RzA

Not too sure if it will help, but you find various videos links to PBA matches at Ball Reviews. I’m sure Pete Weber features a few times.

Have a look at - http://www.[Banned-URL].com/Forum/Topics.asp?ForumID=86&CategoryID=5

Not having much access to Bowling on TV I find the links there very useful. If only the PBA and other Tournaments produced DVDs...

I would suggest that you follow Erin's route, find your style, stay relaxed and work on accuracy.

Good luck RzA

Alf

RzA i would like to say one thing Cranker to Cranker
lol if you want to crank you ave got to make sure that you can keep the shot the same and hit your target otherwise you are going to get an eratic ball
reaction.
also it will help to do what MAGPIE said as he is coaching me in order to stop my eratic ball reaction
cuz im always pulling the ball and "chicken wing" my elbow lol.....

Hope that this may help you and PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE and you will be a good cranker lol

thanks AJ

Yes, but his foward swing is very smooth and unmuscled. Pete uses a semi-muscled swing meaning he muscles it going back into the backswing, but his armswing is free coming foward.

http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=Bowling-00172

how does it look

The most obvious thing that I'm picking up is the lack of knee bend.
Other than that I'm gonna refrain from commenting for now, I wouldn't wanna provide errant information...
You can try looking at some videos of Robert Smith or Tommy Jones as a reference.

Nice video examples: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/kennmelvin/kVideo.htm
http://www.dunstablebowling.co.uk/video.htm

here's a nice cranker video: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/kennmelvin/VCranker.Htm

The problem with the cranker style is control and being accurate with the boards. Depending on what kind of ball you are using, you will have problem on various type of conditions. Ask me, learn the textbook style too so you can adjust from cranker to tweener to stroke. If you can gain a bit of each, you can play it easier and not get easily fustrated when you're having difficulty.