Hey Nod, we bowled on it a couple of weekends ago in our state tournament.

Doubles and singles at one house - had a 554 in doubles, and 626 in singles. I had real problems adjusting to the approaches in the house. In the process I made some bad shots this is something that you can't get away with this pattern. Consistent speed is key. More than really slight variations cause the ball to sail past the break point leaving wash-outs, and too slow to break through the beak. There was significant carrydown that developed quickly, and I ended up having to move right to catch a good angle to the pocket. I found my best shot to be standing 4 boards left of center and looking at 12-13, using my Virtual Gravity. I adjusted my feet to even square up and shoot straight down and in with a Bounty Hunter as the lanes transitioned. As we got into games 5 and 6 I had moved back further left than I was at the start targeting 15 with my 505A.
Different house for team - shot 616. Virtual Gravity all three games. Pretty much the same shot to start. 3-4 boards left of center with my feet and targeting 13-10. In the case of this house there was little if any transition and I was able to stay put for all but the last 6 frames. I moved a few boards deeper with my feet and a board to two with my target. I found the carry to be very good even though there was not much of a backend move for me.
The 626 in singles and the 616 in team were high for the pair.

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Bowled in states this weekend on it. Played very slick, used my Jigsaw right up 10 for the first game. Beginning of the 2nd game I balled down (Hot Sauce Pearl) and moved in a few boards (13 to 8-9) to bounce it off of the track. Almost everyone on our pair never ventured left of the 4th arrow. Bowled pretty good for myself (185 average, shot 645), and our team took over the division 2 lead (only 3 weeks in, so we''ll likely end up around 7th).

Doubles and Singles played with more hook, but it was in a different house. Ended up bellying my Jigsaw a little (11-7ish, but since I''m terrible this varied wildly). Ended singles very far inside (23-10) with a Freeze just because it recovered a lot in the back of the lane. Had some good games but my brain messed me up a few times.

Like David said, it did play relatively flat. Pulled shots didn''t hold well and shots missed right had a tendency to get 4 or less pins (had two people take the 10 off of the rack). Once it opened up there was a little bounce off of the track, but you still had to execute very well.

DLY, good luck in states.
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Edited on 1/26/2010 1:21 PM