Dry lanes, Lofting, Axis Rotation

Question
QUESTION: Well, I think I know the answer to this, because I experienced it, but I guess I like some expert opinon on it.  I'm bowling on very, very dry lanes for league this year and I'm lofting to the arrows and it is working.  Well, I'm actually bowling with my wrist broken back, which might help in my question.  Why is it that I'm not turning my hand at release, only using axis tilt, and getting quite a backend with ringing 9's?  It seemed if I started with my hand at 10, I would get more backend than if I started at 11.  Oh, and I'm using a Jigsaw Trap with the pin quite a bit up (I know I should use something else).

Thanks for your help
Erik

ANSWER: Erik,
Not sure what the question is. It sounds like your hand is turned significantly as you deliver the ball, with the hand so far to the side of the ball to start, you can't turn it much more. The lower track and weaker hit gets the ball down the lane before it starts to rev up, and the ball and dry lane give you a strong hook. Loft shortens the lane, retains energy for the later ball reaction.

You're not turning your hand at release because you know the lane hooks and turn won't effect a positive result. Sometimes using more ball than would be beneficial, puts more challenge into the game.

Thanks for the question. Hope i understood what you were looking for. good luck and good bowling.

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QUESTION: Thanks for your response.  I guess my question is pacifficly this.  Am I actually creating rotation with tilt?  From everything I read, I gather the two are distinctly different.  Could holding onto the ball by lofting it make me create rotation inadvertently, because my hand is on the side of the ball to begin with?  Or, is it just tilt and the situation is making the tilt have less skid and more bacend/roll?

Answer
Erik,
Axis Rotation is observed on a horizontal plane. Axis Tilt is observed on the vertical plane.  

If you have no tilt, you can still hook the ball with axis rotation from 0 degrees (Walter Ray Williams and Chris Barnes have more forward rolling low axis rotation deliveries) to 90 degrees (Pete Weber's big claim to fame when he was younger, very strong reaction downlane).

Tilt is the vertical axis measurement of how the ball rolls. A very low track skids a long way and hooks very late, while a high track hooks earlier and isn't as violent a reaction when the ball slows down. Axis tilt and Axis rotation are usable to control ball reaction. Developing a consistent delivery is hard enough, controlling multiple options is why the pros are pros and why the top pros beat the others most often.

Thanks for the question. Concentrate on consistency and work with a coach to fine tune what's easiest to duplicate. Good luck.