SUCK!

Bowling Tourney was waiting for the shot to open up early in the second game made it the trough all of my brackets the first and I was getting lined up pretty well. I moved left out in front of the return on the right lane, was planning on going about 22 at the arrows out to around 10, went to slide and... NO SLIDE!!!!!! I managed to get the ball out on the lane and not pull it the problem was it was very slow, with fair amount hand. Through the face for a split. Short end of the story is I ended changing balls, lines, and hand position to get past the problem and through the second game away and my brackets away. I was not impressed.

Does anyone have good Ideas or solutions when you see this problem? Ways to work around it? Is taking a towel up in front of the return and rubbing it down legal before play starts? Something anything cause I cringe everytime I see Synthetic approaches anywhere these days, this was just the latest issue I have had issues in multiple houses that have synthetic approaches.
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I have shoes with remvoable heels and soles, I changed them after I stuck the first time, no difference, it never makes a difference on a Brunswick approach it seems.
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I bowl on AMF synthetic approaches on Tuesday nights, and they are extremely weather sensitive.  Whenever the weather changes, they get very tacky.  Usually you can rub a microfiber towel over a spot on the approach and feel the difference in where you just rubbed and where you didn't.  During practice, sliding is difficult, but once we get started, the approaches get better and better throughout the night.

Meh, I can't stand synthetic approaches. Worse yet is when the area between the lanes is dead stop compared to the rest of the approach. That's always fun to experience the first time I shoot a cross-lane spare.
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Edited on 3/16/2009 2:16 AM

Plus I can go one better. The house I bowl in use to put out large amounts of powder on the approaches weekly before we started league. It was impossible to bowl because they did a half-a$% job and it was dangerous.

Now every nite before bowling they use a buffer and furniture polish on the approaches. Everylane is inconsistent and it wares down as you bowl. So when the approaches seem to be normal again you move left for a spare and slide for days.

I hate when bowlers complain about approaches and never change their heel or sole. They buy 20 bowlingballs and never try different shoes or ones with the inter changable pieces.

Not saying this poster didn't, just saying in general.

I use Dexters with the #2 deerskin sole and the older dexter cleat turned around backwards.
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Edited on 3/17/2009 2:01 PM

Smash49 didn't say it, but I will.  Since I started using the Bowlersslidesock the few times I've bowled on synthetic approaches they haven't bothered me a bit.  Before the sock I stuck so badly that my slide step ended in a hop.  And they are inexpensive to try.  --  JohnP

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We have been out of the office for a while and Sandra has been down with some really bad stuff(sinuses).  Finally closed on our house in Texas and now we are official Oklahomans....   SLSM has been a bit slow because of staff illnesses but should be back on track shortly. Oklahoma pollen is just wicked!

Bowlers Slide Sock is a completely different animal than any other slide sock!

Smash49
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The house here that has synthetic approaches has the same problem. In front of the gutter caps is stick city. No combination of my SST7's will slide there. I just move back on the approach when going cross lane. My brother uses an Ebonite slide sock.
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