Hello to all, and thank's to everyone who answered to this. Well, i've tried just about everything in my garage, so tomorrow at league I'm going to try the following.

1 v2 particle,polished 1 1/2 inch pin
2 v2 reactive, polished 2 3/4 inch pin
3 v2 pearl reactive polished 4" pin
4 v2 dry particle polished 4" pin

I'm hoping to just outscore my son, I only beat him by 14 stick's last week.




he rolled his first 500 series at the age of 10 I just hope I can keep up with him
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Mr. Old School
If you can't swing it, Your probally throwing brunswick!

heres some things ive learned over time that you can do:

drill something pin axis... takes the core out of the equation and should push you further right and straighter as the core wont want to tip up as the ball encounters friction.

OR

have some extender polish put on one of your balls. it will reduce the friction the ball sees more then just regular polish.

and

come up the back of the ball like you talked about. coming more to the side of the ball would promote more skid but also a more violent reaction off of the dry... not so easy to control that on a walled up THS.


I used to cry and moan when the lanes were hard but one of my team mates was always bowling in the 2-teens... so I kept watching his game and realized that hes using equipment not much different then I was... so whats his secret. his release! he was generating the right amount of tilt and staying behind the ball which helped to blend out the pattern.



BUT I do feel your pain. VERY dry lanes can really be a true pain in the butt when it comes to reactive bowling balls. I live in NJ and oily lanes are hard to come by.... thankfully a couple of lanes have been putting out a decent shot.

I've been bowling for 44 years, and i can't belive that, in all the equipment that I've bought, I'm using some that I've haven't used in 6-8 years! I can't understand that the place were I bowl, Can't put a decent shot out!

Have you asked them about it.  We give out lane information sheets on request.
Be prepared.  Centers hear a lot from people that can only play up the second arrow.  If you keep your cool and speak with them intelligently most centers will work with you.  If you come off as an idiot you will be treated badly.  If you are nice you will most likely be treated good.

This is so frustrating to me, That they should sell lower priced bowling balls, and not deceived the public.

People walk into a pro shop and say "sell me a ball that hooks".  My response is tell me about your game and how you want it to react.  If I get an "I don't know" we can go to the lane and look but in the 15 minutes watching you it's hard to tell your complete bowling life history.  Many cases people read the hype, expect that the gee wiz bang ball is going to turn them into Wes Malott or Tommy Jones regardless of their ability.  I would say well over 75% of the general bowling public doe not know anything about equipment they throw or are looking to buy.  They also have a very poor amount of knowledge on lane conditions.  Many pro shop customers want a corvette and will not be happy unless they get one.  When it doesn't work it is easier to lay blame on the shop.

These lanes just a few years ago used to be the best lanes in town...Not anymore...in my opinion and by the way, they do have oil up front, but there very dry. or squeaky clean in the back! What I think is a good shot, ISn't! Not only i'm I frustrated by the shot for two weeks in a row the right lane has a bit more oil, the left hook more!

This is very normal.  The heads contain most of the oil and the backends are dry on almost every bowling lane in the world.  Asking for a lane spec sheet would help with this.  Have you been taken down the lane and inspected it with the center staff?  Have you compared other peoples averages over the last 2 to 3 years?  Lanes on a pair can have differences and it is common.  I know of centers that rotate open play.  One month it is all done on the right lane the next is the left lane.  many centers have a 2 board shot difference between lanes.

Many people become very frustrated with the sport from time to time.  Proprietors do not make things bad just to piss customers off.  There are simple reasons for many common center issues.  The more knowledge a bowler has the better they score and the happier they are.  

Smash49
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Smash49

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Good God I wish I had the patience to type this stuff out. Thank you Smash.  Great points on how a center and proshop works.  Bowling centers aren't trying to purposfully mess with bowlers.  There are reasons why things are happening why they are.  


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try a pin axis drilling...