On this pattern and solutions.
I'm learning! And enjoying the learning.
Every part of my game is having to be changed but I'm seeing some intermediate results.
Where my game loves oil and I spent a couple of years bowling in tournaments where it was FTL day! I got nicely pretty proficient at it!
Now this center with it's Prodigy oil, Kegel stripping, and 35 feet of oil with buff out to 40 is in my opinion one of the most extreme wet/dry 35 feet shots I've seen. Especially on the left! Oh did I add they don't have oil for about 24 inches over the foul line.
SO, no more down on the foul line. No more looking at the dots or arrows. In fact if I have seen a pattern look more like Cheetah as I have seen it on TV? Not really! Have I seen a pattern match up more difficult than this one for this revs dominant slow speed lefty with my high axis rotation? Not really!
But all of sudden I am having some noticeable improvement. Some from the guys right here!
Steps taken 1. rotated pitched to the right a little over 1/8! (Less axis rotation).
2. Raised my eye focus to the white board running down next to 5(yes the 6 board). 3. Extended my arm aggressively out to and throw the 6 board while standing 27 or 28. (result more speed and clearing the two foot no mans land desert). 4. Taking a high pin, power house assymetric pearl and flinging it into that desert near the gutter at about 32 feet. Result lots of hit, hold(in the dirt), and pin action at the pocket.
Surprises? I am very surprised how strong a pearl I am using, and how powerful it's assymetric is leading to lots of hit!
I note that the left side has this wet dry look with the "buff" area reacting like the Mojave. I have thrown crossover spares into the righty " buff" area from 35 to 40 and note that after practice the hold in that area is unmistakeable and quite nice.
Where the lefties "hold" is in the dirt near the gutter(1 board right in the 36 foot mark of the pattern from 8 to 11 for a lefty is brooklyn plus sometimes MUCH! For those not seeing this pattern aggressive brutal crossovers far from the headpin are common and funny!
Also, regarding the label drilling above.....seems very nice playing to the end of the pattern for righties For Lefties 45 degree drill angle drillings with strong mass bias seem to work real well using the Columbia wet dry tip of 5 boards outside of the crown edge noted above.
When reading the description of the strategy of cheetah,,,,that is what I am doing!
While currently most of the telephone number scores are being shot by righties, I believe telephone number scores possible for a lefty that figures out how to play this pattern! Which to my untrained eye moves like cheetah on the left!
REgards,
Luckylefty
PS anyone like to describe their impression of Prodigy oil?
Here are my attemped changes