It's that time of the year again when my local center will put down a fresh finish coat on the wood backends.  Typically this isn't a huge deal as I mainly practice during the summer and it's on the THS.  This year I'm bowling in a summer Sport Shot League and as luck would have it we are bowling on a short pattern.  Now I remember just how badly the ball hooked on the fresh surface last year and that was with a longer pattern!!!

So I'm looking for ideas on what to do to combat what I'm going to see and maybe even a ball / drilling.  I was originally thinking of something strong / with some surface and a more end-over-end release and let the ball burn up.  However I was also thinking of a weaker ball like an Ice (which is getting dusty on the shop's wall anyways) with a 0-Degree layout and a little bit of surface.

Really...any help / ideas are welcome.
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-Chris: DJ's Pro Shop : Auburn, MA

Have to agree with Strider about trying urethane too. Have had great sucess using an old Black Hammer (polished) when there is light oil and/or short oil with "flying backends".


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I had thought of a urethane ball as well...but I don't have one available to utilize, nor do we have one at the shop.

They are doing the lanes starting tomorrow so I will get a practice session in on Thurdays.  Even though it will be the house shot it should show me a few things.  Maybe I'll just take out an old plastic ball and sand it down.  I remember Ritchie Allen doing this a few years back at the T.O.C. and he had a GREAT look with it.
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-Chris: DJ's Pro Shop : Auburn, MA

Well the lanes were just done and I tried to bowl on them with the Summer-THS out and DHAMHN!!  Almost every ball that I tried was too strong.  Our house has synthetic heads with wood backends and when the ball hit the fresh shot surface it just wanted to go left.  I tried most of my weaker stuff and even a few balls with rolling drillings (135-degree or more)...best look I had was with my plastic ball and after that I could get an En-Lino Level 2 down lane if I killed the shot and really spun the ball.

I really wish that I still had my old urethane equipment...but at this point I'm thinking of drilling up a tropical storm with a 0-degree layout and the pin 6" away from my PAP.  If that doesn't work I'm throwing my plastic ball all night!!!
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-Chris: DJ's Pro Shop : Auburn, MA