I stepped into one of the highest scoring houses here in town Friday night. First time I have been there in a couple years. I saw a slew of past friends I used to bowl with when I bowled in that house. I saw all kinds of scores flying around from these guys. One kid cant hit within 5 boards of his break point in any successive shot. He was playing about 15/16/17 to 5-10 at the break point. He had a 7 bagger going into the tenth and got one out to 4/3 at the break point. It came roaring back and left a ringing 10. He missed it of course to shoot 240 something... he left something in the second frame. And this guy is Pi$$ed off complaining about carry.

Then I looked around and noticed something. EVERYONE had entry angles like I have never seen before. It was like the ball went 40' dead straight... starting rev'ing up and then took a left turn at 45' from anywhere I looked.

For many you know, I have not bowled in a couple years and I have been pretty familiar with creating entry angles, but I think the newest round of technology has stepped up the entry angle pace. I am again dissapointed that technolog has raised the bar again. When will it stop. When will the technology be the bowler and not what is in the hand?
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I have better luck with a smoother arcing ball. The snappy backend is less predictable for me and I do not "trust" that reaction. You are right though...the high-rev crankers are able to generate alot of area with the right ball on the right lane condition! Like always...it's about matching up. Entry angle is important, but it can be easy to lose focus on accuracy if you are only looking for the angle.
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As some like to say---you had your day, now let us have ours. I dont necessarily think that way, its just that as you said---thats the way it is. I love these the way it was vs the way it is comments. And yet people keep abandoning bowling for golf---a game that has done the same thing. New equipment that acts like springs for the golf ball to shoot off of. So now all these old and young guys think they can hit the ball far---and yet if they were involved in the sport even 15 years ago, they would have had no prayer.

Sports and games evolve. Look at poker. Its a skill game thats "being overrun" by internet players, blah, blah, blah. Poker is still a skill game. The most skilled rise in the top situations. I dont see Joe Nobody on the pro tour winning anything. I dont see Joe Nobody winning any regionals. I dont see Joe Nobody winning any major side tournaments. When accuracy is important, the best shows themselves---even those who turn the ball with the newest ball on the market. When accuracy doesnt matter, take it for what it is---a recreational event where at league levels has lost a certain amount of credibility and yet tens of thousands still show up to have no credibility---what does that say about the state of the game???
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They all combine together.

Synthetic lanes, lane machine that oil and strip, and the higher friction balls that take advantage of the conditions all lead to the big back ends.

I remember when we got the first nu-line x-caliburs. My proshop buy and I both got one and we were both straighter players. Automatically we had as much back end hook as anyone had at that time. We joked then about how they spent years developing their technique and we bought our big hooks out of a box.

Funny thing was they couldn’t seem to use the ball, they simply couldn’t control it. It wasn’t till later when they started running the lanes longer with more oil and the second generation of resins came out before the pre-resin boomers could use them.

I still think the scores come to easy. The youth bowlers reach the top too quick, get bored and quit.