Bowling Pin Layouts

If necessary locate balance hole at 6 from grip center through cg.
Bowling pin layouts. The pin deck is the area of the lane the pins rest on. Pin down drilling layouts allow you to stay in the same area because the ball reaction is not as aggressive. This section details the different types of layouts that exist and the methods. The ball s preferred roll is over the position pin and around an axis referred to as it s positive spin axis psa sometimes referred to as the mass bias point mb.
Located cg at 45 angle from the center line in a northeast direction. Locate pin 3 3 8 from center of grip at a 45 angle from the center line in southwest direction. Pin down layouts give you a slower more controllable overall ball reaction. Often the pin rack is referred to as the pin deck although they re not synonymous.
On a symmetrical ball the center of gravity cg should be in line with the pin angling toward your thumb. The layout when the ball is drilled put the pin 4 5 inches from your positive axis point pap or under your ring finger. The bowling pin rack consists of 10 pins laid out in an equilateral triangle. Through the progress of bowling ball technology more and more research has been done regarding the placement of the holes in correlation to the pin mass bias marker and other factors that affect your bowling ball s performance.
The pin rack is the actual set of pins. Typically a bowling ball layout favors the end over end path and it rolls around it s positive axis point psa or sometimes called the mass bias mb point.