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kmmsr

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help with dry lanes
« on: December 20, 2011, 01:04:09 AM »
The lanes I bowl on are extremely dry. That being said when I polish my ball do I use the same method as if I were sanding the ball ?  ( 4 to 6 sides ) And how much time is spent polishing each side ?


 

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Re: help with dry lanes
« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2011, 09:39:49 AM »
If you are bowling on desert dry, try something like a pin up Slingshot at 4000 plus a UFO or Delayed Reaction polish.


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Re: help with dry lanes
« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2011, 10:40:03 AM »
With polishes, just experiment a bit. For me, 4 sides is adequate. Pay attention to the underlying grit. The less surface and more steps (i.e. 1000, 2000, 4000) the longer the ball will want to skid.
 
In addition to polishes and weaker cover balls, learn to relax the hand and kill some revs. That will do wonders and the carry will probably not suffer a bit if they are truly dry.
 


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Edited by notclay on 12/20/2011 at 11:42 AM

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Re: help with dry lanes
« Reply #3 on: December 21, 2011, 01:39:59 AM »
 



notclay wrote on 20.12.2011 11:40 AM:

In addition to polishes and weaker cover balls, learn to relax the hand and kill some revs. That will do wonders and the carry will probably not suffer a bit if they are truly dry.

+1. Polish might only help getting the ball through the heads, as long as there is little oil. This added length is "bought" with a more nervous and violent break point (by tendency), so that you might just trade problems.

As Lane Carter mentioned, also experiment with your release, this can be very effective. Breaking the wrist back and/or adding axis tilt can be an option and keep you in play, even if you use rather strong equipment. You can actually exploit a strong ball's quick response time to friction, if you manage to propel it far enough down the lane without letting it bleed energy through hook and even roll. The art of breakpoint control is key here!


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Re: help with dry lanes
« Reply #4 on: December 24, 2011, 05:22:27 PM »
I was in the same boat.
By far, the best fix is to adjust your release.
For me, this took some doing, i had some bad habits from all the years on the house shot.
I also learned about drilling's/layouts(enough to be dangerous)
I read as much as time allows about the technical parts of this game.
 
IMHO, as stated above, polish can magnify the ball at the break point, I used to get ridiculous, violent backend.
And I went through many different balls
had a lot of luck with a yellow-dot, used it for years with 10+ honor scores
Now, with a much more consistent release and better timing, I can use stronger equipment which makes the carry percentage better.
The final thing that made it all come together for me was shortening my span, I had the old stretched grip where you need that to help turn the ball.
Now all yo have to do is get it off your hand, the ball will do the rest.
 
One other thing I tinkered with is an additional step after polish was something called "delayed reaction"
Mine is by track, makes it skid like a marble,but still flipped hard.
Maybe try more surface, like 2000 + polish + delayed reaction.
It might help some
Just my $.02 worth