I'm in a summer sport league, and nothing is really on the line, so how I score doesn't matter, but I'm trying to put in some serious practice.  We bowled on Autobahn last week, which is painfully easy for a "sport" pattern, and this week is Sydney.  I've bowled on it once before, but never got into any transition, which is where I'm positive the challenge of this pattern shows up.  A nice little 10-5ish swing seems to work well on the fresh, but I'm not really sure what moves to make once transition sets in.  Left doesn't seem like a good idea, but there's really not any room to move right, so would ball down or speed up be the best way to go?

The house is first generation Anvilane, so everything plays drier to begin with.  I'm pretty versatile, so I should be able to do anything I need to do.  There are only 4 people per pair, 5 games, move a pair every game, so I don't anticipate a lot of transition, but I do think I'll have to move at some point.  Sydney just looks like a particularly rough pattern to try to make adjustments on. 

I'm bowling a tournament on Sydney and Mexico City in a couple of weeks and am not so worried about Mexico City, but super worried about Sydney. Got a Desert Hook waiting in the wings for this pattern. The lanes make every pattern seem about 2-3 feet shorter.

Ok.  I have a polished Covert Revolt I'm planning on starting with.  I also have a Tribal, but I think that's going to be too sensitive, but maybe I'll be surprised.  The Revolt is so smooth off the dry that even if I have to go higher on the speed, I still think it will give me a good look. The paying attention to who is in front of you is a great tip, that always saves me a lot of problems.  On Autobahn I was playing behind a chick throwing a 1k grit Antics right down 7, so I just bumped her track all day long. 

Most of the reason I'm asking too is because this is a Jr Gold prep league for youth bowlers, but since it's hard to simulate the kind of competition they're going to see there or have kids with enough experience to teach the others, I talked to the guy running the league about having some adults bowl.  That way instead of the kids looking around and seeing everyone else struggling too and using that as an excuse or lowering their standards, they'll (hopefully) see the adults doing well, and the adults should be able to explain why they were able to be more successful.  Should challenge them and push them without discouraging them, but at the same time I don't think any of us adults (there are only a few of us) would be able to compete against some of the top youth at Jr Gold.  At least it's some perspective and hopefully a good teaching tool, but honestly there are several of them that are excited about having a chance to shoe up against some of the adults. 

Part of doing well is research.  A lot will put in the practice time, but won't put in the book time.  I want to be able to tell them that I did more than just look at a lane graph for a few seconds before league starts.  I don't want them to use the, "well you're an adult, you should be better anyway," line.  Hope to show them exactly what goes into being better. 

From what I've seen of my grip it with a 2 inch pin to pap, it should work well on the fresh, then just ball down.