Classic Bowling - In this retro game you play the game with a no-fuss approach. With some games, you simply use your mouse to throw the ball. In this game, however, you have to click your mouse to stop moving meters that determine the power, and curve of the ball.
The feeling of excitement when you take that first step forward to line up your shot, the distant sound of pins clattering as someone hits a strike - or simply that brief moment of quiet contemplation when lacing up your bowling shoes before the game. It's crystal clear - bowling is all about having a good time.
Strikes can come by way of missing the head pin and with pin-action on the deck, pins can tumble and fall causing non-ordinary strikes. Strikes can come from cross-over hits where a bowler targets one pocket area of the pin formation but misses with the ball delivery, crosses over to the other pocket, and gets a strike.
If you roll a perfectly straight ball delivery, you will have to use an angle from about the 6 or 7 board from the edge of the lane just beyond the foul line toward the 10 board (2nd arrow) and continuing down the lane to the pocket at 17.5 board.
bowlingball.com recommends practicing making parallel adjustments, in both directions and multiple times during open bowling sessions where your scores do not matter. Make a series of adjustments in both directions so you become comfortable and familiarized with playing angles other than only the 2nd arrow and so you will trust them during competition.
If you roll a perfectly straight ball delivery, you will have to use an angle from about the 6 or 7 board from the edge of the lane just beyond the foul line toward the 10 board (2nd arrow) and continuing down the lane to the pocket at 17.5 board. Your sliding bowling shoe should end up with the instep about 5 boards left of the release point where your ball first contacts the lane surface just beyond the foul line (again, for right handed bowlers) which is the 11 or 12 board, in this example for straight ball players.
After your initial alignment, the lane conditions will change in time depending on how much bowling is done on the lane during a given session. In the case with league bowling, you may have to make your first adjustment for the pocket perhaps before your first game is completed, depending on how many bowlers are on your pair of lanes. You might need to make several adjustments during your league session on the lanes. Be ready to react and make an adjustment once you roll a good delivery and your ball no longer contacts the pocket solidly.
The amount of lateral adjustment for missing the pocket from your initial alignment, either to the left or to the right, depends on how far you missed the pocket after rolling your ball over your target. One proven and tested system over the years for most house lane conditions is a "parallel adjustment system." This system simply means to move your feet two boards on the approach while adjusting your target on the lane one board (half as much as your feet positioning), in the same direction, either to the left or to the right, depending on whether your ball missed the pocket solidly to the left or to the right. Simple enough!
This angle adjustment automatically closes your delivery angle on the lane and creates a more direct route for your ball to travel and contact the pocket.
1. Pocket Location - The center of the pocket is located on the 17.5 board on the pin deck. Using a right handed bowler as the example, the pocket is on the 17.5 board counting from the right edge of the lane. The center of the "head pin" pin spot on the pin deck is located on the 20 board, the exact center of the bowling lane, which also aligns with the center bowling arrow 15 feet beyond the foul line of the approach and with the center dot on the approach in various distances from the foul line.
In cases with right-handed bowlers using "back-up" ball deliveries should use an alignment for a left handed player.