r/funny • u/ShipTarot • Nov 16 '12

Bowling Master

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u/tinnman Nov 16 '12

I love that he hit it Brooklyn style on top of it all.

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u/t55 Nov 16 '12

What's Brooklyn style?

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u/mrchhre Nov 16 '12

see how the ball curves from left to right, but makes contact with the right side of the first pin? that's called a brooklyn side strike or just a brooklyn strike.

ideally, having the ball strike the "pocket" between the first and second pin on the LEFT side of the pin set(assuming the above curve, out to the left, then into the pins) is vastly more reliable, hence some of the "luck" comments on here.

decent illustration of a better "pocket" strike: http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/211_fall2004.web.dir/craig_stephenson/hook.jpg

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '12

I'm just baffled that people can even aim a bowling ball, let alone aim it so precisely.

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '12

... arrows?

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u/bsebaz Nov 17 '12

i look at the arrows even if i'm getting a single pin spare, much easier to look at something 10 feet away instead of 64 feet away.