I am starting going to a tournament(small sweeper) however I have never rolled on a PBA pattern and would like advice as to ways to play each(preferably more in depth than the PBA site). Thank you also I am unsure at this time which pattern so I dont know what to take where to start(general idea)I throw medium revs and medium to low bal speed.

Synthetics in pretty good condition lanes are known as one of the harder lanes due to being heavier oil with a little flatter of a pattern.

Yea that what I had thought however I was hoping someone knew where the dry generally is on these patterns as off the dry stuff seems to react too strong unless its down lane(so Im looking for general parts of the lanes to avoid.

The lanes dont have really any friction spot like I was saying its pretty flat and long until you wear it down pretty fresh lanes overall.

Alright thank you very much. However what would you suggest I take?

Awesome flip(drilled to get down and boogy on the backends)
WMB with control drilling
xxxl drilled pretty aggresive(pin right and slightly below ring with x hole)
Purple rhino pro (drilled pin about 2inches out from ring straight out with 1inch x hole almost to core)
purple sumo smooth in medium oil strong off dry
Gold rhino pro (drilled to be long and strong)
red pearl hammer(just drilled up)
original nail(just drilled up)
Awesome hook drilled to be used down and in(will roll out on you otherwise)
Highly polished gravity shift designed to be long and strong

xxxl is my normal spare ball so itll probably go.

Go to PBAExperience.org Under the "training" links, there are videos that show how strokers, tweeners, and crankers typically play the patterns. Keep in mind that there are several factors that could make the patterns you see play differently, but at least this can give you a ballpark to start with.

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If it was me,I would go with Awesome Flip,WMB,Awesome hook,Shift,Pearl red Hammer,XXXL.At least you'll have different angles to throw with later in the tournament.

Well the lanes used the annex with the wood lanes(pretty fresh wood) and pulled the cheetah pattern. I could not roll this pattern to save my life(plastic was overhooking unless I hung the gutter and when I did ALL my equipment struggled to flip? Was rolling my xxxl from 30 to 6 and it would come through the head. Awesome flip and wmb rolling same line but outside of that took out the 3 pin. Only thing that worked was hanging my red pearl hammer(original fabal one).over the gutter however this is VERY hard for me to repeat.