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timisu87

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More PBA patterns
« on: April 14, 2008, 02:15:40 PM »
Is anyone getting tired of seeing the same 5 oil patterns that they lay out?

There are definitely harder patterns out there.
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EdKramarcak

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Re: More PBA patterns
« Reply #1 on: April 14, 2008, 11:06:01 PM »
I recently bowled in a tournament with the 5 new patterns for next year.

Squirrel
Skunk
Groundhog
Donkey
Frog

I bowled best on the Donkey and the Squirrel.....
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Hogsharley

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Re: More PBA patterns
« Reply #2 on: April 14, 2008, 11:07:58 PM »
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I recently bowled in a tournament with the 5 new patterns for next year.

Squirrel
Skunk
Groundhog
Donkey
Frog

I bowled best on the Donkey and the Squirrel.....


Do you stink on the Skunk?
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Re: More PBA patterns
« Reply #3 on: April 14, 2008, 11:11:24 PM »
Kind of like a chinese calendar.

  When do we get the pig, rooster, rat, snake, and dog?
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tenpin477

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Re: More PBA patterns
« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2008, 01:51:49 PM »
I definately agree its time for the PBA to change its oil patterns. Weve had these patterns for quite some time now, although they didn't always have the same name. I know they do some tweaking year after year to make them a little bit different, but I think its time for a total revamp of the patterns, Majors excluded such as the 50 foot TOC and the US Open.
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Re: More PBA patterns
« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2008, 02:57:35 PM »
CHEETAH every week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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livespive

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Re: More PBA patterns
« Reply #6 on: April 15, 2008, 03:22:06 PM »
New format for the TV finals...

Each game is bowled across 5 pairs with each pattern,
but the patters are not the same on each pair, but there are 2
of each of the five. Bowlers alternate starting on a pair.  You can choose
3 balls to bring with you from pair to pair.

Should you strike on frame 10 you move to the bonus pair which could be ANYTHING.

Needs to be random, no more "Oh it's the shark this week, so the players are playing like this in the finals."

More like "Oh, I bet Tommy Jones wishes he used plastic on that shot."

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Re: More PBA patterns
« Reply #7 on: April 15, 2008, 06:13:12 PM »
That was completely retarded lmao.
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A K A

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Re: More PBA patterns
« Reply #8 on: April 15, 2008, 06:28:10 PM »
Can't wait to see the "Angry Dragon" pattern next year!
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BrianCRX90

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Re: More PBA patterns
« Reply #9 on: April 15, 2008, 09:35:57 PM »
On stepladder finals, the higher seed gets the choice of using the lane condition that is out there or is allowed to call in a lane man and have the lanes stripped and oiled to his/her exact specification. You can make the left lane one way and the right lane another way or you can have both the same.
You can have the lanes easy like a AMF typical short oil house shot or you can ask for the Cheetah pattern, or you can ask to have heavy oil outside of 10 but nothing in the middle for 40 feet or you can ask to strip the lanes and don't oil at all. That would be interesting!

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shelley

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Re: More PBA patterns
« Reply #10 on: April 15, 2008, 09:42:01 PM »
I like that they use the same pattern for the show as during the week.  This business of random patterns for each frame or re-oiling the lanes just the way one person likes it is just a gimmick.

I don't like that they practice and warm up on the TV pair.  There are dozens of pairs they could use to warm up, even an extra pair on the show as a backup.  Use those.  Then four or five balls on each lane right before the match.

I would like to see, say, 8 or 10 patterns and the PBA chooses five to use for the season.  Next season, keep some and change the rest.  Using the same five patterns for basically the last five or six years is too long.

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Re: More PBA patterns
« Reply #11 on: April 16, 2008, 07:29:12 AM »
I'd like to see new patterns that played more like the Cheetah.  I find the Cheetah to be the most different of the 5 named patterns that are used now, as it maximizes the boards near the gutter and not the track area.  Maybe there should be a pattern or two that are flatter in the back, or a straight up reverse block.
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Re: More PBA patterns
« Reply #12 on: April 16, 2008, 08:41:19 AM »
I think that they need to add 1 or 2 patterns that force the players to go around it a bit more.   For the most part, straighter is greater on 4 of the 5 animal patterns in today's PBA unless the lane surface dictates otherwise.
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Re: More PBA patterns
« Reply #13 on: April 16, 2008, 07:38:18 PM »
quote:
 monkey pattern


the start of racism in the PBA?
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Re: More PBA patterns
« Reply #14 on: April 16, 2008, 08:57:06 PM »
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I definately agree its time for the PBA to change its oil patterns. Weve had these patterns for quite some time now, although they didn't always have the same name. I know they do some tweaking year after year to make them a little bit different, but I think its time for a total revamp of the patterns, Majors excluded such as the 50 foot TOC and the US Open.


50 foot TOC shot? did you watch the tournament this year? definitely NOT 50 foot. if that shot was 50 foot our shot must be 20 foot.
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