Author Topic: Left vs. Right - Is this Normal?? (Read 600 times)

Scolai · « **on:** June 14, 2004, 08:04:21 AM »

Our local center changed their league shot last Thursday. I saw a lane diagram the day after the machine was reprogrammed with the new shot. The right side oil is inside of 10 and goes to 21 feet. There's lighter oil to 38 feet then buff to 41.

The left side is just a pinch different (??) The head oil goes to 9 feet (that's not a typo), lighter oil to 38, buff to 41.

So my question: is there supposed to be that much difference in head oil from the right side to the left? I mean, 12 feet?? I told the asst. manager of the center that I found the difference to be a little dramatic, to which he responded that maybe we should make them the same. No problem here.

Opinions?
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Nut

If horse racing is the sport of kings, then surely bowling is a very good sport as well.

MSC2471 · « **Reply #1 on:** June 14, 2004, 11:47:29 PM »

To illustrate a point regarding number of wrongsiders in a house, in the Tuesday league I bowl in for the fall, I'm the only wrongsider out of 30 bowlers (except when my friend subbed on our team). When the graphs came out for the oiling on one side versus the other for 2 different lanes in the house, I noticed that on the right side the oiling started at 12 units on the one board, went up to 19 units at the 5 board, and gradually increased to 50 units inside of 15 to 15. On the left side the oil started at 17 units, then went up to 24 units at the 5 board, and went up 2 units per board until you hit board 9, where there was a 6 unit increase. I felt overall it was easier for the righties to burn a track that by game two opened up the lanes, while I never got the chance to do that.

I try to take what the lanes give me- it's so difficult to create even patterns on both sides because you have to take into account the bowlers in your house, the styles that they have and the number of lefties versus righties.

Matt

Scolai · « **Reply #2 on:** June 15, 2004, 10:19:10 PM »

JM299,

It's not a machine problem; the center manager and lane man both showed me a graph of the shot and heralded it as the new league pattern. I was obviously dubious and questioned the difference in left-side vs. right-side length. THe only response I got was, "we could make it the same". I understand that there will be some difference from left to right, but 12 feet in the heads? I thought that was a bit strange.
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Nut

If horse racing is the sport of kings, then surely bowling is a very good sport as well.

Author Topic: Left vs. Right - Is this Normal?? (Read 600 times)

Scolai

Left vs. Right - Is this Normal??

MSC2471

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Scolai

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