...What can you do???
This is a problem that has been killing me for a month & a half; and in that time I've watched my average plummett from 181->172!! It's just insane!
I've spent some time talking to the guy who oils the lanes in our house & he's not 100% sure what is happening either. Here's what I do know: The lanes are done nightly around 5pm; leagues start at 6:15. On saturday morning the lanes are oiled for the local youth leagues (very flat pattern); then saturday night rock N bowl, sunday open bowling, then oiled finally again monday night (after a morning of open bowling). My league is on the monday night by the way... What I wonder is if the oil machine is simply not able to get all of that carry down off the lane from the 3 days of bowling? It's brutal from lane to lane how diferent the "shot" might be; depending on how used the lane was on the weekend. Sometimes one lane will actually have a breakpoint; and sometimes there's nothing.
So what I've tried to do is play much more direct into the pocket; harder & straighter. But it doesn't seem to be any better cause there's not that drive into the pocket needed to carry the back row consistently. I've analysed my games the past few weeks & I am still opening an average of 2 frames per game which is normal for me; but with no strikes in the game at all; I can't make average...
I've gone so far as to buy another ball (break s75) in the hopes that it will be able to find something to bring my strike percentage back up a little so I can get my games back into the 180-190 range. We'll find out monday night...
I know this is more of a rant of frustration than anything else; but I am at a total loss & if anyone has ever encountered this and can offer advise on how to play these lanes; I would be forever in your debt. I'm at the point now that if I throw another 460 set; I might give up & leave...
please help!!!!
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