Hello all. I'm pretty new to bowling. Started this year, been bowling 3 fingers for about 3 months. My average is up to 170 now. Anyway, I'm still figuring out lane conditions. The last two nights have been interesting to me, and it confused many other better players as well.
Both nights, the lanes were completely slick, but my ball would come back with no oil rings on it. It was amazing to me, because I had a incredibly hard time getting the ball to bite, as did everyone else. I ended up standing with my right toe one board to the right of the 2nd dot from the right. I then was throwing the ball as if I was standing far left and trying to hook it as hard as I could.
So after all that jargon, my question is... What would cause the lanes to be that slick, but not show any oil on the ball? I clean my ball after every time I play, but could it still have so much oil in it, that it doesn't show up?
Thanks