This is by far my least favorite of the animal patterns, at my home house anyways. We got a nice pot game up Wednesday night, had about 25 bowlers, 5 on a pair. No warmups on the lanes with the Chameleon on them, we practiced to get warm on other lanes so everybody would start out on the fresh.

I knew from past times on Chameleon at this center that the backends will start crisp, and go away fast with use. I started with a 4000 no polish pin-down T-Road Solid, playing 12 at the arrows with a breakpoint of 6 at the back, i managed to shoot a 248 the first game, which was the high. As usual though, by the middle part of the second game my look was gone, add to that guys were just everywhere on the pattern in front of me, things just got nasty.

I have really good success with Mid-range equipment on Chameleon, anything stronger and it reads too early with no backend. This house is terrible for having no backends anyway, add the carrydown to the mix and it is hard! Add to the fact that i have above average tilt and axis rotation, which means i struggle with carrydown.

So for you guys that have bowled on this pattern, other than the obvious which is i really need to work on lowering my tilt and axis rotation, how do you guys attack this pattern when the transition hits? What type of equipment/surfaces work for you?

Also, do you guys see the shot go away so fast at your centers? Does it carrydown, or do you see the fronts go away with more backend reaction in your center?
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That is what I noticed when I had  bowled on this pattern. You try anything a little stronger than mid performance equipment and it checks up early. You try anything weaker and not the right surface and it doesn''t read very well at all. Someone had said something about using a mediumish pearl ball with a control drilling on it with like 4k. I think that is a good idea.

Now, the question is what particular drill patterns work on this oil pattern couple with 4k or light 2k abralon??

I see this pattern as a modified house shot with less oil in the middle and a little more on the outside but it is the strips of oil that is the problem.....
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Edited on 11/27/2010 1:29 PM

I have had success changing ball speed.  If I have a line I like, I will increase my ball speed to stay in that area of the lane as long as possible.  I made match play at the last regional I bowled using this strategy.
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