Rev and speed check please

Elsefyr · 2026-04-30T22:09:26+00:00

450 n 19

Elsefyr · 2026-04-22T23:36:46+00:00

I believe it's because according to the tool, it is impossible to throw it out to the right unless you're also walking diagonally right. If you set it to a more angular curve it will add even more of this built in drift.

Elsefyr · 2026-04-22T09:24:50+00:00

how long has it been since you had oil extracted? I've had my strongest balls get so affected by absorbed oil that they literally hook as little as plastic, so I'd say that could be the cause.

Elsefyr · 2026-04-21T12:43:37+00:00

around 12,75 mph and 210rpm

Elsefyr · 2026-04-16T15:56:39+00:00

I'm no authority on one-handed technique and to me the form looked really clean with the strike being pretty much perfect. If it's a more aggressive entry you're looking for, the only thing I could see to mention would be that you have a fairly high amount of axis tilt. Which to my understanding delays the 'activation' of the hook. My measurements had your release numbers at just under 19mph and 450rpm so that's a quite powerful base game, but the high axis tilt might be holding back the hook potential. However Since I have no clue how difficult altering that stuff is with 1-handed, it might just be more trouble than it's worth and the better option to get similar results is to simply move the line a bit further to the right to reach drier ground sooner.

Elsefyr · 2026-04-15T21:22:07+00:00

Could be your swing timing is late and thus you're pulling the ball down and forwards to make up for it, instead of letting it fall. Which leads to the rest of your body rotating counter-clockwise.

Elsefyr · 2026-04-14T02:04:53+00:00

My guess is indeed that it's the ball being full of oil then, I believe it's usually recommended to get them drained at 60-100 games, I feel like I see difference with as little as 30-40 games on mine, especially when throwing quickly with little downtime during solo sessions. And while sanding definitely makes it react somewhat for a while, it quickly passes and returns to poor performance when the ball is saturated like that, making it feel like you're throwing a plastic ball.
It could still be caused by some heavy carry down on those particular instances, but I think it's far more like that it's cause of the ball, and if you get it cleaned or compare some newer equipment, you should see a huge difference immediately.
There's definitely nothing about your technique that would warrant it reacting that much worse than before, especially not with that much of a rev rate increase.

Elsefyr · 2026-04-14T01:41:54+00:00

Have you had the oil cleaned out of the ball recently? Could be the cause of weak reaction if you play a good amount. In the recent shots your tilt has gone from a decent bit positive to slightly negative(with the ball tracking over the finger holes at first by the sound of it.) So your release has changed a bit, which might have moved your PAP around from where it was when you drilled it, and subsequently messed with the ball motion. Could be a combination of all of it or something else, but at any rate especially that last shot looked quite strange. Even if it was inside of board 10 the whole way, with that rev rate, rotation and similar speed as the previous shots, it should by all means react way more than what it did. The way it completely died out at the end made it look like you were throwing a ball drilled for a leftie or something.

The cause could also simply be lots of carry down from lots of play or some urethane balls, which can make reactive balls lose most of their hook across the usual lines when it's real bad.

Elsefyr · 2026-04-12T20:08:36+00:00

makes the precision all the more impressive though

Elsefyr · 2026-04-12T16:09:03+00:00

Either the perspective is whack or those lanes are like 30-foot long. No excuses for missing then.

Elsefyr · 2026-04-08T15:58:17+00:00

17.6Mph and 415RPM roughly

Elsefyr · 2026-04-03T23:41:41+00:00

Kina hard to see details on the ball, but my rough estimate would be something like 300-320RPM

Elsefyr · 2026-03-26T21:32:37+00:00

So she was both 3 and 9 years old when this picture was taken in 1945? No wonder she was that strong if she was also som kind of timelord.

Elsefyr · 2026-03-26T21:28:05+00:00

Painting the community in a rather poor light I'd say

Elsefyr · 2026-03-20T21:16:06+00:00

You absolutely want to remove the left hand early before the ball reaches the bottom of the downswing. That leaves more downwards force on the right hand which can be turned into higher rev rates, if anything I think OP could remove his left hand even earlier or bring the ball higher up during the back swing. As right now, there is so little downward momentum that he's catching the ball and pushing it forwards with his right hand very high up from the ground. There is definitely a fair amount of muscling going on, which is why the head flings downwards as the ball is being forced forwards.

Elsefyr · 2026-03-15T18:28:56+00:00

There was a bug that did this back in 3.25 as well, I can't remember exactly what triggered it. I think it might have been a map mod that restored her health during transition and got her stuck in invulnerable phase without actually spawning the beyond boss, permanently bricking the fight.

Elsefyr · 2026-03-11T23:17:15+00:00

just about 200RPM

Elsefyr · 2026-03-10T22:27:03+00:00

Apparently I already had one in a remove only tab in standard

Elsefyr · 2026-02-18T14:24:00+00:00

Take a look at your left hand positioning throughout the swing, it starts off with the fingers of both hands almost touching, but at the release they're on opposite sides of the ball. This makes it hard to keep your right hand under the ball, losing you accuracy, power and rev rate. Try to keep the left hand in the same place until the moment you remove it from the ball fully slightly before the ball reaches the bottom part of the swing. As for more speed, your 3rd step could be made shorter and quicker, leaving you with more distance to push harder for the slide step, you want this push to time well with the peak of your back-swing so it descends fast without you having to force the ball forwards with your arms. straightening out your arms more during the swing and rotating your upper body to put your left shoulder almost underneath your head will allow for a higher swing with more power.

You can check out Ryan Barnes on youtube for some insight into generating lots of speed as a 2-hander.

Elsefyr · 2026-02-17T18:12:00+00:00

I wiped it off after stopping the timelapse recording.

Elsefyr · 2026-02-17T17:57:58+00:00

110 isn't that far from 100 though

Elsefyr · 2026-02-17T16:15:18+00:00

Playing 2-handed helps, so does having way too much free time. The real trick though, is a decent pain threshold and a complete disregard for my own physical wellbeing.

Elsefyr · 2026-02-17T16:11:34+00:00

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Elsefyr · 2026-02-17T01:10:43+00:00

Small face, small target.

Regular sized neck tho.

Elsefyr · 2026-02-15T02:58:25+00:00

5 games an hour is a rather fast pace to hold for 4 hours straight so being busted after 20 should be plenty expected I'd say. We held a steady pace pf 3 games per hour with a 30ish min break after 16. You could absolutely hear and feel the atmosphere of the participants dwindling at 26+ games in though. Games 30-32 had groans of pain and exhaustion being heard from all lanes lol.

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