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Snakster

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Short Oil advice needed.
« on: October 15, 2014, 09:30:36 AM »
My son does tournaments almost every weekend (PJBT).  The next two weekends, I noticed are going to be on short patterns; Los Angeles this weekend and Cheetah the following weekend.

He just moved up to 14# last week and his current arsenal does not contain a short oil ball per se.  So I'm looking to get some thoughts on what we may want to try to adjust to match up with short (absent of adding another ball).

In the bag:
Ruckus Feud
Rude Dude
QZ2 (blue one)
Tribal

Because he has two three ball bags we bring, he is also keeping his 13# Super Natural in there for now (sixth spot is spare ball).  Certainly the Super Natural might be the obvious answer, but this is a kid who just moved up and may not want to go "backwards"; at least mentally.  I suspect he would not give it a fair shake unless he was completely forced to.

I should mention that short patterns have been his nemesis.

Bonus question:
looking forward, if he adds a short oil ball, any thoughts?  Staying Motiv would be ideal.  I guess a Tank wouldn't be a bad idea, but he is not a big fan of urethane in general.  Never has patience for them.  Apex?  Something older that I could keep on the lookout for?
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DV8 Turmoil 2 Pearl
Radical Squatch hybrid
Motiv Forza GT
Hammer Black Widow Gold
DV8 Vandal
DV8 Creed Rebellion

 

milorafferty

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Re: Short Oil advice needed.
« Reply #16 on: October 16, 2014, 03:25:43 PM »
Quote from: jhutch769 on October 16, 2014, 02:42:08 PM
I like surface when playing out and on shorter patterns..  I like to use my Reax at 500 grit...  Get the ball to burn off some energy and "roll out" allowing me to control the back of the lane a little easier..  If I get something that is shiny and I miss in a half a board, it likes to go sideways on me..    Then when the heads start to go a little then I can go to something weaker and shiny to stay in the same area.

Same here, for patterns like Wolf and Cheetah, I want something that will bleed off a little energy before hitting the friction, at least for the first game. Then as the oil pushs down a little the shot will open up some and become quite high scoring usually. Let your opponents use the hard to control shiny stuff early and push that oil down for you to exploit later in the block.
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