Keith,
I'm currently bowling in a summer PBA Pattern league, and our first pattern happens to be Pattern #C. If you haven't seen the official specs, check out the following:
http://www.pba.com/laneconditions/c.aspIt's only been one week, but I found the description in the PBA link to be accurate. You can successfully attack it a few different ways. Straighter players were were going up the 12-13 board with little or no swing. There were a few guys with hand going off the left gutter, but when they got the ball to the right of 12, there was no recovery -- there is a serious right side 'out of bounds' on this pattern.
At the same time, you are punished if you tug the ball inside a board or two -- unlike a house shot, the ball won't hold and you'll find yourself on top of the head pin.
Like the PBA site says there are multiple ways to attack this pattern, but if in doubt, stay tighter and you won't get into as much trouble. Even the the PBA players who like to swing the ball were playing more to the right with little swing.
As far as equipment, I had the most success with my Columbia WOW -- this is a particle with surface. There is a relatively heavy volume of oil on this pattern, so unless you really crank it up, you will want to use an oil ball.
Edited on 5/29/2003 5:56 PM
