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Good Times Good Times

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How Do You Attack Spotty Old Wood?
« on: February 18, 2011, 05:21:13 AM »
Lately on my Thursday night league my team (and the league in general) have really come across some medium-light oil spotty pairs that have played a little odd.  The house is OLD wooden lanes with beat up heads and carry is relativley tough to come by.  I welcome the challenge of this as it keeps a bowler sharp.  I have found that AT TIMES bumping in with a bit of a stonger piece is good but other times it's better to ball way down and go very straight (up 7-8) with precise speed.  The conditions i'm talking about are when you have a ball that you have "located" at the break point jump like crazy and leave a 3-6-10, then move 1 board left and throw the same shot and the ball never recovers and a 2-10 or a bucket is left. 


I know what adjustments I need to make for my game, but for the sake of discussion, how does everyone attack spotty old wood pairs specifically that are playing very inconsistant?  (It seems there is no one answer that is correct as so many VARIABLES are in play).   What is your first initial instinct to make that move?  What ball, layout. surface etc......?


Should make for an entertaining topic....


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Re: How Do You Attack Spotty Old Wood?
« Reply #16 on: February 22, 2011, 11:14:20 AM »

 



Good Times Good Times wrote on 2/22/2011 11:54 AM:
Good points made by all, hopefully some other bowlers can contribute here.  A lot of comments here coincide with what i've heard firsthand at league.  A lot of people bump in and soften up with a dull pearl, a lot of people go urethane.  A lot of different routes and options.....



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I think what you will find is hard about taking valuable information away from this is that due to the nature of wood lanes there is so much variation from lane to lane and pair to pair. I know that I have had multiple weeks were I went from shooting 700's, even 800's, and the following week I struggled to break 600. What's worse is the last time it happened I know that I bowled better shooting the 600.

 

For example, I know we've been having problems lately with the pattern holding up in the front part of the lanes. We've been having a problem with one lane each week basically becoming out of play after practice. It's never a fun experience when you have to worry about grabbing a spare ball because it might read to hard at the arrows.
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Re: How Do You Attack Spotty Old Wood?
« Reply #17 on: February 22, 2011, 01:03:30 PM »
like a couple others have said,   Go Urethane,,,,   when you find the "dry" spot,,, use that as your bumper...  


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Re: How Do You Attack Spotty Old Wood?
« Reply #18 on: February 22, 2011, 01:31:06 PM »
The last 4 sets on old wood that I have scored well have been 704,696,715,666 with a Yellow Dot (2), Black Hammer and Pink Hammer. I kind of treat it like the Cheetah pattern and play up the twig.


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