Why is it that the PBA tells the pros what pattern they are bowling on?  I mean I bowl alot of tournaments and a few tell you, but for the most part you have to go in and see how you ball reacts.  For example this week in Chambersburg, they had their monthly tournament and its usually always high-scoring, however they decided to put some oil to the left and right, still not too tough, but didn't have the bump to the right and left.  Now the lane man, pro shop and operator and maybe a few others knew this, which probably isn't right, but they still have to throw the ball.  We get 15 mins of practice, after which 4 mins of I realized real quick not to get the ball outside 5, not real hard to figure out.  Ive never heard so much complaining about its not fair and they should tell the bowlers.  Why do people think this?  Doesn't it make it more challenging when you actually have to move around and find something, other then stand left chuck it right?

The PBA are suppose to be the best, so why tell them.  Why not let them lug around balls for all the patterns like most bowlers do then practice and figured out whats best.  I mean if you tell me hey the shark pattern is out, i can sure leave my tornado at home, but in the tournaments I bowl in, including some of the megabuck tournaments (Mini told the patterns this summer), we have no clue whats out there.  We throw shots, make a choice and go from there.  Maybe its just me, but itd be nice to see the "best" in the world actually have to come in and make good educated guesses and ball choices.  Are they afraid that the lane man might love WRW and tell him what the pattern is, so they just tell everyone?  What is the logic behind this? I mean they get a day to practice to figure things out, isnt that enough?

Just my opinion
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"Typical House Bowler"

I run a center, bowled for 15 plus years now, im pretty knowledgable.  The knowledgable people would know how to play the lanes, by watching ball reactions.  Why shouldn't they have to carry around the balls?  I carry 8-10 whereever I go, because I don't know what to expect.  I ship out 6 when I goto vegas.  You say they figure it out in a few frames, then how come scores are low on a US Open pattern?  To me its because you have 200 amatuers playing all over, which changes the shot and how each lane is played and the cream of the crop always comes to the top in those events, because they know how to adjust and adapt.  To me its more a challenge not knowing or at least having an idea of where to start.  I guess to me it would be more exciting seeing them have to make guesses instead of having an idea of where to play the lanes.
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"Typical House Bowler"

I see your point, but im one of those guys you mentioned.  I run the center, do the lanes, but I still gotta throw the shots even if I do know the pattern and half of your local tournament bowlers have no idea what they are looking at anyway on the graphs lol.  I just think bowling would be better if people had to come in and make moves on their own without knowing where the pattern is suppose to play at.  Just my opinion though.
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"Typical House Bowler"

Me personally, I could give a crap on what the oil pattern is...  sometimes I'm better off NOT knowing cuz then i dont think about hey, its a sport shot or w/e.
I'd rather just bowl and just keep it in my head, that the OB is about board 8 or so.  

And like others have said, during your practice time, your going to figure out what works and what doesnt for a shot.  

But it does make me laugh when the "mob" complains about not being able to hook off the gutter when they send it wide, or how they cant score or bla bla bla.  Just deal with it, everyone else is.  


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