Author Topic: Play the shot. (Read 1647 times)

ch_flash · « **on:** July 13, 2011, 01:23:36 AM »

I was watching a junior tournament and noticed that the boys all started in deep and wheeled the ball. On the other hand, the girls actually played the pattern closer to what it called for. On the longer pattern, they all had to move inside, but on the short and medium, very few played more up the boards. Most had hook monsters and burned up any shot that was there. What happened to reading the lane and using the right ball for the condition? Is this just a product of the times we are in? Are they not taught how to read the lanes?

One pattern was a modified Chameleon. I have bowled on this for a few weeks and found that it got a little over-under the more boards that you crossed. I would shell-down and play a tighter line and was consistently in the pocket with above average carry. But then again, I can't loft the gutter-caps like some of these kids.

If you didn't like that strike, just watch this one!

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Xx 12 X 300 xX · « **Reply #1 on:** July 13, 2011, 09:28:51 AM »

High rev rates means playing the patterns deeper in to start, and then chasing the oil in as the heads go and the hook spot down lane develops.

The modern high friction game is left to right, get used to it. It has nothing to do with reading lanes. It's about setting up and carving out the pattern that best fits their style of play. The more they can carve the pattern in, the more if fits their A game during the block.

What your seeing is lane reading, you just don't agree with that style of play. Their ability to exploit what they carve may vary by their skill level, but most bowlers of all ages who are competitive now know how to carve out patterns during tournaments. How they attack it from there is up to their skill level.

Unless the pattern has a very defined break point area on the outside of the lane, your not going to see guys who hook it move right and play more direct. They do not have to, that is the luxury of the rev rate. If the pattern is so defined that you have to move right, than they may do that. You don't find too many defined patterns anymore, even Cheetah isn't that defined that you must play all the way right with your feet. The break point might be right, but your feet and target do not have to be.

Edited by Xx 12 X 300 xX on 7/13/2011 at 9:32 AM

ch_flash · « **Reply #2 on:** July 13, 2011, 09:51:41 AM »

Its not that I don't agree with it. Heck, my A game is left to right. It just surprised me that most didn't look for, what I thought should be the best line. And, I didn't see many shell-down when they did burn up. The kid that finished second, played them more like how I thought they should have been played.

Still, I was impressed by their bowling abilities. Awesome bowling by all that made match play and finals.

My observations and opinions are based knowing the carry characteristics of certain pairs, and how they transition. So I do see your point. I can't disagree with anything you said.

Xx 12 X 300 xX wrote on 7/13/2011 9:28 AM:
High rev rates means playing the patterns deeper in to start, and then chasing the oil in as the heads go and the hook spot down lane develops.

The modern high friction game is left to right, get used to it. It has nothing to do with reading lanes. It's about setting up and carving out the pattern that best fits their style of play. The more they can carve the pattern in, the more if fits their A game during the block.

What your seeing is lane reading, you just don't agree with that style of play. Their ability to exploit what they carve may vary by their skill level, but most bowlers of all ages who are competitive now know how to carve out patterns during tournaments. How they attack it from there is up to their skill level.

Unless the pattern has a very defined break point area on the outside of the lane, your not going to see guys who hook it move right and play more direct. They do not have to, that is the luxury of the rev rate. If the pattern is so defined that you have to move right, than they may do that. You don't find too many defined patterns anymore, even Cheetah isn't that defined that you must play all the way right with your feet. The break point might be right, but your feet and target do not have to be.

Edited by Xx 12 X 300 xX on 7/13/2011 at 9:32 AM

If you didn't like that strike, just watch this one!

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Xx 12 X 300 xX · « **Reply #3 on:** July 13, 2011, 10:00:05 AM »

You ever take a kid that really likes to drop the shoulder and try to square them up? It's something they can't do! it is amazing at even the highest levels of bowling the players that can't square up more, BUT they are so good at playing left to right they don't need to!

Yes more youth bowlers would benefit from being more square, but most youth bowlers only learn one skill and that is to hook it. Do you try to teach them the modern game that a lot of the field is playing, or do you try to teach them how to play the lanes more direct than the others in the field.

There is a time to do both...... Only a select few of these youth bowlers will want to learn all the tricks.

kidlost2000 · « **Reply #4 on:** July 13, 2011, 10:22:29 AM »

Equipment plays a big role in this. Many bowlers of all ages are using very aggressive balls that take away playing the right side of the lane. In many cases they end up making a lot of adjustment and moving often because of the ball they are using and how fast it breaks down the lane.

The reason some of the lower end bowling balls have been so popular in many places and the same for older bowling balls is because it enables the bowler to move right, play an area longer, and move less. They also have a larger room for era because the ball is less likely to jump and go through the face like some of the other hook monsters of today.

Todays game many are drawn to the big hook. When it is striking, it is great. When it doesn't, it is likely followed by some ugly splits or other spares that are tough to make. I have above average revs and wanted to be a big hook player but started seeing more benefits being versatile and being able to play the lanes from one side to the next. Those that do that usually fair better then those that can't.

Be good, or be good at it.

DON DRAPER · « **Reply #5 on:** July 13, 2011, 02:37:10 PM »

It's really sad but most younger players can not square up and play a straighter line if they have to. It will come back to haunt them eventually.

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