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NINO

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Don't you hate it when they change the shot!!!!!!
« on: November 30, 2003, 03:58:37 AM »
My gripe with this is not about how now I can't
find a shot. It's more about wasting time in practice
only for the house to make the shot easier for the
guys with no hand.

The story goes like this.
House I bowl in had a wall up for the last 3 years.
I mean bad, how bad you might ask. Well, if I hit
the one board, the ball would end up on the brooklyn
side. No one complained, actually they would complain
that there wasn't enough oil. The problem was that the
middle was flooded, go figure.

About a month and a half ago they took the outside away.
Ball went rigth it went in the channel. Here is the problem,
you would hear the usual complaints,"Too much oil now, not going to bowl here next year, etc.. What I did I went to practice 3 to 4 times a week and found
a new line to play. Well just when I was ready to tackle the condition head on,
guess what, good ole wall rears its ugly head. Owner gives me all the excuses
why he had to soften up the shot. And the fluffers begin to strike and carry
like if they all had robert smith's release.
Oh well, At least I learned how to play a new line.
I know I don't post often, and maybe I didn't get my point out to well.
But I am so frustrated from friday that I had to vent.
And I know the people here at ballreviews.com who care about bowling
would understand. thank you for your ear.

Edited on 11/30/2003 8:00 PM

 

mumzie

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Re: Don't you hate it when they change the shot!!!!!!
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2003, 07:12:16 PM »
I hear you.
The house I averaged highest in last year has done kinda the same thing - on and off again...
There has been so much of a wall some of the time that if I get it right 3 boards, it's a 4-6 split, and if I PULL IT 3 boards, it's a washout.
Please - give me a tapered shot - where if I send it right, I pay with a washout, and if I pull it, "reward" me with a split. Geez. The funny thing is, on the nights the wall is highest, I don't bowl real well, but most of the guys do. On the nights there isn't as much of a wall, I bowl better than most of the men in the league...
Go figure.
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JOE FALCO

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Re: Don't you hate it when they change the shot!!!!!!
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2003, 07:30:28 PM »
Bowling with SENIORS, I found this happened quite often. In two of the CENTERS .. seniors NEVER got FRESH OIL. When you go to bowl .. it depends on how busy the allies were .. most cases it was DRY .. but then there were occasions when we hit allies that were not active and you get oil! Never know what to expect. There was NO USE of complaining to the manager .. he knew what was going on .. I continued for three years .. couldn't beat the price $5 .. learned a lot!

I agree with you .. it's FRUSTRATING!

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MSC2471

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Re: Don't you hate it when they change the shot!!!!!!
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2003, 10:15:16 PM »
I bowl in a difficult short oil pattern shot in my regular league on Tuesday nights, and occasionally sub in another center on Mondays where they set up a wall shot. Last year I subbed for 3 weeks and was averaging 226 on the shot. This year they decided to add more oil up 5 through 10 and flood the middle even more. I have subbed twice there this year and learned to play straight up 5 to average 208 there. But I feel that bowling on a tougher shot year round has helped my game when I hit the more open wall shots...

I prefer bowling on tougher conditions though- as my spare shooting has been incredible this year, and kept my average at a steady 198.

Matt

NINO

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Re: Don't you hate it when they change the shot!!!!!!
« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2003, 10:18:59 AM »
That's the thing. I was glad they made it harder, I felt I
could really start to challenge myself. My average has dropped
a few pins, but I wasn't worried. Everyone else was strugling
even more.
The line I was going to play was to just shoot the ball up
the 5 board and let er rip. Again thanx everyone, I knew you guys
would feel my pain.

Saw Mill

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Re: Don't you hate it when they change the shot!!!!!!
« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2003, 10:37:43 AM »
CHANGE IT???????  First my house has to actually put one out there.  The oil they are using is cheap, and on top of that they go short.  the shot barely lasts a game, and then it is a fre-for-all desert.  Put it this way, I know guys that during warm ups, only throw one ball period, because all those balls thronw on practice start to make whatever is there disappear.

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