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Zanatos1914

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Dry Practice Is Worthless
« on: April 14, 2008, 05:46:35 AM »
I believe when the lanes are bone dry practice should end because all you do is pick up bad habbits.  You search the entire lane for some oil and havent learned anything.  You might strike a couple of times but the shoot is so bad that you can't repeat and get the same results...

That is my take on dry lanes...




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Re: Dry Practice Is Worthless
« Reply #16 on: April 14, 2008, 04:41:40 PM »
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don't even worry about hitting the pocket necessarily. Just pick a target and a breakpoint and try to hit them repeatedly.  


This is the way I normally practice. I throw a half game or so to loosen up, then do some spare drills with the plastic ball. Then I work on my accuracy/targeting. Whether the lanes are dry or oily, I deliberately pick a ball that is NOT suited to the condition, and practice on either the first 15 feet (to the arrows), or to the breakpoint - ONLY. I don't care what the pins do - in fact, I don't want to strike, because then I get fewer balls for the money.

Practice is practice is practice. Scores shouldn't count.
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Re: Dry Practice Is Worthless
« Reply #17 on: April 14, 2008, 04:46:23 PM »
I spend a lot of time out on the broken down lanes. I can make shots on a fresh shot. Its 10 or 11 games into an event that it gets tough to make shots.
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Re: Dry Practice Is Worthless
« Reply #18 on: April 14, 2008, 04:49:11 PM »
I disagree myself i probably average 225 plus a game on medium-oily lanes, dryer lanes i totally suck and might be 170 average at best. I cannot tell you how many times in the last few years i have been at 480 plus, for the first two games and shot 140-150 to blow another 700 series.

I bowled last week in my new house again the lanes were blown out and again i stunk it up with another 550 series. My average in that league has gone down 8 pins in 10 weeks, the place Sunset Station gets tons of open play and the run 20 feet of head oil over the top of fried mid's with carrydown. It is harder than PBA and Team usa patterns i have bowled on, i can hit the hole all day and carry nothing.
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BrianCRX90

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Re: Dry Practice Is Worthless
« Reply #19 on: April 14, 2008, 10:08:44 PM »
Why complain? It gives you the opportunity to try lines and or hand positions.

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Re: Dry Practice Is Worthless
« Reply #20 on: April 14, 2008, 10:37:23 PM »
When Bowling 4 practice, SCORE doesn't matter. You are suppose to concentrate on timming, breathing, hand release, and hitting your mark. If you can master these the pin fall/scores will come. handmeDN
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Re: Dry Practice Is Worthless
« Reply #21 on: April 15, 2008, 03:45:06 AM »
I use my plastic ball frequently for our Wednesday night league. The centre I play in is pretty dry to start with and then 2 leagues play on them before we get anywhere near! It's frustrating when sometimes even the spare ball crosses over. There is also a loss of hitting power aswell, when throwing plastic. On occasion, it's fun, but not all the time.
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Re: Dry Practice Is Worthless
« Reply #22 on: April 15, 2008, 05:54:43 AM »
Perfect opportunity to try different hand positions
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Re: Dry Practice Is Worthless
« Reply #23 on: April 15, 2008, 06:47:01 AM »
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Perfect opportunity to try different hand positions

2nd that as well was Dizzy said

I run into those conditions few times as the local center really has very well maintenance.
But when that happens I know my trustworthy H2O will give me the lenght... well as long as it is not really bone dry... then I have to rely on my XXXL ... which I admit also once was "too" much.

But what I do not understand is:

When you talk about bone dry lanes... where is the oil? You can'T tell me it has been soaked up by houseballs or reactives... at least here I see on "much used" lanbes a good carrydown my XXXL just can not handle then... strange but that is how I see it.

well... everyone has a point of view.

Mine is that dry lanes are perfect to learn that reaction and get used to that conditions and learn a weaker release.

But I see the point that bowling on those conditions can enbd up in learning bad habits and falling off your A-game
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Re: Dry Practice Is Worthless
« Reply #24 on: April 15, 2008, 07:37:53 AM »
but if you don't practice on shots how will you ever be prepared for that if you see it in a tourney? Or if the oiler breaks down before league?
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Re: Dry Practice Is Worthless
« Reply #25 on: April 15, 2008, 07:52:29 AM »
Unless you're bowling big action money games at practice, it can't be bad no matter what the lanes are like..
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Re: Dry Practice Is Worthless
« Reply #26 on: April 15, 2008, 08:59:13 AM »
i won't practice if the lanes are this dry. you won't be able to get a readable ball reaction.
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Re: Dry Practice Is Worthless
« Reply #27 on: April 15, 2008, 09:01:35 AM »
Bowling on burnt lanes is great practice for long format tournaments, where you're bound to see it, especially if there's alot of rev rate on the lanes.
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