I went bowling tonight at lanes i haven't been too in several years. They are known for being heavy oil to medium oil conditions. Actually the other places i bowl at are not very oily to not dry, right in the middle.

Anyhow I wipe my ball after every throw. Its just a habit I have been doing. Is this too much? The ball comes back with visible streaks of oil. Visible enough you can see light reflecting off of it. You don't want a buildup of oil on the ball do you? Won't that affect how the ball hooks later on in the game?  

The guy bowling next to me starts giving me bowling advice and he told me i wipe my ball too much and it puts too much heat in the ball is that true? He said that is why on my 4th game i have those 7/ & 8/ scores off and on from the 5th frame to the end.  Actually i was missing my mark and coming up too high on the head pin and my ball speed was slower so it was breaking more.

I have only been bowling 2 months consistently now. I haven't bowled in 7 years. My average is 150 currently.

My scores on the night were  170, 172, 242, 183. Only had two brooklyn strikes the whole night so I figure thats a good sign i am getting a consistent roll. I missed 8 spares in those 4 games total.  584 series for the first 3 games, not bad i figure for someone just getting back into it.

Of course the guy next to me doesn't say a word when i bowl a 242 game. This guy didn't even break 200 the whole night. His high game was a 185. Don't you hate it when someone next to you starts giving you advice when you don't want it?  

When i miss i know why. Usually its due to speed. I usually throw too slow and the ball breaks too much hitting the head pin and leaving nasty splits. The other times i usually miss my mark and the ball goes to the brooklyn side. I am consistent on easy spares.  85-90% of missed spares are due to splits. 1 for 6 on the splits tonight 16.67% made. A lot of the time i am able to kick the pin over i need to kick over usually it just doesn't hit anything.

What do you do when someone gives you advice? If i wanted a coach i would hire one.

eihter can I. They way i see it i am only having to work with two variables, keeping the right speed, hitting the right mark, and not having to worry about oil build.

the only time you may NOT want to wipe your ball off, is if your on a dried out shot, and you need every drop of oil you can find, you dont want to wipe it off
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I use an Ebonite micro-fiber towel myself too. I go over it a few times and after i pick up my ball.

I just think its funny how I bowl a 242, shattering any score he put up that night and he is nowhere to be found. He didn't approach me at all during that game.

Question the advice you're getting both now and in the future.

That having been said, I'm not sure what planet your "mentor" learned to bowl on, but I've never heard about wiping the ball adding heat to it.  I wipe my ball between shots because I want to limit carrydown and maintain a consistent reaction in the midlane.  IOW, I want the ball to react the same each time I throw it, therefore I wipe it clean before every shot.  When I do wipe the ball I use a microfiber towel and I wipe perpendicular to the "bowtie" flare track.  This pushes any residual oil out of the track area of the ball so I get a little better response.

The reason you leave high-hit spare attempts in later games is probably because you are getting tired, not because of extra heat in your ball.  To counteract tiredness, add a little speed to your shot, move a little deeper and give the ball more room, or practice in longer blocks than your competitive sessions will require.  When I bowl a PBA event, it's an 8 game block.  Before I go, I practice in 10-12 game blocks.  The last thing I need is problems with being tired in the 6th-8th games.

I think kmitch pretty much handled the corner-pins question you had.  I'll just say that unless your "mentor" shoots his spares that way, he is just jerking you around.

Suffice it to say, your pseudo-coach is not trying to help you.  He is playing an offensive mind-game with you to get you thinking about the wrong stuff in order to screw you up.  It's why he disappeared when you shot 242 at him.

Good bowling.
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And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.  And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.  And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.  For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.  And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.  And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

Luke 2:8-14