All of a sudden, during the past three weeks or so, I have been leaving lots of 7 pins and 10 pins (more 10s than usual) and even a number of 7-10 splits. (Right Handed) All on pocket hits. Now, I am not saying all the pocket hits were perfect, many were light but I usually carry many of those light mixer hits for strikes. Now lately, so many corner pins stand there and go nyah, nyah, nyah!!

I have moved left, right back and forth, in small increments and nothing changes. Using the same ball(s) in the same centers. Worst thing, I am so freaked out that I am missing about 25% of the corner spares even though I practice them.

Don't know what I have done to cause this increase in corner leaves.  
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What's with the Braille on a drive-up-ATM?
Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.

I feel your pain dicnic. I have gottten much better shooting at 10 pins, but shooting anything in the right corner is a horror story for me right now..
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"I am the most consistent bowler in my house....

I consistently SUCK!!"

Hey Dicnic,

Is this the house with carrydown or screaming backends?  Both of these conditions can cause the weak corners to occur.  However, if you've tried moving right, that should've solved the problem on the carrydown cause it should have allowed you to just flush the pocket, unless it's even more carrydown then before.  Try and hit even higher to see if you can trip 4 pins, that'll show you just how much carrydown is really there.

If it's the short oil w/ clean backend shot, this is the harder one that is causing you to play away from the pocket and most likely is entering real late for the corners to stay up.  On this shot, I'd recommend a ball that actually rolls a little sooner so your breakpoint on the lane moves closer and also changes your trajectory as it enters the pocket.  This should help as it won't be as late as you're currently experiencing now.

Ask your mechanic if they've recently done any maintenance to the oiling machine.  When my mechanic changes the squeegee on the oiling machine, it turns our backends into a massive black and white from front to back for about 3 weeks until it gets worn again.  You probably haven't done anything different in your game to cause this much difference unless you hit the exact time that your equipment is fizzling out...hope some of this helps out.


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Rick Leong
Ten Pins Pro Shop
Track Amateur/Pro Shop Staff
Vise Grip Staff

Thanks for the replys, folks. This has happened in two houses, both with clean backends, not quite screaming but close. I am an old stroker and in one house where they re-oil 10 to 10 for 38 feet just before league, I play up 7 or 8 to use the oil line as a bumper. Other house is regular THS and I normally play up 10. Go to ball is a Ragin' Red Fuze which by now has perhaps 150 games on it. I clean it with Hook-It after every outing.

By the way, I shot 749 awhile back, in the house that re-oils 10 to 10 before league, using the same ball, which is not bad for a 193 average ol' phart!

No new pins, no current problems with the oil machine as far as I know.

I am assuming that it is simply something I am doing. I left two 7-10 splits in one game last Wednesday, left another last night, plus lots of 7's and 10's. Perhaps a milder ball to change the entry angle.

Thanks again!
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What's with the Braille on a drive-up-ATM?
Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.