The thumb soreness and problems are the main reason why I’m considering going to 2 handed. I want to be able to play more and practice more but I have never ever had a thumb hole that I’ve been comfortable with. They always have some issue that makes it uncomfortable and feel bad after even 2 or 3 games. I feel like just eliminating it altogether will be the best option for not only my comfort but my enjoyment of the game long term.

How does cagle have control with that ball? How can he bowl like that without hurting himself?

Robert Smith owns the deep inside game that's his bread and butter fourth Arrow fifth Arrow Wheeling it getting the 10 pin out from fifth arrow is impressive

I just quit bowling after 40 years of bowling. I don't have alternatives anymore in Germany. We have the highest energycosts in Germany worldwide thanks to our government. The proprietors are forced to do stringpins or they will all have to close soon. Stringpins is not bowling for me!

“Welcome to the Salty Spitoon, how tough are ya?” How tough am I? HOW TOUGH AM I?! I BOWLED A PERFECT GAME! “Yeah, so?” ON STRING PINS! “Right this way.”

Maximum Bob is an absolute Legend. Will always go down as my favorite bowler to ever watch, he still looks amazing. When he was at his peak, never seen anything like him at the time.

In my family we are naturally bigger weight wise so heavier set . And I don't know how much I burn but I know I eat and drink a lot more then I burn. So thinks for the video and the lessons in the video.

Seeing you post a vid of Maximum Bob confirms everything I already knew, yalls both the peoples champs! 🤙🔥

Just wait until the video creator realizes he is just as good as Robert Smith

It is your entry money. As long as it is a legal bowling ball delivery, anything goes.

Day 1 of asking 220 avg to make a bowling ball using a baseball as the core you’ve done basketball and golf why not baseball

Pins falling over that don’t even get touched

It’s because the bowling centers are too cheap to hire mechanics and pay if something breaks down. What a joke this is

I've said it before and I will continue saying it. We have string because of lazy fucking engineering..

3:45 Either he's stupid, or he's a bought and paid for shill.

Music is a distraction. Had to mute.

String pin will ruin bowling

0:58 Regardless if they were certified, stringpins would have taken out the 7-pin.

The absolute dumbest shit ever

No string pins that is the end of this sport for sure😢

I'm a very open-minded person, but even stringpins are a bit of a stretch when it comes to competitive tenpin bowling. If someone wanted to argue in favor of stringpin reactions being similar to regular tenpin bowling, I think all we need to do is throw any anecdotal evidence away and have some high level bowlers (220, Darren, Packy, Forrest) bowl five games on regular lanes, and then five games on stringpins - fresh patterns, no variables like lanes 1&2 - and take a look at the averages of all players. My theory is that the averages of all players will be 25 to 30 pins higher on the stringpins, with more consistent split conversions. TL;DR - Have KZbinrs bowl on both regular and stringpins and compare the scores. My solution to this problem would be to completely separate tenpin from stringpin in competitive play. Just as candlepin is its own entity, make stringpin its own entity. The only difference is that the equipment is interchangeable.

The only ways a pin should fall in ANY type of competitive bowling is the force generated by another pin to knock it over or by the ball itself....its no debate that strings affects the dynamic of the game...I'll argue that uncertified strings are more entertaing to watch because the strings length gives the pins more ability to carry but with certified it just about eliminates all carry costing the guy $1,500 and making the sport look bland and soulless

And yet the USBC says there's no difference in averages. I call BS!

Two handed bowling in my book will never be considered bowling. It’s BS. Can you change in the middle of a game from 1 handed to two handed in the middle of a game. And if you can, then I think a person that could shoot with both hands should be able to switch hands during a game.

This is going to change the sport. I’m not against or for it but it will be different. This will award maximum pin movement. Two handers and power players will have an even bigger advantage. Just need to wrap the strings.

Just another reason to not watch bowling.

It does not pass the eye test. Bad breaks happen, but these pins are not falling in a natural manner, and to me it actually brings in question the integrity of the game. Sorry but not a fan….

If proprietors need to cut costs keep free falling pins and shut the lights off. Hold a bake sale. String pins is the “preferred pronouns” of bowling. How gay

If you’re bowling in a sanctioned event on these, you get what you deserve for supporting this crap. It’s not real bowling, it’s arcade bowling

Can't wait till they go to holographic pins and virtual balls and we all need to look like geeks with giant headsets on. 😂

Great discussion, i am glad you both found common ground. A few thoughts from another much smaller KZbin channel, (the one on the more sciency/boring but useful side lol ). (i would have made some of the points you both made, but i came late to the party, so here is the rest) : 1. Very little footage to analyze on strings so far, but the feeling is what matters to most. 2. Cant depend on data solely from those who certify them. 3. Even if string interference is low, it is still extremely annoying because it is an external factor, and ruins the experience. "Free fall" naturally comes with pin interaction, so it feels natural. 4. Hard to be used in a pro level to determine winners. 5. String pinsetters are an old idea. The first 10 pin bowling pinsetter was constructed in 1960. If they are so great for the industry, why were they not used 65 years ago? 6. The game is free fall pin knocking down. Not attached pins. It has flourished and survived AS IT WAS because everyone accepted the luck factor of free fall bodies being hit by a ball. Strings are a DIFFERNT game. 7. The argument that there is luck on free fall "because pins bounce back", is weak because a) most pins bounce back only by power players only, not people with medium to low speed and revs, and b) there is a smart and cheap remedy : put some material around the pit area that absorbs some of the force of the pin, so it cant bounce back easily. Problem solved. 8. If certified pins "go down harder", then that is contradicting the intended aim, which was to make them as close to free fall as possible. 9. "String pins are a life support for bowling". It seems like they are a life support for bowling CENTERS only. Because they are not going to reduce prices , nor they are going to refrain from increasing them. Also don't forget that the largest revenue from bowling centers is from food and drinks, not the actual bowling. And those prices have gone up through the years too much. 10. One of the problems of bowling is that the customers are not all either recreational OR athletic/sport driven. There is a big part of the regular customers/bowlers that want a bit of both. So they BOTH dont take the sport seriously enough, AND complain about things they shouldn't. 11. Your thoughts are only from alleys in the US. I guess there are similarities everywhere, but i do also see differences in Europe and Asia. For example even though it's expensive for us here too, we actually do try harder patterns. And yes some people complain, but they also start to understand that this is the way to get better. Also, we never had the 10 to 1 house patterns you had, so no one here is used to easy high scores. So they is no bitching if that went away cause it was never there that much. 12. The reasons why bowling centers close/get sold are several. Naming just one of them, is not approaching the issue correctly. 13. For me one thing that would help is a cheap machine for free fall, without strings. Maybe magnets. Plus some materials that will reduce pin action for pins that bounce off the rack and come back. But of course the industry cares about money not the sport, so they went to the already available for 65 years, string machine.

This is terrible

Someone (cough) said that "luck" has decreased with strings but I'd say seeing a standing pin, untouched by any other pin, suddenly fall...on the scale of luck, we're at maximum levels. Strings were intended to help speed/cost/reliability of racking pins, not have a direct influence on the game.

Ain’t no way they had a whole stringpin regional ☠️

This will be the end of bowling

They are trying to bring a carnival game to professional sports. People are being sold on a big lie!

Imagine if everyone would shut the fuck up and stop bitching

Hot garbage

What really should be illegal is charging anywhere near or over 10 dollars a game... sheesh . That's what's killing the sport

You are relevant. You have bearing. You are enough, 220 and I am with you on this one.

Follow the money. USBC and PBA have their hands in this. Presented as way to save operators money but will cost more in lost revenues than savings. Flat out won't bowl on them, Joke to the sport

stringpin is disgusting to the eyes

String pin bowling. The hottest thing since Skittle Bowling.

I Dont understand y Walter and webber and duke don't speak up about string pin bowling there the ambassador of PBA they know this is not the right direction for bowling this is so sad 😢

They need to invent a camera that can see, count, the pins standing when the ball hits the back stop, then it just simply re spots the 2nd shot to what pins is supposed to be up. That way if a string caused a pin to fall it will be re spot.

I posted Ryan’s shot that, in my opinion, cost him the title. Very polarizing subject. Everyone is all for them or completely against them. There is no middle ground. The comments have been very entertaining.

Coming soon a machine to load your ball into, set the dial for a hook or straight release, set back and watch the results. No more knuckle bumps with the guy you know never washes his hands. Avoid the stinky bowling center and just stay home and Wii bowl.

strings is wack

Just another change that will eventually kill the sport