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stopncrank

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whats causing this?
« on: October 22, 2009, 03:18:26 AM »
the house im bowling leagues at this year has never had what i call crisp backends. if anything id call them decent. the house shot is 40 feet in lenght, as of a month ago there were 90 units at 20 board, and get this-on board 5 at 40 feet there were 7 units of oil. the shot is great at the start, but once the transition hits its nasty. since i have a high rev rate, its hard for me to handle the transition cause the heavier oil volume plus mild backends mean most bowlers try to use the virtuals and mega frictions, so i either have to chase the shot in with a pearl, or go to my eraser and stay outside. with the amount of oil at 5, swinging the ball just isnt a very good option because one ball will hook, then the next wont. also, here in the past month ive seen more pins sliding on the pin deck than i ever have, twice in the last two weeks ive hit a flush pocket shot only to watch the 10 pin slide over to where the 8 pin sits! i had a hit last night where a pin kicked off the left side, slapped what i thought was gonna be a trip 4, only to have the 4 pin slide to the 5 pin spot. what is this? are the lane guys not properly stripping, or worse just dont care? the scores are low in general, only one guy in the whole house averages 220, a guy who averaged over 230 last year and bowls regionals here in the south is only averaging 2teen. what gives? base on my stats in my profile, how would some of you attack what ive described?
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stopncrank

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Re: whats causing this?
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2009, 02:19:30 PM »
i can throw it straighter, but on this condition for me when played straighter especially from the outside portion of the lanes the shot is REAL speed sensitive, if you miss towards the gutter with a straighter trajectory you can kiss it goodbye. the only other choice i have that i havent tried is going to 6 steps to reduce my ball speed. my normal delivery is 5 steps at about 17.5 mph. 6 steps reduces my ball speed to about 15 mph. combine this with trying to play tighter say around 10-15 is the only thing i can come up with. nobody in this league has put together a decent 3 game set, so far we have had one 750 on the nose, i had 746 on the opening night, after that i think the high might be 680? that tells me its not just me, so im not so sure its physical with me as far as ball roll,especially when the guy thats been on the regional circuit isnt blowing it out, because his rev rate is close to mine. one thing i have noticed is even when going to lower flaring pieces to tame the transition, its not much better than higher flareing stuff as far as carry.
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