Chris Barnes Bowling in Japan
I met Chris Barnes the 10-pin bowling champ from the USA. He was a very nice guy and my son and I engaged in a 90-strong contest to beat Chris.
He was a bit off with some bad form at the start but made up for it later with a series of strikes to get a score of 220 which placed him in 5th position.
We played the American style where the players switch sides of the alley each time they bowl.
One guy using an extreme spinning technique was very close to having a perfect game. This technique involved holding the ball in both hands and bowling it rather than using any of the finger slots.
Normally, you grip using at least 3 finger slots, but to get high spin velocity and hence hook, it is easier to remove at least your thumb from the slot. But it strains your wrist so I guess the double-hand grip fixes that problem?
Chris played amongst several people in the first 3 games and the competition was rounded off with a tournament of the best 15 amateurs.
Tags: bowling
June 16th, 2008 at 8:39 am
Today I was bowling and relaxed to focus on accuracy. Speed bowling is fun but to get the best scores, it seems that accuracy is most important.