PBA players throwing straight at a full rack.

A video of PBA players throwing the ball straight at a full rack, rather than the normal hook ball.
Possibly the most pointless video I’ve made…
Thanks for watching, hope you enjoyed!

[@linkin46]

10K views! Thank you all for the support! Edit: 20K views! Thank you so much! Edit: 50K… wow! Very thankful for all of you! Edit: 100K… speechless…

[@sampearce6995]

100k views for a bowling channel is the same as 10000000 for any other channel

[@4inchesofpleasure]

I don’t know anything about bowling aside from who do you think you are I am and I loved your video!

[@linkin46]

@@4inchesofpleasure Thank you so much!

[@Maxmaj0r]

Edit: 300k

[@rickatoni]

You could have just filmed me playing a full game and saved yourself the trouble. Lol

[@linkin46]

😂

[@haveaniceday2749]

Clever

[@straightbutgay9366]

except u not a pba bowler

[@zalvian22]

Except they hit the head pin all but once :P

[@MrMitchbow]

Especially screaming after knocking down 6-8 pins

[@Lyk0ss]

If anyone is curious why this is done, sometimes, if you're required to get lets say 7 pins to win, throwing with hook, sometimes you can pull it (miss left) or drop it (miss right) and not get the required, so its a much safer play (unless you need a strike or 9, to go straight at the pocket, or sometimes just to have fun

[@linkin46]

Well explained!

[@andrewchan5477]

also, bowling balls break down every shot, so another point you can think about is that throwing a spare ball doesn’t disrupt the oil on the lane as much as a reactive resin or urethane so that you’re shot can be saved for the next match or keep your bowling ball in max condition (just to save money on either cleaning your ball or buying more bowling balls, if you have the privilege and dedication to the sport to spend)

[@doomusrlc]

@@patrickwall8517 he needed more than a couple, haha, but yes

[@chonando1019]

I thought it was like a taunting thing, like to disrespect your opponent. Essentially you know you're gonna win so you throw it straight lol

[@DaKing08]

“or sometimes just to have fun” not to the opponent who lost to a straight ball at full rack

[@cryhav0k2112]

You never want to see your opponent throw straight at the rack...it means you're about to lose.

[@foiledits]

0:44

[@ChanceOfOne344254]

Either that or you’ve already lost

[@BrandonRodgers-hb7rq]

​@ChanceOfOne344254 yeah true

[@puzzLEGO]

1:39 he threw that 3/4 of the lane before it even landed 😂

[@shuanextreme]

What are u doing here

[@onemoremisfit]

The Fred Flintstone shot.

[@Renville80]

He wouldn’t be able to get away with that in candlepin.

[@crimsontide1980]

If Osku ever releases that ball early in his backswing, it's gonna look like a crime scene lol.

[@linkin46]

Oh absolutely

[@j.yossarian6852]

Oksu timestamp?

[@linkin46]

@@j.yossarian6852 1:09

[@KC9UDX]

I'm trying to bowl straight from now on. (Until I get my accuracy back up). When I hit the pocket without hook, the pins explode like anyone hooking into the pocket. I've pondered giving up hooking altogether, as that might make me better ready for all lane conditions. But it won't even matter unless I can get my 220 average back. My average now is 96.

[@KC9UDX]

Thanks KZbin for putting my reply to the wrong comment and not letting me delete it

[@wagonmaster1974]

I had a buddy who bowled, with a 16 lb ball, in our league, with his wife. Saw him finish a game once using his wife's 14 lb ball. I don't think the ball hit the lane for like 30 feet. The rack virtually exploded when the ball went in. Took out 9 pins...I think they were afraid to not fall! The 10 pin cowered in fear, but remained.

[@simonnguyen692]

fucking 10 pin

[@lncoming]

Osku, the fastball pitcher of pro bowling

[@linkin46]

Yep! Untouchable speeds

[@BrandonRodgers-hb7rq]

Yeah He's my favorite player now. 2nd: Jason Belmonte 3rd:Sean Rashh

[@promptlyjoebrown4305]

I'm terrible at bowling but I once hit 5 strikes in a row while throwing straight. Happened in the last 5 frames of a match that my buddy and I had bet on as well. He was up 30 before I did it and he ended up losing by 20. Couldn't repeat it with a thousand tries, and my friend was absolutely slack jawed.

[@Renville80]

Had that happen twice when I was in a league. My average stinks (120s), but twice I managed to string a series of strikes together in a game, my highest scores being a 222 then a 223 the following year.

[@mpepp9]

Same sort of thing, I managed 4 in a row. I normally get about 120 and of course I’ve never been able to replicate that insane lucky run.

[@golazo]

literally read this in a southern accent

[@justinsimanis8529]

A compilation I never knew I needed. Thank you

[@linkin46]

No problem!

[@jcoop0008]

you always know if Tom Daugherty won cause you’ll hear him screaming throughout the house no matter how loud it is

[@linkin46]

Yep!😂

[@Igloo3471]

I agree and oh christ its cringeworthy, sounds like one of them rainbow flag turd divers

[@Kiki-alienmom]

I thought it was Rick Flair at first. 😂

[@ryansmith1044]

I still remember when he shot 100 exactly in a TV match and cheered sarcastically when he took out half the Big 4 to get it. His opponent meanwhile shot 299, which remains the largest margin of defeat in a televised PBA match.

[@IamTheShermanator]

Was messing around doing this earlier while practicing. It feels like putting every ounce I have into the shot and I can just barely crack 20MPH. Daugherty makes 24.7 look so easy! It's also way more fun than it has the right to be to just rocket a straight ball at the head pin and watch the rack explode.

[@linkin46]

It is certainly very fun to do! I love to mess around at the end of a game and have a bit of fun with the straight ball too

and osku with his 35 mph :))

[@okkumo1476]

That 24 is the speed right when it leaves his hand while the one at the alley is the speed when it reaches the pins!

[@IamTheShermanator]

@@okkumo1476 oooo, i didn't think about that. Makes sense looking now, though. The speed pops up immediately at release. Maybe I do throw it close to 25 o_O

[@dumattco]

You should look up the video where Osku throws a strike over 33 mph 🤪

[@MrDogfish83]

I don't watch bowling but I recognize the "who do you think you are, I am" guy lol

[@harrisongrant8558]

TBF Pete Weber is probably the most well-known professional bowler, mostly from that clip.

[@noahmoreno9798]

@@harrisongrant8558 no clue how that clip got so famous but i'm glad it's brought in so many more people to bowling at least

[@ForYouPlays]

1:40 is my favorite one! I watched it live and died laughing for about 5 minutes

[@hiimemily]

He nearly hit the pins in flight!

[@rylanol5241]

i didnt notice it until i read this lmao damn near hit the dry wood

[@DonaldDump2024]

Yeah, I noticed that the first time and went back to confirm. Seems he lofted it 50 feet. What strength!!

[@Nobody-xe9fc]

I bet he plays company softball too 😂😂😂😂

[@libidinousbear4563]

1:03 “who do you think you are, I AM!”

[@wallmunky503]

I dont think I've ever seen a messenger hit a headpin that hard before

[@alexmercer7687]

i love seeing osku palermaa one hand fast

[@linkin46]

Me too. Very fun to watch!

[@MetalJuggler]

Its literally insane

[@KyleKnoblauch]

Throws harder than anyone in the world!!! (According to him😎)

[@linkin46]

@@KyleKnoblauch indeed he does!

[@alexmercer7687]

@@KyleKnoblauch many people can do as osku :)

[@firemarblefilms]

Haugen is so used to playing the gutter that he couldn’t hit the headpin going down the middle 🤣

[@ELSD45801]

There's an older clip on KZbin with Pete Webber in a similar situation. I believe he needed 4 pins so he threw it straight..............and he left the 5-7-10!

[@user-zk5ps5ms1s]

Yes! Was about to mention this and you beat me to it

[@Renville80]

Is that the one where he wanted to flip the bird at the pins but blew on them instead?

[@ELSD45801]

Yes! @@Renville80

[@random3rsifO_O]

Daugherty's reaction was so wholesome man...

[@JaquaviusJohnson]

0:13 DAMN💀💀💀

[@Steve.Orland]

It takes effort and patience to make these; thank you!

[@linkin46]

Thank you! Yeah, finding the clips can definitely be a long process

[@coopergates9680]

0:14 actually went through the pins half decent lol

[@MIKEK3NT]

1:14 how is that even possible

[@waylandquiaoit3871]

"Shaving cream on the ball" what a quote

[@BrandonRodgers-hb7rq]

Bruh n9w 8f other people play on that language with that oil then 8 will curve alot probably bc of the shaving cream on the lane

[@BrandonRodgers-hb7rq]

*lane

[@remingtoncomp4873]

1:31 Me when someone asks me to yell the opposite of “no”

[@spider5600]

1:40 that was almost a Yorker in Ten Pin Bowling

[@dwcavileer]

1:37 my god

[@linkin46]

Huge loft!

[@Ewigi]

I swear in the background you can hear the announcer gasp a little bit 💀

[@georgef551]

In candlepin, and duckpin, straight is the norm, just weird in tenpin (although I shoot straight in tenpin).

[@patrickwall8517]

This shot is commonly called the rocket to the pocket.

[@linkin46]

For good reason!

[@dumattco]

That’s what she said 🤪

[@linkin46]

@@dumattco 😂

[@oak49sox]

This is the only way I throw a ball. Lol. Super straight.

[@KC9UDX]

I'm trying to bowl straight from now on. (Until I get my accuracy back up). When I hit the pocket without hook, the pins explode like anyone hooking into the pocket. I've pondered giving up hooking altogether, as that might make me better ready for all lane conditions. But it won't even matter unless I can get my 220 average back. My average now is 96.

[@Renville80]

But can you do it with backspin and STILL get a strike? 😏

[@mikesannitti6042]

Man, these are all just playing it safe at the end when they need only 8 or more pins. I was hoping there'd be some where they just abandoned their curve completely mid game because it wasn't working for them. That's my experience with it at least.

[@steveperry1344]

i do candlepin bowling up here in massachusetts and most of us throw a straight ball but it comes with a lot of chops and splits. it's hard to throw a consistent hook by the nature of the size of the ball and the hard maple lanes all the way down from approach, foul lind and to the pin deck. the ball skids alot.

[@playdiscgolf1546]

Plus it’s hard to hook a ball with no holes. Lol

[@steveperry1344]

probably so, i've never bowled tenpin but would like to try it sometime, i like to watch it though@@playdiscgolf1546

[@johnnastrom9400]

Del Ballard would approve of this practice.

[@linkin46]

I’m sure he would!

[@b.r.fowler785]

He actually learned from his infamous gutterball blunder against Pete Weber and did this to win another title.

[@terminat1]

I hate this practice.

[@americanwelder9865]

I only bowl straight. I grew up bowling duck pin in Baltimore as a kid. When I switched to 10 pin my form carried over. I can’t hook a ball if I try. I do have a 183 average bowling straight though.

[@JoeCnNd]

Usually when they just need to mark in the 10th they'll shoot straight to keep it on the lane.

[@daddylongleg605]

2:16 Vikings safety?

[@krr104]

Did that one guy cut himself really bad shaving?

[@Renville80]

Also known as the Del Ballard shot.

[@cryhav0k2112]

When Rash had hair lmao

[@michaelfinley9988]

Welcome pros to our typical house shot and this is how you have to play the lanes….burned up, dirty, no oil.

[@linkin46]

Yep😀

[@ForYouPlays]

3:18 To me that looked 50 mph but probably only 30!

[@linkin46]

It was 33 mph!

[@ForYouPlays]

@@linkin46 oh dang!

[@MIKEK3NT]

I’m guessing it was Osku?

[@ForYouPlays]

oh yeah@@MIKEK3NT 100%

[@DrCoconuttt]

The Daugherty scream😳😳😳

[@pigs6486]

It's cool how many are absolute heaters

[@heeko2982]

where did you get this clip at 3:01?

[@linkin46]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKubnHeJa5iFqqM

[@playdiscgolf1546]

Smallwood was using a foreign substance on his ball…haha

[@q1uma]

1:37 I honestly feel like his thumb stuck because of how hard he was trying flex throwing it and he almost went with it

[@GazzyW007]

Two big takeaways from this: 1) All players scream like Pete Weber, he just got famous for "WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE I AM" 2) All players at all levels love the idea of just chucking the ball down the lane as hard as they can sometimes

[@RalphieMaysGhost]

Im surprised Weber didnt think it was unsportsmanlike to straight rack him.

[@user-yy3zi2ll3k]

1:38 legend

[@amandahugenkisch1486]

0:21 At first I thought the crowd were laughing at him having a horrific skin condition;

[@brianwu2697]

I believe that ball did not count as the shaving cream on the ball was considered illegal substance.

[@amandahugenkisch1486]

@@brianwu2697 Maybe he has hairy balls

[@linkin46]

@@brianwu2697 Yeah

[@superflexminecraft8259]

“I just wanted to make it interesting” 3:50

[@ShOwStOpp3rr]

i dont know much about bowling but im guessing its hard to get a strike throwing the ball straight at pins? thats why the professionals curve the ball in?

[@procrastinator6902]

Yes. A straight ball tends to deflect to one side, preventing it from hitting the pocket solidly altho this isn't always the case. A ball thrown well with hook and spin hits the pocket between the 1 and 2 or 1 and 3 pins and drives thru without deflection causing its path to deviate, creating a much bigger chance for a strike.

[@pupseal1154]

Yeah, pretty much. Harder to get a strike, but also harder to get a gutterball.

[@travisrose7164]

These guys make me think I could be a pro.

[@inter_1097]

Lot of these they already have the game won right? Or don't need a strike to win so they chuck it down the middle to take away any chance of a gutter ball.

[@Falcons15176]

I bowl straight like this and average like 160, so not great but I’m comfortable with it and I do think I’m pretty good at it

[@Twobarpsi]

Straight bowler here, got up to 185 average. Highest ever was a 212.

[@Stonebrek]

Throwing straight is how I achieved my PB.

[@BrandonRodgers-hb7rq]

My favrite one is the Don Johnson osku one. Its bc of the slund

[@tcktck1178]

What about Osku Palermaa video called "INSANELY FAST! Possibly Worlds Fastest Bowling Strike Fred Flintstone style thrown by Osku Palermaa!"

[@Hoshinado]

Can you make a part 2?

[@linkin46]

I will work on it soon!

[@Hoshinado]

Ok!!

[@Hoshinado]

I like them throwing straight

[@GDBloody]

if anyone is wondering:"who does this stupid shit" they do it is because they need 4 or 5 pins and because they are professionals they can do it with no effort . also, they may foul making them (sometimes) lose by 1 pin.

[@waylandquiaoit3871]

I wonder what happens if they bowl a 300 game in the 12th frame using a straight ball

[@linkin46]

That’d be pretty crazy and risky!

[@waylandquiaoit3871]

@@linkin46 U mean it's really impossible right?

[@linkin46]

@@waylandquiaoit3871 Maybe not impossible, but unlikely for sure

[@waylandquiaoit3871]

@@linkin46 Oh

[@ACEDIAMOND666]

all that, and only 1 Southpaw......

[@lostasadorespr]

2:08 that's the straightest modern relese I've seen.

[@gabrielutasi]

When I can't find the pattern at nationals, I revert to straight and do better

[@mike29430]

Press the reset button just before impact. I wonder how many rakes/sweeps can stop the ball. Brunswick A2 rake looks flimsy and would break. Ball would probably concave the deck shield.

[@pamelacass9642]

You'd be charged with a misdemeanor, depending on the municipality. It'll cost you financially as well.

[@showingthelinks8441]

They are supposed to be flimsy so they don't break. They give.

[@garla5851]

0:39 Screaming like little girls 1:30 🙄

[@waylandquiaoit3871]

Bro u need part 2 for this

[@linkin46]

Ok!

[@waylandquiaoit3871]

@@linkin46 Oh good luck

[@linkin46]

@@waylandquiaoit3871 Cheers! And ty for the suggestion!

[@waylandquiaoit3871]

@@linkin46 No problem

[@bricerobert]

This user has watched a lot of bowling

[@joeskis]

I thought these balls were counter weighted. They always keep a balanced one just in case?

[@dawdlinghydra41]

most spare balls and plastic balls have a pancake core so their good for spares and and straight throwing

[@zacharyjeffares8158]

BLAST ‘EM! PEW! PEW!; PE-PEW!

[@thatboydingus3353]

What's on the bowlers face at 0:23

[@linkin46]

Shaving cream!

[@ramyachaitanya8805USSR]

Champions League bowling!

[@shorty808100]

If all you have to do to win is keep it on the lanes why not fire it straight down the lane

[@linkin46]

Definitely a safe way of doing it

[@orinbrim7019]

You bowl to get a good score. I bowl to watch the pins fly around randomly. We are not the same.

[@JGunit]

Seems like just "don't throw a gutter"

[@jyutzler]

Looking like me out there.

[@BrandonRodgers-hb7rq]

Sound*

[@charlesdaugherty321]

Throw slower when going straight. It just punches a hole if you throw full power.

[@tomy5868]

Osku throwing 30+...BAM

[@djbloodshot]

ya gotta love tom daughtry

[@ChanceOfOne344254]

1:37 I hope Kevin's thumb is ok from that shot I also have a lightning spare ball so I know when this happens it hurts. The shoulder and the thumb don't like it.

[@linkin46]

Damn, yeah.

[@JustADudee31]

Yea also nice vid

[@linkin46]

@@JustADudee31 Thank you!

[@monitorscreenbroked]

im worried about the lane actually

[@ChanceOfOne344254]

@@monitorscreenbroked Don’t be. It’s a synthetic bowling lane so it can take a beating like that. Something like that won’t break it. Osku Palermaa’s chair shot doesn’t damage the lanes, neither would this

[@nickv2601]

Where's the Del Ballard Jr when you need him?

[@ColemanMulkerin]

2:50 was my favorite hit.

[@matthewc4451]

I don't know why I thought that said NBA players lol

[@linkin46]

😂😂

[@tfarm7015]

You forgot Chris Barnes 2005 US Open

[@poodlesftw123]

Are spare balls usually lighter than strike balls?

[@linkin46]

They’re the same weight

[@michaelethangross3395]

Too bad Del Ballard didn’t throw his last ball straight at the 1991 Fair Lanes Open . . .

[@GravitySmashify]

The title sounds like it comes from rap

[@brianwu2697]

1:39 that's the CRAZIEST loft I've ever seen!

[@linkin46]

Yeah! It’s insane!

[@brianwu2697]

@@linkin46 well imagine if the ball got stuck in his hand and broke the masking unit!

[@linkin46]

@@brianwu2697 That would’ve been crazy. I’ve never seen it happen before but with such power, it’s definitely possible

[@DonaldDump2024]

Must’ve stuck to his hand? He’s lucky that he didn’t gutter.

[@ForYouPlays]

200K VIEWS!!!!

[@MarcusJII]

This is the only way I play lol. I get strikes 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@linkin46]

True bro! I find it fun playing this way too

[@waylandquiaoit3871]

Hey dude where u from btw?

[@linkin46]

I’m am from the UK.

[@waylandquiaoit3871]

@@linkin46 Oh from what place?

[@linkin46]

@@waylandquiaoit3871 England

[@waylandquiaoit3871]

@@linkin46 No i mean what place u lived in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿?

[@TheCulturedMan34]

The classic "Hit it till it dies" pattern. Classy

[@waylandquiaoit3871]

2:05 Bowler name he kinda looks like dom barrett's twin brother

[@linkin46]

Sam Cooley

[@waylandquiaoit3871]

@@linkin46 Oh the aussie ok thanks

[@TP-vu3tc]

Leagues should outlaw the hook and watch averages drop like crazy. It's more of a fair game.

[@waylandquiaoit3871]

Is eugene and kevin mccune r brothers?

[@linkin46]

Kevin is Eugene's son

[@waylandquiaoit3871]

@@linkin46 Oh the dad my bad

[@calebsandbulte3368]

Just watched two adds to view this

[@linkin46]

Sorry about that! I didn’t put them there aha

[@UnunderstandingScience]

But not Belmo doing it🤦🏻 not like he’s done it several times

[@tombomb2162]

1:30