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NHLfan88

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PBA Badger pattern
« on: November 22, 2013, 04:09:52 PM »
I have a tournament coming up on Badger next week.

Any tips on equipment, surface, where to play, etc.  Any tips would help!

I know it is a 52 foot pattern, so i gotta imagine that you gotta be pretty straight with anything.
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Re: PBA Badger pattern
« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2013, 04:16:19 PM »
Use surface but don't over do it. Probably 1000 at the most. Otherwise ball will hook early and have nothing left the last 8 feet. Also throw pin up balls to get it to finish a little better.
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avabob

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Re: PBA Badger pattern
« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2013, 04:50:38 PM »
I like real strong cored Pearl balls ( Lucid is good example ).  The key is to get the ball in a roll with minimal out angle.  Old time guys like me who used to play fall back inside really like this shot.  In answer to the question that I am sure is coming, fall back is setting the ball down near 20 board with a break point barely right of 15 board.  Carry can be very good, unless you get too much axis rotation. 
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Re: PBA Badger pattern
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2013, 12:29:19 PM »
Quote from: soonerdallas on November 22, 2013, 04:16:19 PM
Use surface but don't over do it. Probably 1000 at the most. Otherwise ball will hook early and have nothing left the last 8 feet. Also throw pin up balls to get it to finish a little better.

Ball will not roll early on a 52 foot pattern.

When we played bear we broke down the pattern around 12 slow with surface eventually we worked a small hook spot in it. Even with that you needed surface to get it to finish.

I used a Seismic Venator shot 936 at 1000 abralon and probably could have used more surface especially early in the block.
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