This is not an easy post to answer.  Too many factors involved to tell you which ball is your best option.  

During practice try to figure out which ball is going to give you the most room to the pocket.  Don't put any ball into a slot.  What I mean by that is don't say to yourself "the oil seems light so I should be using the dry lane ball or the lanes seem on the heavy side and I should be using heavy oil ball" ect... .

I have used pearlized balls on long patterns with great success.  There have been times when i've used duller equipment on shorter patterns with great success.  You never really know which ball is going to work the best until you get a chance to roll them on the lanes.  So during practice try and throw a few shots with a couple balls to see which give you the best look.

What line to play?  Well again this depends on many factors.  I always try and play the track area(2nd arrow) first, during practice.  Then roll a shot from inside and one from outside to see how the ball reacts.  

Normally when the pattern is on the shorter side, like this one is; the break point should be more outside to get that 6 degree angle to the pocket.  Since the pattern is 37 feet, i'm thinking the break point should be around the 5-7 board.

I hope this helps you out.



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Edited on 7/26/2007 11:57 PM

Edited on 7/27/2007 8:04 AM

Patterns can play differently dependendent on the lane surface, but it seems like the pattern plays outside and rather straight.  Inside is rather flat, and while sometimes you can swing the ball out to the feather for area, being a short pattern, your swing area may be limited.  

I'd start with the widow as that should give you a decent idea of the lanes.  I've found that starting with pearls can skew your impression of the lane condition.  The Widow pearl for instance will go long and snap.  Unless the heads are totally gone, the ball will push fairly far down lane and cut sideways.  By starting with the Widow solid you will get a good idea of how far the heads are gone and what the backends are like.  If the shot is on the gutter I've found that smooth is almost always better.  I personally love those shots where there is area out on the gutter, and I got a great deal of play out of a low pin agressively drilled Seek and Destroy.
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