Man, PBA Experience league patterns can be tough sometimes when you're a speed-dominant player.
Last night on the Cheetah, I just could not get the ball to recover from outside very well. My 4000 sanded Total NV was strong enough to come back from the 2-3 board area, but was prone to coming in light and was very speed sensitive. Everything else (stronger drilled Awesome Revs, weaker drilled Special Agent, Rico drilled Eraser Banshee) didn't have enough reaction off the dry to come back. With those balls, I had to point the ball toward the pocket, and this left me with NO margin for error. One board right, I left the 2-8 (and I missed the 2-8 every single time I shot at it last night, ouch)
Basically, I just had to grind out the first two games (167, 162) and wait for the lanes to open up some. I was able to keep my speed up and get just enough reaction to get near the pocket the last two games for 200 and 222, and I wasn't even happy with those games since I missed a couple easy spares.
Every advice I read about the Cheetah talks about controlling the over-hook basically. I fight the exact opposite problem -- I have trouble finding hook on it. On other patterns, I have a little more room if I try to get the ball in, but the Cheetah at my house just punishes you if you have your breakpoint anywhere inside of the 4 board. And going slow is NOT my game. I tried slowing my ball speed from the 16.5-17mph bracket (Qubica speed) to 15mph, but my timing got all out of whack and I could not hit my mark or get anything on the ball at the bottom of the swing, which just created more problems.
Any other thoughts?
