When you bowl your league or a tournament do you watch
where the other bowlers on your pair are throwing the ball
to get an idea of where to or where not to be throwing the
ball or do you just start out with your normal shot and chase
the breakdown??

This year I have made a effort to read the bowlers as well as
the lanes and I try to stay out of everyone elses track area.
It is not always possible but on the most part there is normally
somewhere inside or outside of everyone that I can find a line.
With a ball change or hand position.
I have found that this has helped me stay ahead of the
transitions.  I am just wondering if I am the last one to figure
this out or if it is something that most people don't give any
thought to??

Just wondering.

Jac

Hi Jac,

Been trying to do that a little but sometimes even with a deeper line and softer ball, can't get the carry.  So, I do tend to go right and stay in the dirt as long as I can (with less hand) because the dirt won't change as much or nearly as fast compared to the inside oil line where everybody else is.  I call this my Walter Ray theory because even if I don't hit the ball real well, I'll have angle on my side.  Seems to be working alright...just had to develop the feel of "no feel".
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Edited on 2/6/2004 3:20 PM

I normally do not watch their line, I watch the breakpoint they are using. They may be getting there from a deeper line, or playing straighter than I would like, but if both of them are playing the same spot to hook the ball from, that is where I start.