your hand passes your heel to begin your release. This is an easy-to-remember reference to begin the ignition of the release. This will create more consistency in your release. By thinking of the heel as the starting point, you will actually begin the release just in front of the ankle. And, by keeping your hand in a stronger clock position, you will create more revs.
Keep the Hand In A Strong Position Until the Initiation of the Release
Wait until your hand passes your heel to begin the release
The ability of the bowler to create a higher rev rate is directly related to scoring ability. Here is the C.A.T.S. data for different types of bowlers. As you can see by the data, to be able to move to a higher level of scoring, a bowler must be able to have a higher rev rate as well as be able to adjust it. Relationship between Rev Rate and Scoring 77
118
135
162
186
218
239
275
290
363
375
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140149
150-159
160-169
170-179
180-189
190-199
200-209
210-219
>220
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(Slowinski, 2007)
I have a developed a simple method to increase or decrease the amount of revolutions. Specifically, you will begin with a specific position of your wrist, in the stance. By beginning in a wrist position, this will adjust your wrist to a weaker or stronger position. The goal is to make the bowler turn their hand more or less will increase or decrease the amount of revolutions, relative to their game. This system will help you with diversifying your game by altering your rev rate but creating revolutions also requires release speed and finger pressure. But, if you practice these various starting positions, you will notice that your revolution rate variance should NO LANE BEATS ME!!
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