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Ragnar

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What do you prefer?
« on: October 05, 2005, 03:44:13 AM »
We may have gone over this before, tangentially if not directly, but I'm curious.  Given a choice where on the lane do you prefer your ball to make its largest move?
Seems to me that I spend most of my bowling life trying to control flying back ends.  I'd really like to see lanes with mellow (or mellower) back ends and more pronounced mid-lane.  How about you?
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Jeffrevs

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Re: What do you prefer?
« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2005, 11:45:55 AM »
Bob, I have all my stuff drilled to help me in the midlane,...that's where my "mistakes" are usually and a stronger midlane ball helps with that....strong midlane, more forward at the breakpoint than sideways...
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Ragnar

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Re: What do you prefer?
« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2005, 11:54:01 AM »
I'm not so much talking about how you drill your stuff, though that is clearly an element of this discussion.  I don't care how my stuff is drilled we have back ends that move, and move a lot.  Stripped (even double stripped at times) daily.  I drill most of my stuff for stronger mids, but it still doesn't help.
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Re: What do you prefer?
« Reply #3 on: October 05, 2005, 11:57:32 AM »
I'm with you on that Ragnar, I can't stand the flying backends we see everywhere today.  I pray to God, allah, Joe Boo, whoever will listen that the school kids were at the center before league and got some oil carried down before league.  Although, I must admit, I'm not sure which is worse to deal with - flying backends or the sole of my sliding shoe turning orange from all the smashed cheeto's in the settee area.
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Jeffrevs

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Re: What do you prefer?
« Reply #4 on: October 05, 2005, 12:10:10 PM »
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We may have gone over this before, tangentially if not directly, but I'm curious.  Given a choice where on the lane do you prefer your ball to make its largest move?[/qoute]

midlane

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Re: What do you prefer?
« Reply #5 on: October 06, 2005, 09:17:08 AM »
Midlane.
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Re: What do you prefer?
« Reply #6 on: October 06, 2005, 09:37:06 AM »
Well, what really defines "midlane". This is a relative term.

Right now, my house oils to 38 and buffs to 40 or so. The backends are fresh. The backends aren't real big depending on your game. They are tame enough to play an inside shot, say 17 out to 10, but they are aggressive enough that you can get away with a few more revs and do 17 out to 5. My biggest problem has always been balls rolling up too early for me, so I'd perfer a longer pattern, but stripped backends. Say 45 foot pattern.


A good example: Take the fired up. This ball for most people is probably skid/snap depending on how its drilled. Most bowlers who throw it at my house get about 42 or 43 feet of length. This is about a foot or two past the buffed oil. For me however, This ball gets to about 39 or 40, right at the transition from oil to dry. This ball for me hard arcs, not skid/snap. This is the same for my crash, which actually revs up 3-4 feet earlier. It is drilled pin under however. Some houses require more angle to kick the 10's out. Mine is one of them. You will leave a 10 if you throw a ball that has a smooth arc.

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