Author Topic: easy way to drop scores (Read 1207 times)

mainzer · « **on:** August 06, 2008, 09:23:09 AM »

A house I bowl changed their oil pattern in a attempt to drop scores it started last year at this time the results have been shocking. Only maybe a quarter of the bowlers that shot 300 two years ago shot a three last season probably a quarter of that number shots 8s. averages dropped 15-20 pins for most of the bowlers I talked to.

The major change was taking units off the heads and putting them down lane further, thus taking away the ability to get very deep because anything polished will not get friction fast enough anything dull goes to early due the lack of oil in the heads, crankers are forced to play up more while percy puss knucklers struggle to find enough entry angle to carry. An effective solution to the scoring issue.

I attacked it by using my Hercules and going a bit straighter with it then usual, about 13 to 10-8 then back out to far to soon and it would bite what to hard inside its goodbye no friction, wait for the lane to burn out then grab my HPP and move left a hair keeping the same area. It was a tough shot to burn up and create area, had to be more accurate than most THS. I finished subbing in three leagues at the house all three averages were between 217 and 220 I was quite after watching some of the carnage taking place around me.

How would you handle the the condtion? What do you think about the change?

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six pack · « **Reply #1 on:** August 06, 2008, 05:41:20 PM »

I've been bowling on this shot for years and it's a simple adjustment.take the best hook monster you own and loft it with more speed.if you can get it past the arrows your good.

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ccrider · « **Reply #2 on:** August 06, 2008, 06:39:08 PM »

Our house puts out the old USBC pattern for not tap, out of bounds at about 7 and drier to the inside. They average about six players every Saturday night. Nobody wants to bowl on hard patterns. I asked the owner to put the pattern out during mens league on Tuesday. He laughed at me and told me that would put him out of business. True, but sad. All the wannabees that aint and don't know that they aint.

At least I know.
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janderson · « **Reply #3 on:** August 07, 2008, 09:11:26 AM »

If a John Jowdy drag shot didn't get it through the heads clean enough, tilt it through the heads. If neither of those worked, take the heads out of play via loft as previously mentioned. At that point, just about any equipment that worked before will work now.

The solution sounds like a knee-jerk reaction to a season of high scores and creates a problem with the lane surface longevity in the heads.

There seems to be a misconception that lane conditions are either easy or hard.

You can affect scores simply by lengthening or shortening a pattern every couple of weeks. The same goes for volume. Or width. Take the average league bowler and make them play a break point of 2-4 instead of 5-7 and they're outside their comfort zone.

Changing ratios as with sport bowling, can make scores swing wildly. House shots are 8-to-1 or even 10-to-1 in many places. You don't need to go to 2-to-1 or 1-to-1 to make a change in scores. Even a 4-to-1 host is going to be challenging for the average league bowler.

... and none of it will chew up the lane surface in the heads as the solution suggested.
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AdrianS · « **Reply #4 on:** August 07, 2008, 09:21:48 AM »

Thats bad lane maintenence, equating scores with fairness is a common mistake that many people in the industry make.
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RyanRPS · « **Reply #5 on:** August 07, 2008, 10:29:05 AM »

Mainzer, sounds like it plays like most international long patterns.. playing deeper to breakpoints farther left is probably your best bet, with something with a light sheen maybe so it doesnt burn up much in the heads while giving you a _little_ midlane to set up for a gentle back end move!

Drill up something with a 5ish inch pin maybe, and the MB about 50 degrees.

What length is the pattern?

Ryan

Edited on 8/7/2008 10:29 AM

mainzer · « **Reply #6 on:** August 08, 2008, 12:43:43 PM »

quote:
Mainzer, sounds like it plays like most international long patterns.. playing deeper to breakpoints farther left is probably your best bet, with something with a light sheen maybe so it doesnt burn up much in the heads while giving you a _little_ midlane to set up for a gentle back end move!

Drill up something with a 5ish inch pin maybe, and the MB about 50 degrees.

What length is the pattern?

Ryan

Edited on 8/7/2008 10:29 AM

Pattern is about 37 feet buff to 40
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pin-chaser · « **Reply #7 on:** August 08, 2008, 04:12:21 PM »

I would play deep, maybe 20 out to 15 with something that will be smooth through the heads and let the ball play off the backends until my shot broke down enough to play off what I have opened up. Many times scoring in game 1 is a scrafice to score in games 2 and 3.
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