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General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: dicnic on April 29, 2008, 11:51:26 AM
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Practiced today. Lanes had not been bowled on. Used my Ebonite Crossfire, standing 25, throwing over 14. Ball goes left at breakpoint (8 - 10), straightens out and goes into the pocket. Bam! First dozen or so balls, perfect strikes.
Then, all of a sudden, the track disappears! Like someone threw a switch. I moved 2 and 1 in both directions and the ball was either light or high.
Now, I am an old phart and certainly not as consistent as one should be, but to have the track (shot, line whatever) simply disappear all of a sudden is mysterious. Synthetic lanes, 2 years old, not much oil (THS).
I am curious. Can one person dry out a track in a dozen or so balls? Yes, they were thrown almost exactly down the same line but for a change to occur so suddenly seems to be odd. Or ??????
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Never take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
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No it happends all the time. a line can change in an instant. you have to remember there are a ton of things that effect a lane condition besides you throwing on it. temperature, humidity lights etc. also what could have happened is a mental thing also. you got away with a few shots then missed and thought it was gone. who knows. and if it is gone sometimes bigger moves than just 2/1's are needed.
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Shawn
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Sounds like the center I work at.
The lanes change fast. If you are lucky you'll get one game out of the track by making small moves and then you'd better take a huge step (jump) over!
And that is on the LEFT side! LOL!
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remeber it is warmer now and the lanes will change a little different and their is more humdidty in the air.
I like it when the track torches right away it makes for good practice doing things and standing places you wouldn't normally
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Mainzerpower