I am so glad I decided to post this question. I had hesitated, thinking I would be told something like ..."just slow down" or "make your shots", etc.. Everything I've read here makes perfect sense, and I cant wait to get back to the lanes and work at overcoming or adapting to the oil pattern.
Am also glad Charlest mentioned that the reaction shape of Urethane doesn't really match that well with playing more inside. I see it more as two different ways to combat the condition. Either stay outside and use Urethane to dampen the jumping effect when the reactive ball hits the dry part of the lane, or play more inside and use weaker (or at least later) reactive equipment. My plastic experiment worked somewhat, but there was no movement at the end as there would be --hopefully-- with a weak reactive.
Speaking of experiments, had a reactive ball with multiple drillings that I had redrilled about a year ago, intending to use it on very dry lanes, so I asked the driller to drill it for a very weak or minimal reaction. Not sure if he misunderstood what I wanted, didn't care, or it just wasn't doable with the particular ball (Ebonite Big One), but what I ended up with instead, was a ball that goes very long and has a small but very violent snap at the end.
Not a bad thing at all, just very condition specific. Still... the oil pattern discussed could possibly be one of those conditions where this ball would be useful ----if I throw it more inside, or throw it outside and it breaks at just the right point.
Anyway... Wednesday seems so far away now, but I can't wait to go another round with that pattern. Now I'm hoping they don't change it.
