I think I found the toughest house.  

The house is ½ guardian and ½ wood.  A number of the lanes have holes in the guardian just past the foul line.

The heads are very speed sensitive.  You push it, the ball keeps going.  

Some lanes have bad spots in them.  If you hit the bad stop the ball jumps right or left.  I was on one lane that had two bad spots.  22/23 at the foul line, aiming at 12/13 at the arrows.  Hit the bad spot and the ball was in the right gutter ½ down the lane.  Angle 8/9 at the arrows for a 2 pin.  Hit a bad spot and the ball jumped to the 7 pin.

The house is trying to put a shot around 8 board. If you happen to 5 or 6, you pick off the three pins on the rightside or it is in the gutter.  Sometimes it is extremely wet/dry.  Sometimes there is no backend.  If you throw some hook, you can go between the 2 and 3 arrow and get some skid.  However if you go inside the 3 arrow you lose the skid.

To make things worse the side boards are dead.  It is almost impossible to carry the 10 pin unless you throw speed and turn to make the pins jump.  I met a 205-210 average bowler who came to this house to bowl a tournament.  He throws slower/straighter and comes from fairly good scoring house.  It took him 2 ½ games to get his first strike.  

The only center I feel like kicking the ball return.


Edited on 12/3/2003 1:20 PM