Another bowling technique you can play in our game is a tweener. It incorporates the cranking and stroking elements of other styles to create medium revolutions (normally between 300 and 370 rpm) applied to the bowling ball with a mild axis tilt.
When releasing, the fingers apply a slight rotating action from behind the ball the equivalent of about two or three inches toward the side of the ball.
This modified delivery could use a higher backswing than is normally employed by a pure stroker or a less powerful wrist position than a pure cranker. It produces medium to high overall ball speed with a smaller, more gradual hook. Tweeners tend to be more versatile and can adjust wrist position or speed for varying lane conditions, but are not always consistent. Some have the power from a high back swing, but maybe less revs. Others have the lower back swing, and more revs.
If you are not a 100% stroker or a 100% cranker, but mix characteristics of both to form your own attack plan, bowl tweener!
