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General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: Impending Doom on May 09, 2013, 10:53:34 AM
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Has anyone seen anything about these new patterns? I tried looking them up on Kegel's website, but can't find anything on them, and my team and I are bowling on this all summer.
Houdini's Escape
Door Stop
Staircase Rapids
Punch Bowl
Stock Exchange
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Nevermind. I found where these nightmareish patterns came from! Not Kegel! It would appear that Slowinski put these together! Why, why why??
These make the Kegel patterns look easier. Seriously.
http://bowlingknowledge.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=27&Itemid=66
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Those look wild!
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http://bowlingknowledge.info/images/stories/houdinis_escape_3-d.pdf (http://bowlingknowledge.info/images/stories/houdinis_escape_3-d.pdf)
http://bowlingknowledge.info/images/stories/door_stop_101.pdf (http://bowlingknowledge.info/images/stories/door_stop_101.pdf)
http://www.bowlstardust.com/documents/StaircaseRapids37ft.pdf (http://www.bowlstardust.com/documents/StaircaseRapids37ft.pdf)
http://www.bowlstardust.com/documents/Punchbowl40ft.pdf (http://www.bowlstardust.com/documents/Punchbowl40ft.pdf)
http://www.bowlingknowledge.info/images/stories/slowinski_signature_series_stock_market.pdf (http://www.bowlingknowledge.info/images/stories/slowinski_signature_series_stock_market.pdf)
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At least there is a reasonable amount of oil on the lane.
The 2 shots at the Teen Masters National Finals this year are a giant leap backwards. The short (26') pattern uses 7mL and the long pattern (36') uses 6mL...
No wonder the entry fee includes one plastic and one urethane ball that are the only two balls participants can use.
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Short is right. Parking lot anyone?
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I think I bowled on some of these last week
It is called the Peterson Classic. Sure Felt like it
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The Teen Master's tourney is trying to go back to the old days when it wasn't about what ball/layout you had, it was about how many good shots could you make. With the short oil and low volume (and everyone with the same ball) it levels the playing field much more than the kid who has every new ball 3x compared to the kid who can only afford 2-3 balls.
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I am looking at the info on these patterns, and of course, I don't have a clue what all this stuff means! The only thing that makes sense to me are the 3D graphics that I see, but of course, when actually bowling on these patterns.....I would not be able to see these profiles, so...........
1. What does reverse oil accomplish other than putting down another layer of oil on a return pass by the machine, coming towards the foul line?
2. What does the absence of forward oil, or the absence of reverse oil cause?
3. I assume buffed is equivalent to blended?
4. Because of the many odd shapes designed in these patterns, bowlers would tend to see spottiness, and/or different parts of the lanes breaking down sooner?
5. One of the patterns shown seems to come with a built-in carrydown issue. These would definitely test a bowler's eye and ball reaction acuity.
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The way I understand it:
Forward oil is used to shape the shot while reverse oil is used to establish longevity and carry down characteristics.
Buffed area is simply the roller brush applying what oil is on the brush without the machine adding oil to the brush. The machine adds oil to the brush to apply to the lane. When you get to the buff area, oil is no longer applied to the brush, but any residual oil is still being applied. When the machine gets to the end of the buffed area, the brush is raised and no oil is applied.