Man the past couple of weeks the carrydown issues I've been having while bowling my summer league have been baffling me. I don't know how far down the lane they oil and buff to, but based on what I see it's a definite short oil pattern on wood lanes, with a flood from 10 to 10 and significantly drier outside 10 to 1. I would hazard a guess at the ratio being 50-60 units inside of 10 and probably 15 to 20 units outside of 10. I'm usually the only lefty on my pair and I've been playing 9 at the laydown point, crossing 5 board at the arrows out to 3 or 4 at breakpoint. The first game this evening was 189 with a 4 bagger at the end, my 2 split leaves caused by lower ball speed (4-6 and a 4-6-7-10). The second game I made a minor 2/1 adjustment at the start, as I noticed the 6 pin being last to go in the 12th of the 1st game. I started with a strike, rang a 7 pin, then went off the sheet til leaving another 7 pin in the 11th. A clean 269 game. I didn't make an adjustment in game 3 and started with a 2 bagger, followed by a 7 pin. From there it seemed like the ball was skidding through the breakpoint and any adjustment I made with feet, speed or target didn't work. I left a couple of 3-6-9 combinations, two 7 pins, one 10 pin and a 3-9. Made all spares outside of a 7 pin miss in the 10th for a 183. Shot 641 for the night with one great game and two ok games. I used my Eraser Pearl Particle the whole night- layout for the ball is in my profile.
Anything special you would have done differently when the carrydown hit? Should I have switched balls? Should I bring my El Nino Wrath (which is the one ball I leave behind) to combat this carrydown? Any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Matt
