I joined a summer league at a center where I have never bowled before......The approaches are so slippery that I fear falling as I release the ball.....I have been using rosin on my sliding shoe before each shot.....but that has been of little help....any suggestions will be helpful.......thanks

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I used the Bowlers Slide Sock at a house with dangerously slick approaches.  The sock kind of blends out approaches.  Most people use them for more slide, but this one helped me on overly slick ones.

Rosin on your slide foot?!  I'd go crazy if I bowled with you.

A stiffer slide sole, or if fixed shoe use a wire brush and go across the shoe to shorten your slide.

The bonus!  You are now only affecting your own slide!  Not everyone else's!

REgards,

Luckylefty

Quote from: Good Times Good Times on August 12, 2014, 06:33:15 AM

Slide sole S2 and traction heel H1.

I would consider getting different shoes, ones that have the interchangeable soles/heels. Once you have these you can customize your slide. For the price of a new ball, you would get (in my opinion) one of the best things for your game - a smooth, stable and balanced slide.

Let's face it, without a stable slide you will not get consistency, and without consistency your scores will suffer.

There are a few different manufacturers of these types of shoes. You will get varying opinions on which is best, just like a ball. Think of this as an investment, as they should last you for a few years.

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This.

I personally went w/the Dexter SST 6......on my second pair now and they're great.  I have slide soles 2-4-6-8 and they're about what you'd expect from each.  I have that traction heel and another that is my standard for more normal approaches.  The traction heel and slide sole 2 go on in one specific center I bowled at over the summer that had freshly resurfaced wood approaches.  YIKES!  To be fair though, this is an extreme end of the spectrum. 

I'm confident though going into any foreign house and finding something that works.

It is the normal heel and usually w/slide sole 6 or 8 that get the vast majority of run.  Slide sole 6 is a good benchmark.

There are some bowlers in leagues where I bowl that if they found out you were using rosin on your shoes and then they stick and hurt a knee, there's going to be a fight either inside the lanes or they will be waiting for you outside.

You are endangering the health of other bowlers.  Please stop!

the rosin was recommended by the bowling center

In my travels around my area, I never had an issue of sliding too much on any lane in a center.

I have had bowling centers reccomend easy slide, even had one center give bowlers easy slide for a tournament (middle of summer, and very humid).

Is there a new type of synthetic surface out there?


 If this center has a slide issue, then I would like them to call a few centers in my area. 

Best way to deal with slick approaches is changing the pads or maintaining a stable balance.

If sticking can change pads, but usually I just look for dust somewhere and step into it and then being cautious to keep my heels up while sliding.  Only time this really happens is if it is extremely moist/humid.

Then again I'm primarily a planter.  The best way I adjust is to try and make sure it doesn't get to my head.  Usually if the approaches suck it sucks for everyone so playing the mental game can make a difference if you can rise above in that aspect.