I bowl a couple of leagues.  One of them is a second shift league.  As the night goes on, I struggle more.  Last night I bowled a 201-246-124.  I switched to cherry vibe in second game and continued using that rest of the night.  Going into the third game, I changed nothing from the second game.  My ball was taking off.  So, I made an adjustment by moving left a couple boards.  Still coming back too strong.  Eventually after moving my feet 9 boards left and my mark 5 boards left and swinging ball all the way out, I finally got a strike.  I wasn't even getting my spares and it was really frustrating.  What else can I do to help out on dry lanes?   Also, what are some recommendations to help with spares on dry lanes?  Thanks

Do you have anything plastic in your bag? A white dot drilled label should be able to give you enough to carry your share of pocket hits and still throw hard and straight at corner pins. It truly suc*s to bowl on conditions that dry. Also you could get a pearl ball drilled weakly if you run into this condition on a continuing basis.

The best option for spares is plastic.
If your conditions are really as horrible as you describe, you may be able to kill two birds with one stone. The Lane #1 XXXL is the best plastic ball on the market to use as a dry lane ball. It has a great core, so carry will not suffer. You can also use this as your spare ball as long as you kill your release a bit (or throw hard enough). If the lanes are not quite fried enough to go to plastic, urethane is another option. Again, Lane #1 has you covered with the new Liberator. The urethane coverstock will not be as jumpy off the dry as a reactive.
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Jon (in Ohio)
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Visionary B/G Centaur
Brunswick Power Groove Dry/R
Ebonite   Black Ice

All are good options in comparison to the Vibe.



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Repetition is everything..

Have a suggestion...

These are a couple of things I sometime try when extremly dry...
Normally when releasing the ball your shoulders are square to the lane but try leading with your main shoulder and keeping the other behind.  That will cut down on the drive to lane...

Another suggestion

If you have a ball that you really dont use change the cover stock and sand it up as high as possible - 1000 or etc and put and high polish on the ball - That will work and if the ball is still driving to hard  put a weight hole in the ball to hold the ball back - That will work also...


Finally suggestion when looking for oil - The middle of the lanes have the most so all you have to do is drag your ball accross the center and pick up some oil and that will get you some extra distance....