Post by: perfectfit on April 14, 2004, 11:59:21 AM
If you have what did you think of it?
I personally like bowling on those conditions. I'm not
saying I score well on them that often but it makes you
have to make shots, and when I do make good shots I feel
that I actually earned something. Unlike bowling on some
house conditons where its just a matter of throwing the
ball to the right and hoping you carry better than
everybody else.
Post by: Jeffrevs on April 15, 2004, 07:53:57 AM
I had a heavy TOTALLY flat pattern gutter to gutter, 28 feet, no buff! I had to swing it deep..(for me) over 4th arrow and out to about 12....any further....GUTTER TIME !
It makes you really focus on shot making...I enjoyed it!
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Post by: BackToBasics on April 15, 2004, 10:43:25 AM
The other problem is that the shot can change so quickly that I don't see how any one could actually learn on it. If I were a beginning or even an intermediate bowler, I would have a heck of a time figuring out if it's the lanes or me. I hit the 2nd arrow in frame 1 and strike. Two frames later hit 10 and come light. Was it me or did the lane change? Most beginning and intermediate bowlers don't know about their game to determine which one. I see it all the time in the league. It's not just a matter of execution, but also lane reading and adjustments. That's a lot to throw on a new bowler.
Post by: mumzie on April 15, 2004, 02:37:23 PM
I've arranged to take a day off work and meet with my coach to work on several different sport shots, so I'll be ready for WIBC queens.
Yes - there can be a great disparity between shots. There can be "easy" sport shots, and there can be almost unplayable ones. I'll take them all on! The "easy" sport shot is still tougher than the THS.
Spares are all important on a sport shot. And making spares is my game. My normal game is clean, or one split, with a double or two. I don't open much - and I don't strike in long strings very often. So, I love the sport condition!
Post by: bigmac9931 on April 15, 2004, 11:47:43 PM
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Post by: trash heap on April 15, 2004, 11:48:12 PM
Is 37 foot patttern easier than a shorter pattern?
Or what makes some sport patterns difficult?
Length of Oil (Long vs. Short)?
Amount of Oil placed down?
I like it personally. I seem to be able to slow my shot down and able to focus on my throw.
Post by: perfectfit on April 16, 2004, 01:50:38 AM
ratio of 2 to 1 but isn't the minimum units of oil
allowed also higher than the normal ABC minimum
requirement of 3 units.
Post by: Doug Sterner on April 16, 2004, 02:03:01 AM
You can play up the edge...one guy is averaging 187 here but you need the right equipment otherwise the ball is skidding to the 6 pin or it's taking out the 4.
My 197 league average is down in the 160's and the high averager in our house (the owner at 230) is in the 170's.
SPORT bowling will bring back some integrity but the masses who benefit from the walled up conditions wont ever take the challenge of SPORT.
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Post by: MichiganBowling on April 16, 2004, 03:31:33 AM
I would say you are right for the most part, but I have seen quite a few sport shots that require me to loop the lane a bit.
The only bad thing really about the sport shot is you are at the mercy of your equipment. For practicing purposes, it doesn't really matter, but for tournament conditions, you can easily be "shut out" on the sport patterns if you do not have a variety of equipment. I suppose the next step to making the game truly fair would be to give everybody the same bowling ball! Probably a pancake weight block with any coverstock.
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Post by: MI 2 AZ on April 16, 2004, 11:14:15 AM
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Post by: KMAN300 on April 16, 2004, 12:01:39 PM
I must say Anthony has a very good point with saying a sport shot might be quite hard for a beginner, but I must somewhat disagree that learning on the easy stuff might be worse for them in the long run if you don't have to learn to hit a mark.(Just an area)
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Post by: BackToBasics on April 16, 2004, 12:15:50 PM
I didn't mean to imply that learning to bowl on a wall is better. Sport Bowling would be good for a beginner if there weren't so many obstacles outside of their control. If the shot didn't change much or was very gradual and it all came down to execution it would be good. But as Bob Hanson, myself and others have pointed out that's generally not the case.
Post by: ThongPrincess on April 16, 2004, 06:17:42 PM
If all goes well, I find it a learning experience, and the league doesn't laugh me out of it, I may stick with it for the winter.
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