Author Topic: I have a real problem w/ my bowling alley!! (Read 5205 times)

Ragnar · « **on:** October 04, 2006, 02:00:28 AM »

Happened again last night; I go to shot a 10 pin, stick at the line, hop to catch my balance, step on the lane and slip in the oil, landing on my butt. Nearly happened on the other lane a bit later, but I was looking for it. WHY CAN"T THE BOWLING ALLEY CLEAN THE APPROACHES SO THIS DOESN"T HAPPEN? If it continues I"m quitting. I'm sore all over today and getting really fed up.
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JohnP · « **Reply #16 on:** October 04, 2006, 03:31:39 PM »

I used to have lots of problems with approaches, either sticky, slick, or sticky/slick in areas. Then about two years ago I bought my first Bowler/s Slide Sock (link below). Now I don't even test the approaches before I throw my first shot. I highly recommend this product. I learned about it at a Senior PBA tournament where quite a few of the bowlers were using it. Gary Dickinson gave me the web site address. -- JohnP

http://www.bowlersslidesock.com/

charlest · « **Reply #17 on:** October 04, 2006, 05:17:29 PM »

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I used to have lots of problems with approaches, either sticky, slick, or sticky/slick in areas. Then about two years ago I bought my first Bowler/s Slide Sock (link below). Now I don't even test the approaches before I throw my first shot. I highly recommend this product. I learned about it at a Senior PBA tournament where quite a few of the bowlers were using it. Gary Dickinson gave me the web site address. -- JohnP

http://www.bowlersslidesock.com/

Just bouught one. Unless I haven't worked the slide fibers enough to condition them, it doesn't make me slide any more than my Lind's EXXXTras with my homemade teflon cleats. I'll have to check in with Smash4-9 to see what he recommends.

Bob,

I hope you're feeling better this afternoon. Those falls can really hurt you. I don't check all along the foul line; a friend of mine has that problem: he'll slide fine for most of the area, but sticks badly when shooting 10 pins, sliding at the gutter edge.

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Smash49 · « **Reply #18 on:** October 04, 2006, 06:29:50 PM »

Charlest

The best thing to do is to rub it into the carpet behind the bowler's area for about 4 or 5 minutes the first time you use it. It's not going to be really slick but will be consistent. You should be able to go just about anywhere and the feel will be the same. After a while it will become normal and you should not even notice any changes to the approach. People ask what it is equivilent to 6,8 or 10 sole and the answer is all of them! It should give the correct feel regardless of approach condition. That is what makes it different than the flannel socks. It maybe that it is equal to your home made solution but when you go to a different center it will adapt where the teflon will not.

Smash49

PS... Thank you to everyone that uses the Bowler's Slide Sock
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JohnP · « **Reply #19 on:** October 04, 2006, 09:34:09 PM »

charlest -- What Smash49 said is exactly true. I don't bowl very often on synthetic approaches. But before I got the sock, every time I did I had problems, usually sticking. In one pro-am tournament I hopped at the end of every shot. With the sock, the first time or two I slide on a synthetic approach, it may feel a little different, but after two or three shots I can forget the approaches and concentrate on my game. I have since bowled in the house I mentioned above and didn't have any problem. -- JohnP

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Rabiddog135 · « **Reply #20 on:** October 04, 2006, 09:44:05 PM »

As common practice I would suggest that you start checking the approaches before league starts,I do this religiously simlpy because I dont want to look like a fool sprawled out in the middle of the lane
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newman891 · « **Reply #21 on:** October 05, 2006, 04:05:06 AM »

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These kids making 6 75 an hour dont know how to run the lane machine properly, AND they dont know how to wipe off the dust clumps up by the foul line. I can almost guarentee that is the problem. Where I bowl sometimes there is a pile of dust up by the foul line by the gutter cap.

I take alot of personal offense at that statement. I am 21 years old, been bowling and working in a bowling alley for 3 years. I strip, dust, and oil the lanes and am personally responsible for their keeping as well as the approaches attached thereto. I understand that dust accumulates and that it must be cleaned and taken care of. I apologize for any "kid making $6.75" that doesn't understand what his job entails...but perhaps you should be more apt to pointing the barrel of your aggression towards the OWNERS who lacked the foresight to accurately train such "kids". It isn't fair to be mad at people not doing the things they were never taught were necessary. But hey, I'm biased I suppose.

By the way, I don't even make $6.75.
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Smash49 · « **Reply #22 on:** October 05, 2006, 07:12:11 AM »

I tried bowling barefoot one time! That was enough. .

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charlest · « **Reply #23 on:** October 05, 2006, 07:14:22 AM »

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charlest -- What Smash49 said is exactly true. I don't bowl very often on synthetic approaches. But before I got the sock, every time I did I had problems, usually sticking. In one pro-am tournament I hopped at the end of every shot. With the sock, the first time or two I slide on a synthetic approach, it may feel a little different, but after two or three shots I can forget the approaches and concentrate on my game. I have since bowled in the house I mentioned above and didn't have any problem. -- JohnP

Edited on 10/4/2006 9:28 PM

John,

Funny you should mention this. On the synthetics around here, I usually worry more about slipping, not sticking ... until recently. I think as they wear, they get nicks, like the synth lane surface gets nicks, making the surface rougher. Unlike wood, the synths can't be sanded down back to smooth.

I only tried the Sock for a few frames. I'll definitely try to break it in some more and try it for a more than a few frames.

Live and learn. Thanx!
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LowRG · « **Reply #24 on:** October 05, 2006, 07:35:08 AM »

Being that I work at abowling alley and hear all of thses complaints all summer, that the approaches are too sticky, I want you to think of this:

Summer, at least in my area means humidity, and with the synthetic approaches, this creates a big sticking problem. The workers in the center can do nothing to help you. Buffing the approaches results in the same problem, trust me, we did it.

And then, in the winter you will all be complaining that the approaches are too slippery. Dont agree? You watch. When the humidty on a barometer drops to under 40%, you will be able to slide to the pin deck.

Personally, I am tired of complaints. Every day i hear something in the summer, when its 95* out and 90% humidity. Deal with it. Why do you think Dexter has interchangable slide soles, along with EVERY OTHER SHOE MANUFACTURER? They are meant to be changed for a reason.

FBM357 · « **Reply #25 on:** October 05, 2006, 07:52:31 AM »

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charlest -- What Smash49 said is exactly true. I don't bowl very often on synthetic approaches. But before I got the sock, every time I did I had problems, usually sticking. In one pro-am tournament I hopped at the end of every shot. With the sock, the first time or two I slide on a synthetic approach, it may feel a little different, but after two or three shots I can forget the approaches and concentrate on my game. I have since bowled in the house I mentioned above and didn't have any problem. -- JohnP

Edited on 10/4/2006 9:28 PM

John,

Funny you should mention this. On the synthetics around here, I usually worry more about slipping, not sticking ... until recently. I think as they wear, they get nicks, like the synth lane surface gets nicks, making the surface rougher. Unlike wood, the synths can't be sanded down back to smooth.

I only tried the Sock for a few frames. I'll definitely try to break it in some more and try it for a more than a few frames.

Live and learn. Thanx!
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Hey Charlest,

I ordered 'bowler slide sock' from Rob (Smash49) and have been using it for nearly a year now. It's great! Very consistent. Just do as instructed to break it in (i.e. scuff/rub it on some carpet a few times). I grew very tired of constantly changing the soles on my SST LX 6's and dealing with different approaches (i.e. left lane may be stickier than right and so on). Must say, I haven't come across an approach the sock couldn't handle! Good stuff!

BTW, do not, I repeat, do not bowl with it in 'OOB' condition!!! Like stepping out the shower on marble floors = OUCH!!!
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RadioActive · « **Reply #26 on:** October 05, 2006, 08:28:13 AM »

Rags I am really glad that you didn't fall as that would have had far reaching effects. With you being such a large person and living in an earthquake zone it would have triggered at least a 6.5 which in turn could have led to a tsunami which would have killed millions. Imagine the bad press for bowling that would have come from this,

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JohnP · « **Reply #27 on:** October 05, 2006, 11:03:08 AM »

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I only tried the Sock for a few frames. I'll definitely try to break it in some more and try it for a more than a few frames.

charlest -- When I first got my sock, it did take about two or three games for me to get used to it. I scuffed it on the carpet as the instructions say, but when I slid on it the first time it seemed slick. About three games later I had gotten used to it. After a year I turned it inside out and went through the scuffing again. When I slid on it the first time, it felt great. After another year I bought another one, and it was the same as when I turned the first one inside out. So it was just a matter of me getting used to a little easier slide than with the sole of my Linds Customs. -- JohnP

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