Amen Juggernaut.

This is where I’m at in the game as well: I’m in a MAJOR SLUMP for going on 2 months now (marriege problems can’t focus or concentrate), BUT IM having so much fun and really learning the game in all aspects, while treating it as it has always been supposed to be ‘FUN’.

I was in a horrific slump which coincided with problems with my slut bag ex, when she was terminated, the slump mysteriously went away.

Quote from: Juggernaut on December 12, 2017, 10:54:11 AM

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 It cannot be said enough: CONDITION, CONDITION, CONDITION. This, and your physical abilities, are what truly dictates your ability to score.

"Condition" can refer to many aspects of bowling. Many people consider only the oil patterns.

I'd suggest a few minor physical changes, that should help restore the concept of "hitting the pocket" to something close to what it used to be.

1. Make sure all gutters on either side of the pin deck are of legal depth or deeper. Most are so shallow these days that they're almost part of the pin deck.

2. Reduce the liveliness of the sideboards at the pin deck. Today, pins explode faster off the side boards than they do when the ball hits them. That will reduce the advantage of pure ball speed. Heck, I'd go so far as to make the side boards absorptive of energy; so pins will never bounce back onto the deck

3. Over time increase the weight of pins from the current Almost balsa wood like weight compared to the power of the current balls. This has to be done over time or too many people will whine.  Maybe it should done only for sport and PBA leagues. Maybe from the current 3 lb. 8 oz./3lb. 10z. to 4 lbs. or maybe even more.
3b. They consider reducing the hollow spaces inside the pin to one instead of 2.

Doing these and let the proprietors oil however they want. I think bowling will require more precision and skill than it does now to post good scores.

Good points.  If they would just stop the "length" patterns that would solve the scoring issue.  Buff the oil to the pins and require a minimum of 3 units on all parts of the lane.  Not just the boards oiled.  Dry, crisp clean back ends inflates scores.  But they won't do this because it will cost the centers more money in oil.

I've started this season in the worst slump of my career.  I normally bowl a sport league over the summer and 2 leagues over the fall but this past summer, with the birth of my daughter, I took the summer off and am only bowling 3 games a week.......that makes it tough. 

I'm grinding this year as somewhat of a throw-away year but I'll re-discover myself this summer and get back on the horse.

My average is down ten pins this year, All we get for league is a head run over whatever's been left over since the last time they ran a head run.

Wow! Hey DP3! sorry to hear about your issue. We've gotten just the opposite at Marlow Hgts!! Lanes are WIDE OPEN! Every night is a veritable strike fest! We've had 10- 300 games shot to date! (just stupid silly) And one guy is responsible for three of those!