There should be a chart in the box your shoes came in that displays what sole/heel offers what amount of slide.

For those that bowl at different houses, like in a travel league, the approaches are different.  Some wood, some synthetic.  Some are slippery, some are tacky.  

In the summer time, I have to change my slide sole because the humidity causes the approaches to be a little more tacky than normal.
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The bowler formerly known as BrunsRod.
Solid 7 Pin??  299 Game??!! WTF  

So you slide the same on wood as you do synthetic?

You slide the same when it's humid as you do when it's cool and dry?

Really?
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The bowler formerly known as BrunsRod.
Solid 7 Pin??  299 Game??!! WTF  

have you bowled @ different houses? I don't mean within the same city. When you travel, some houses stick and some slide too much because of powder...and that's where the shoe pad comes to save you. gives you a slide reaction you're comfortable with