Author Topic: Sport Shot Tips (Read 6548 times)

Jeffrevs · « **on:** July 07, 2003, 06:15:40 PM »

Hi All,

Mojo and I (hopefully more of us) are going to a sport shot tournament at the end of the month, July 27th. Now, I know this board has discussed this topic before, BUT,...it was regarding ME !

Therefore,.....tips please !

Any and all! THANKS!
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JEFF
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Edited on 7/8/2003 9:19 AM

Edited on 7/9/2003 2:58 PM

Gallandro · « **Reply #16 on:** July 08, 2003, 10:58:22 PM »

To all:

Best tips for bowling on a sport shot.

1) Don't be afraid to try new lines into the pocket.

2) Brooklyn is a great alternative but tough to hit consistently.

3) Have to make your spares. I suggest, as others have, that plastic
is the best alternative. Just remember that plastic won't move much and
shoot straight at your target.

4) Keep an eye on people who throw a similar shot and see what works for them.

5) Most important. Leave your ego in your car, it will only make things
tougher than they have to be.

To ChicagoBowler. Definition of a sport shot is basically this: It's a 2-1 ratio of oil. If you have eighty units in the middle, then you must have forty units on the outside.

Hope this helps you out. One other detail for you, there should be a 10% drop in your average from a house shot to a sport shot. Example: If you average 220 on house, you should average 198 on sport.

Gallandro

Psychoballtester · « **Reply #17 on:** July 08, 2003, 11:26:02 PM »

GREAT POSTS EVERYONE!!!!

My two cents worth,KEEP UP THE PRACTICE,this Sport shot
Stuff will make one more aware of his/her horizons in Lane
Conditionland!

One of you quoted "Leave your ego in the car".Sheeeesh!Car nothing,
leave it at home!

I personally have a love/hate relationship with Sport Shot.

More will follow,well unless they're bowling as we type.

Psycho.B.T

channel surfer · « **Reply #18 on:** July 08, 2003, 11:45:58 PM »

Actually my dad avg's 190 on house and 210 on sport condition, its wierd.. He does better on sport conditions.
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gscallan · « **Reply #19 on:** July 09, 2003, 12:11:32 AM »

OKC has had a sanctioned sports shot for the last 2 years now, and the one thing ive learned more than anything, is to think in terms of front to back, not left to right. Maybe this only pertains to my game, but in league, you think of letting the ball react by throwing it right, and it making a turn left. On a sport shot, I think in terms of foul line to pins, think up the lane and use your speed, to your advantage. I guess the easiest way to explain is this, THINK OF YOUR BREAKPOINT FROM FRONT TO BACK AND NOT LEFT TO RIGHT. As far as equipment goes, weather the shot is long or short, it always seems better to use equipment that rolls midlane and reads, I try to avoid balls that have polished or shiny surfaces until the lanes break down where you can play more forgiving area. This is just my 2 cents on what ive experienced from practicing on differnt sanctioned sport shots. One more thing, dont walk in with the mind set, "Im about to bowl on a sport shot." just bowl, and take what the lane gives you, Greg Scallan
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TwoFourEightNineNine · « **Reply #20 on:** July 09, 2003, 12:53:36 AM »

in my experiences, even rolling bowling equipment rocks my socks. Also, not hitting up on the ball is not necessary. Also, in most cases when lanes are fresh... straighter is greater.
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channel surfer · « **Reply #21 on:** July 09, 2003, 01:44:44 AM »

Yall are saying pick up your spares more than anything like we dont try to pick up our spares on a regular house shot.
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HamPster · « **Reply #22 on:** July 09, 2003, 01:51:06 AM »

Good point Tommy. I suppose I need to try out more sport shots, but I've never been on one that required a ball that hooked much. I bowled on a JOG shot a couple months ago, and by the 6th game of qualifying, I was playing 5th arrow to 10 with a White Dot. Tonight I was playing just inside 4th arrow to about 6 or 7 with my X-Zone. That's where I usually play because it's the most forgiving line, but there's no way I could use that ball on most of the sport patterns I've bowled on.
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Psychoballtester · « **Reply #23 on:** July 09, 2003, 04:21:50 AM »

Yep,like I posted earlier about the LOVE/HATE thing
on Sport Shot!
I love to try it,But I hate when I miss by a board,darn!!
There are days or nights when my 70's AMF VOIT can pick off spares
better than a Storm ER.Weird,but true.
Sport shot is funny that way.
Also my better games on S-Shot I used a Storm Trauma Recovery and a Brunswick Contact Zone 2.0 dark green.Those worked for me,I still KEEP them in the garage
,just in case I get desperate and my other b-balls fail me.
In fact,I'll try the S.T.Response tonight(way later,its too early now).They
barely closed up an hour ago,ya its a weeknight.So they havent even oiled the lanes yet,oh well.

I'm out,I'm going to Snoozeville,I'll see what's posting tomorrow!

Good Luck everyone who posted before and after me on your
LOCAL SPORT SHOT!

Psycho.B.T

Jeffrevs · « **Reply #24 on:** July 09, 2003, 08:07:42 AM »

OK....not that it takes much, but I'm confused.

Charlest says "use your least hooking ball"

Channel Surfer says "bring a high hook ball"

HUH ??

Shouldn't you have both ??
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Ishmael · « **Reply #25 on:** July 09, 2003, 10:10:11 AM »

quote:
OK....not that it takes much, but I'm confused.

Charlest says "use your least hooking ball"

Channel Surfer says "bring a high hook ball"

HUH ??

Shouldn't you have both ??

Ball selection will be based on the volume of oil and the length of the pattern. Unless you know ahead of time what those are, you should take equipment that covers all conditions.

I think the key is to use "control" equipment. Something that reads well in the midlane and is smooth on the backend.

bowl868 · « **Reply #26 on:** July 09, 2003, 01:02:36 PM »

I've bowled in a sport league for 3 years. One year a dry pattern averaged 200, the last two years, medium heavy 41 ft. pattern averaged 194. My house shot average for the same house was 228. I'm a high track stroker/tweener that plays down and in, and here's what worked for me...

1. Rolling the ball at the foul line and getting the ball into a roll enhanced my reaction greatly. Normally I loft the ball a bit looking for that extra little lift and hit on the backend. Any time I did that on the dry or oily sport shot the ball went thru the breakpoint for 2 pins (or 2-8-10's) even with on target shots.

2. Play tighter lines. I played successfully for a while around 4th arrow on the oily shot with a tight line with just enough backend to carry. Even crankers needed to play direct. On most sport shots anything right is a washout or worse from any angle. Hopefully you'll have a board or two of hold, that is a bonus.

3. Are you on synthetic or wood? My house is an old wood house. The twig never played. Direct up 5 or 6 board was where I ended last season with some decent sets. No matter how direct I was, if I played further out it was plain inconsistent. BUT, on the league pattern the twig never played either, that was just a characteristic of the lanes. Many guys in the league thought that the twig would play on a nice smooth synthetic with the pattern we were using.

4. I noticed it a couple of times in this thread, but keeping an open mind is probably the best thing. You never know what ball or line will play, especially when you bring carrydown into play.

If you keep a positive open attitude you are ahead of half the field. Our league dropped the sport condition for this year and we are trying some tweaked house shot. Bunch of wimps!

Jeffrevs · « **Reply #27 on:** July 09, 2003, 02:06:35 PM »

quote:
Everyone,

Thanks for the tips and advice in this post.... it's great stuff, I appreciate it! I know Jeff appreciates it as well and is probably as giddy as a school girl after reading all of it!

YES, appreciative ! VERY VERY!!

Giddy ?? NO,......overwhelmed,....YES !

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Strider · « **Reply #28 on:** July 09, 2003, 02:12:07 PM »

Whatever happened to "Throw Ball Ugh"?
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Jeffrevs · « **Reply #29 on:** July 09, 2003, 02:13:25 PM »

quote:
Whatever happened to "Throw Ball Ugh"?
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Strider, what does that have to do with anything ??

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HamPster · « **Reply #30 on:** July 09, 2003, 02:29:26 PM »

I desperately wanna make love to a schoolboy . . . -Lloyd, Dumb and Dumber. Hehe. I shot 894 (four games, lol) in my sport league last night, and it's amazing that the REAL most important thing is having equipment that fits well.
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The only difference between youth and adult leagues are that the big boys are allowed to whine. They're more entertaining anyway.

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