Also comes from the lane condition, esp. when a clean pattern breaks down with a dry track area and/or carrdown. Balls will tend to react erratically, and balls with shiny surfaces and/or flip/length drilling will make things more severe.

Best bet(s) to conquer this is IMHO...
a) ball with some surface
b) particle is never wrong
c) rolly drillings (pin close to grip center, pin axis)
d) less side rotation/more hand behind the ball
e) try a different line, away from the traffic, closer to the gutter is in many cases a good choice to play "around" the hazardous area
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Had over/under battle yesterday in training - without warning, our club's lane man decided to lay down a longer and soupier (42', 22ml of oil, 2008 AnvilLane) pattern than usual, and I only had polished pearls in my bag since I expected the standard 38' with only 18ml.

My Smash Zone was totally out of control, I could not make it work consistently whatever I tried: different lines, hand positions, more revs, less revs. Hell! It either, with my normal release, missed the 1-3 pocket and left washouts. Or, when I took out speed and added revs, would suddenly move once it left the oil and then go Brooklyn. Strange to behold the ball sailing 40' down the lane and then suddenly revving up and turning the corner as if someone had kicked it! But the experiment showed that the ball responds very well to dry boards and release changes...

I was really puzzled. Later I had more success with my Fuze Igniter (which is drilled to go longer and then hook sharp), which allowed me a more stable move through the heads and have the ball break later in the clean(er) back end area. But a 188 high game is not the world, even though many other players also struggled under the unfamliar slippery conditions. 200+ games very really rare.

Man, did I wish for my Eliminator or my NS²...
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Edited on 10/17/2008 7:03 AM

I had a AMF Nkryption Code drilled up yesterday with wet/dry, over/under in mind. 2" pin to pap, cg near center of grip, and the mb in my track - I'm a high-tracker (pap = 5 1/4 over, 1" up).

Ball revs up quick with a very smooth, but strong arc. Took the cover to 500 Abralon. Very controllable on the wet/dry.

That's a good point Shawn.  I can kinda vouch for that statement because I felt a bit of over/under on the Viper and Shark so far in my PBA league, in the sense that missing one board either way gets you in trouble.  On the Viper, I moved to a part of the lane where I can miss one board outside and still have a chance to strike.  On the Shark it didn't really matter where I played although one area was always better than another.  I still only had one board, so that made think there could be a better ball suited for that condition for my style.  So I think it's a combination of ball choice and where you're playing.