Australia's own Battle of the Brands
- Thread starter GeorgeF
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Consider this a written warning...
No more swearing like this again on the forum please...
jason_doust
The Bowling Geek
Now here's a battle of the brands!
I'd forgotten about Brock in the Volvo. It was a wagon too! Unlike most wagons, Volvo extend their roll cage right to the back of the wagon. That makes them very solid, much more nimble than most other offerings out there. Must've been hard for him to get back into a Holden, hey Jase..?
As if race cars have anything in common with their dealer-floor cousins.
bluey
Member
Holdens on the race track aren't even the same length.
jason_doust
The Bowling Geek
And they use Ford diffs. (True!)
A road registered Porsche 911 Carrera Turbo costs a lot less less than a "V8 Supercar" and beats it over a standing quarter mile. Take them for a lap though and the race car will beat the Porsche badly once it gets up owing to superior race tyres and ample remaining horsepower at high speed (read 200+). So next time you need to overtake something doing 200+, there's your vehicle. Otherwise, the Porsche will do nicely.
There's a great article here
As for bowling balls, what was the last ball you saw that didn't give you a load of free hook and hit like a truck? I buy the good looking ones now... As long as they get down the lane. Speaking of getting down the lane, thanks for the heads up on NSW Open, George. I just withdrew.
A road registered Porsche 911 Carrera Turbo costs a lot less less than a "V8 Supercar" and beats it over a standing quarter mile. Take them for a lap though and the race car will beat the Porsche badly once it gets up owing to superior race tyres and ample remaining horsepower at high speed (read 200+). So next time you need to overtake something doing 200+, there's your vehicle. Otherwise, the Porsche will do nicely.
There's a great article here
As for bowling balls, what was the last ball you saw that didn't give you a load of free hook and hit like a truck? I buy the good looking ones now... As long as they get down the lane. Speaking of getting down the lane, thanks for the heads up on NSW Open, George. I just withdrew.
jason_doust
The Bowling Geek
Brands schmands indeed. It's a very good analogy, but missing one vital variable.
I know there are bow technologies and I'm sure there arrow and shaft technologies that make a difference. In archery though, you can't change the way the air plays. In bowling, the lanes can be changed in minutes. Look at some of the day 1 - day 2 score disparities since pretty much forever. Lanes change everything. While winning is more than matching up, the placement of friction on the lanes is the most significant parameter that sets up the field for who does it easy, who does it tough, who scores, who wins and who loses. The favoured players then work out who gets to the top.
As an obvious example, Wall the lanes up (most houses these days) and we significantly reduce the requirement for accuracy and even repetition of release. House shots also hand out a bunch of friction to create ball roll. Wrist guards dispense with a significant component of physical strength and control. Ball cover stocks create massive amplification of a bowler's ability to rotate the ball and generate their own friction. Core engineering makes an embarrassing release come good by flipping the ball track off the thumb hole to allow the cover to get done what the bowler is incapable of. And the balls just get bigger and bigger.
While ever bowling remains a competition to see who can throw the biggest hooking balls of all time straight in order to gain the greatest advantage from the factory engineers, the skills utilised in creating your own ball roll are not only compromised, they are actively discouraged.
Regardless of the brand.
I know there are bow technologies and I'm sure there arrow and shaft technologies that make a difference. In archery though, you can't change the way the air plays. In bowling, the lanes can be changed in minutes. Look at some of the day 1 - day 2 score disparities since pretty much forever. Lanes change everything. While winning is more than matching up, the placement of friction on the lanes is the most significant parameter that sets up the field for who does it easy, who does it tough, who scores, who wins and who loses. The favoured players then work out who gets to the top.
As an obvious example, Wall the lanes up (most houses these days) and we significantly reduce the requirement for accuracy and even repetition of release. House shots also hand out a bunch of friction to create ball roll. Wrist guards dispense with a significant component of physical strength and control. Ball cover stocks create massive amplification of a bowler's ability to rotate the ball and generate their own friction. Core engineering makes an embarrassing release come good by flipping the ball track off the thumb hole to allow the cover to get done what the bowler is incapable of. And the balls just get bigger and bigger.
While ever bowling remains a competition to see who can throw the biggest hooking balls of all time straight in order to gain the greatest advantage from the factory engineers, the skills utilised in creating your own ball roll are not only compromised, they are actively discouraged.
Regardless of the brand.
RealmOfValek
Ryan Baker
This might be a very nieve statement from a inexperienced bowler but should we all use what works best for us as an individial bowler? In Ball, Shoes and Technique?
The greatest peice of advice I have been given to date in regards to bowling is "If it works for you, and you can repeat it, Do it."
The greatest peice of advice I have been given to date in regards to bowling is "If it works for you, and you can repeat it, Do it."
