Author Topic: summer time practice? (Read 2819 times)

icewall · « **on:** July 07, 2009, 05:21:21 AM »

is it just me or is it really hard to practice in the summer time due to the centers letting the shot go to crap?

i was bowling last night and it played like a reverse block (but this house never has a good shot even when fresh)

another house has incredible carrydown during open play. i mean i tried plastic, pearl particle, strong hybrid, solid... nothing moves once the ball hits the backend. best i found to do here is to play around second arrow or inside that and come up the back of the ball as best i can so that way im not relying on dry boards since there arent any.

another house is super dry at the middle arrow and then less hook from there.... at times ive had the best success getting the ball thru the heads on the left side of the lane (swinging it) so it could retain energy at the midlane for at least some entry angle.

i like it because it helps me conquer the slop but there are many days when i want to scream because NOTHING will wrinkle! so far this ENTIRE summer ive found 2 days when i lucked out and the lanes had no carrydown.
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Danes07 · « **Reply #1 on:** July 07, 2009, 01:42:41 PM »

The best thing you can do for summer practice, in your case, is just go and work on mechanics. Work on your approach, armswing, timing, release, accuracy, ect. Anything that you had trouble with during the league. A lot of houses don't really bother putting out much of a shot during the summer simply because its not economical to do. So don't worry about what your scores are, if you hit the pocket, if you left a lot of ringing 10s and such if you know the lanes are crap....just work on things and feel a good shot coming off your hand.

I run into the same problem. The house I bowl a summer league in has like 1 or 2 leagues all week....so they oil once and thats it. Its hit and miss when I go to practice, so I just work on something or several things that I felt I wasn't doing well during the league night. Combine that with the fact that the house offers $.50/game of open bowling to league bowlers during the summer.
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icewall · « **Reply #2 on:** July 07, 2009, 02:12:55 PM »

thanks thats exactly what ive been doing.
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trynabbest · « **Reply #3 on:** July 07, 2009, 02:30:58 PM »

i know exactly what you mean i went to practice and one lane was ok i could manage but one was like dry in the middle of the lane and wet in the backs so every ball i threw hooked at 30 feet, i eventually had to grab my spiral viz a ball and pipe it up the second arrow. it was ridiculous. but if you can conguer that you can conquer anything. thats what you gotta remember. in the long run it'll help you think your way around conditions and help you mentally get around problems on the lanes. we all know sometimes you gotta think outside the box to fight with these oil patterns this is just the most extreme of training grounds lol

JS · « **Reply #4 on:** July 07, 2009, 02:38:01 PM »

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Regardless of what you leave if you hit your mark at the arrows and at the breakpoint its a successful summer practice shot.

If you can get your ball to the arrows that would be true

My wife talked me into going to the local AMF house on Sunday afternoon to "practice". She threw the first 2 balls and both went in the left gutter at the arrows (she's RH). I decided to move as left as I could standing around 40 and aiming for 5th arrow. You could literally see the ball grabbing before the arrows and at the arrows it was in the left gutter. We then tried our plastic balls and after both of us having 0 as our score after 2 frames decided that we needed to move or leave. The people that work in this house are all great people but have to live by the manager's rules. He is not a bowler and came from the restaurant business. He figures he can save some money by not oiling. Let's see how those new synthetics they installed last summer last with that kind of mentality.

mmcfarland300 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 07, 2009, 03:36:54 PM »

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Regardless of what you leave if you hit your mark at the arrows and at the breakpoint its a successful summer practice shot.

If you can get your ball to the arrows that would be true

My wife talked me into going to the local AMF house on Sunday afternoon to "practice". She threw the first 2 balls and both went in the left gutter at the arrows (she's RH). I decided to move as left as I could standing around 40 and aiming for 5th arrow. You could literally see the ball grabbing before the arrows and at the arrows it was in the left gutter. We then tried our plastic balls and after both of us having 0 as our score after 2 frames decided that we needed to move or leave. The people that work in this house are all great people but have to live by the manager's rules. He is not a bowler and came from the restaurant business. He figures he can save some money by not oiling. Let's see how those new synthetics they installed last summer last with that kind of mentality.

I'm calling shenanigans, Even belmo could get the ball down past he arrows standing at 40 throwing at 5th arrow. I understand open play can be dry and i understand we all tend to over exagerate a little but really.

Dan Belcher · « **Reply #6 on:** July 07, 2009, 03:39:56 PM »

Yeah, I've thrown a few balls on lanes that were stripped and not reoiled by mistake. Even then, nobody that stood left and swung it out right was able to get the ball to hook all the way into the left gutter since the ball rolled out so quickly. If you threw it straight up the boards, however, it definately was going into the gutter around 40-50 feet downlane.

icewall · « **Reply #7 on:** July 07, 2009, 04:03:02 PM »

its possible to have the lanes that dry. ive never seen it in person but i have seen a video of exactly what was described.
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JS · « **Reply #8 on:** July 07, 2009, 04:28:11 PM »

I'll let charlest chime in as he knows the house. This is no "shenanigans" or BS. I kid you not. Sometimes they go 7 days without oiling!

icewall · « **Reply #9 on:** July 07, 2009, 04:29:47 PM »

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I'll let charlest chime in as he knows the house. This is no "shenanigans" or BS. I kid you not. Sometimes they go 7 days without oiling!

where is this as i know he bowls at carolier? and im about 20 minutes from there.
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mainzer · « **Reply #10 on:** July 07, 2009, 04:36:38 PM »

I love to work on my spare shooting in summer. Also I use the chance to bowl on the messed up shot to work on parts of my game that are more difficult to pratice with a normal shot out.
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VIXIV · « **Reply #11 on:** July 07, 2009, 04:54:20 PM »

Like a few all ready say, you could just work on your spares. I play a game where I try to get the lowest score possible. Any ball I throw into the gutter counts as a strike. It's pretty fun.

JS · « **Reply #12 on:** July 07, 2009, 05:10:12 PM »

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where is this as i know he bowls at carolier? and im about 20 minutes from there.

I bowl with him at Carolier. This is AMF Strike and Spare.

Xcessive_Evil · « **Reply #13 on:** July 07, 2009, 05:12:18 PM »

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Spare shooting, work on mechanics and accuracy on the first pitch. Regardless of what you leave if you hit your mark at the arrows and at the breakpoint its a successful summer practice shot. The BETTER thing is, that you can shoot tons of spares. Make it a goal to make every single one that is not a split and say you Big 4 it, try and pick the 10 off the 6 etc.

This is exactly what I'm taking the summer off for. Great results so far.
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icewall · « **Reply #14 on:** July 07, 2009, 05:13:05 PM »

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where is this as i know he bowls at carolier? and im about 20 minutes from there.

I bowl with him at Carolier. This is AMF Strike and Spare.

ok. thanks
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