You're exactly right and this piece of knowledge puts you ahead of many people by knowing this. Bowling balls are spending energy trying to hook the entire time they're on the lane. On a true medium pattern, a solid ball meant for medium conditions might make a slow banana shaped arc from beginning to end covering 10 boards. A strong pearl made for the same lane conditions may hook 3 boards early on, then cover 7 in the last 10 feet. Both hook the same amount, but the pearl looks like it's hooking more to the average person. To your example, a light oil ball hasn't spent it's energy too early, so it has something left for the end of the lane. A ball that's too strong will burn up and puke early, so after the mid lane, it has nothing left for the break point and the pins. That's why people throwing the newest, high end, sand blasted mega hook ball is often disappointed when it looks like crud on their light oil house shot.
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