Yeah these lanes require major speed control if your used to something like AMF HPL 9000''s that are worn at all. I have this issue, place I bowl at during the week locally has the AMF HPL which are medium friction. Then I go up on weekends to a house with Pro Anvilanes and I just throw it straight unless I totally change how I bowl. Of course depends on the bowler and how they normally cope with the friction, if used to moving to deeper inside lines and don''t speed up then might just require moving outside more. I''ve been dealing with this exact problem of these types of lanes for awhile and just the last week have finally forced myself to slow down enough to actually start making some headway. I think it''s going to be different with each type of bowler and unfortunately it is quite a challenge to practice on one and compete on the other. I''ve tried but just seems like my world is totally upside down on one compared to the other, if I''m not careful I end up either hooking off the lane or throwing the ball straight into the 10 pin.
Oh one trick though that seems to make more friction lanes act more like them is to double oil. That is what the local college teams coach has them do sometimes, basically running once with the strip/oil function then a second time with just oil. This made the AMF HPL 9000''s play much like the Pro Anvilane''s do. I am guessing that was his goal, didn''t realize it at the time but looking back now it seems to make sense. I used to think it was all oil differences between the houses I bowl but once I studied the friction difference between the two types of lanes I realized what the real issue was (plus after knowing for sure the oil patterns put down on each, I knew something was going on pretty odd).
Edited on 7/11/2010 10:00 PM
