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comy24

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bowling lines
« on: December 08, 2004, 10:18:40 AM »
Been monitering this site for a couple of months now and have learned a few new things and am thisty to learn more.
 After I finished bowling last night a question popped in my head that I would like to ask all of you out there.
 Question is do any of you go to the bowling alley for league play and pay attention to the other team and the lines that they use, does anybody try to play a line that is least used or do any of you just bowl your line no matter what and adjust to what the conditions are telling you.
 I usually start with my shot and adjust to conditions.
 This is a great site and I enjoy reading all the posts and most importantly learning as much as possible. Thanks all

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TheBowlingKid25

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Re: bowling lines
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2004, 06:23:54 PM »
The only thing I base off looking at another bowler is lane conditions. And I base this off of friends, because I know their game better then they do, so I can tell if the lanes are oily, or dry. Most of the time though, I cant really look at anyone else to find a line because Im one of the only "slightly above avg rev" bowler there is in the house. Everyone else is pretty much fluffers. I also throw fairly slow so Im usually playing a deep line, where as everyone else is going down and in. SO all in all to answer your question, if there is something I can learn from another bowler, yes I do try to work off of their line.
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Re: bowling lines
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2004, 06:25:36 PM »
If its always the same pattern, start out with what you normally do.  But if you're at a tourney or something, I'd say you should only watch bowlers who have a very simliar style to yours and find out what they are doing (only if they're successful, of course ).

Always try to find the best line.  IF everyone else on your lanes are using the same line, it doesn't matter as long as you can adjust and keep up with the pace.  Though it's always more helpful to have your own individual line (like the leftys have).
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toddler95

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Re: bowling lines
« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2004, 07:11:52 PM »
I try to find the line, in practice, that will allow for the most margin of error on my part.  I am not perfect and still make mistakes, but if I have found a line that will allow me to make a mistake in and hold, or out and still carry, that is the line that i will play.  I do prefer to have that line be different than the bowlers on the other team, then my line won't break down as quickly.  I also may try to play a different line if 4 or more bowlers on the other team are playing the same line, as to avoid major breakdowns / adjustments.  So, I do & I don't.
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yoder978

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Re: bowling lines
« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2004, 07:46:08 PM »
i take a look at the opposing team and members of my team and how they like to throw the ball and rev rate and ball speed.  if they are all playing the outside part of the lane then i will play inside if the oil is willing.  if they all like to play the big hook i will take a weaker reactive ball and play more down the boards.  during the league if i am not scoring well i will take a look at what ball and lines other bowlers are playing that are scoring.  then i try to compare the type of ball i throw to theres and see if i would be able to play in the same area.
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Ragnar

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Re: bowling lines
« Reply #5 on: December 09, 2004, 10:26:37 AM »
More or less agreeing with what Sawbones said I don't think it's necessary to watch someone with the same style to pick up cues.  As long as you know how your games differ you can still learn something about the lanes by watching even radically different styles.  For example, one of the few folks I watch (when they bowl league, which is rarely) is my ball driller.  He's a VERY different sort of bowler than I am - very low track (I'm medium high), almost a spinner, can do anything with a ball (hook balls for dry, on oil; throw hook monsters dead straight).  But, I've figured out that if he's playing a breakpoint at a particular place on the lane then I should be playing about that same breakpoint.  We will get to it in different ways, but that is irrelevant.
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Re: bowling lines
« Reply #6 on: December 09, 2004, 11:18:38 AM »
I watch as many shots by those on my pair as I can, except the wrongsiders of course.  I look to see where breakpoints are, who's deeper than I am, who made a good shot and missed the pocket, etc.  In doing this, you can anticipate moves before you throw your own shot.  I've moved several boards at a time even though I was in the pocket the frame before.  I did this because I was certain that other bowlers had made pretty good shots only to leave big splits.  I didn't want to repeat this situation, so I adjusted based on their ball reaction.

Generally I like to stay just inside of the majority of bowlers on my pair.  That way I'm moving deeper into fresher oil.  This doesn't work when bowling a bunch of boomers, but they usually blow up the shot so bad that all scores suffer.
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« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2004, 03:10:20 AM »
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More or less agreeing with what Sawbones said I don't think it's necessary to watch someone with the same style to pick up cues.  As long as you know how your games differ you can still learn something about the lanes by watching even radically different styles.  For example, one of the few folks I watch (when they bowl league, which is rarely) is my ball driller.  He's a VERY different sort of bowler than I am - very low track (I'm medium high), almost a spinner, can do anything with a ball (hook balls for dry, on oil; throw hook monsters dead straight).  But, I've figured out that if he's playing a breakpoint at a particular place on the lane then I should be playing about that same breakpoint.  We will get to it in different ways, but that is irrelevant.

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I concur with everything said above. My style can be very different than the other lefties that are playing on my pair of lanes, but watching the breakpoint can be key to where I will play and have to make moves during the course of the night. In one league I may have to move 2 or 3 times in a night depending on the number of people playing the same line, and another league I won't have to make a move all night because I'm the only one playing the left side of the lane.

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dizzyfugu

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Re: bowling lines
« Reply #8 on: December 10, 2004, 03:24:47 AM »
I stick to my own game, which might be a drawback, but I find observing other tournament players distracting. I guess that watching other only makes sense when you either know the player's personal style and can make guesses on ball reaction, or you have somebody who is quite similar to your own style.

From my tournaments and trainings I know from next lane's mutterings, which lanes are difficult to play or when players are nervous about an unsusual oil pattern. This gives me enough warning to adjust my game, but while playing, there is nothing I can do about peeking at others.
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