After 3 weeks and 12 games on Chameleon (4 games each week) I can say you can play pretty much where you want to as long as you make crisp, clean shots. On this particular pattern stay away from balls that have a sudden change of direction. IMO to start you could go with a weaker drilled stronger shelled ball with SOME surface, not 320 grit like some of the bowlers in my league,for me it was a Horizon solid, drilled pin under middle, which is about 5 1/2 from my axis, with (lane shine) and start near the second arrow (track) and burn that up. Before transition, at least for me, you'll start to see 2 pins, 2-8-10's, or 2-4-8-10's. Don't make the mistake of moving right off these signals, instead go to a similarly drilled ball with a cleaner cover, for me it was a Saga, drilled pin over middle, mb 75 degrees, and move way in (20 to 25 at the arrows depending on the breakdown) and bump the dry you hopefully created in practice and earlier games. One caveat is to keep your ball speed down or else you run the risk of skipping the track all together. Or you could just pump the ball up the track with firm speed, but IMO that method creates carry issues. After 12 games I finished with a 204 average on Chameleon. A lot depends on the surface and the people on your pair. Don't fall into the preconceived notion of "Im going to play the lanes this way" thinking. Finally, its not how much the ball hooks its where it hooks, small 2-1 moves with your feet don't work on flatter patterns. Be prepared to make bigger moves, and by that I mean moving your feet but more importantly moving your target, the last thing you want to do is create more angle by simply moving your feet left.
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