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TJ Jr

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2012 Pattern released
« on: February 10, 2012, 06:59:13 AM »
Looks a fair amount flatter.  First off the top of the head thought is scores will be lower than last years.

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Re: 2012 Pattern released
« Reply #16 on: February 16, 2012, 03:43:58 PM »
It not only looks like serious sport condition, it also looks almost totally balanced left to right.
I thought in the past, the lefties' side had slightly  more dry mostly because there are so many fewer lefties. Now it seems to be the same board for board, or did I read it wrong??
 
I think scores are going to be  lower than many recent years.
 
Also 26 ml is a good amount of oil, more than most house shots see regularly.
 


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Re: 2012 Pattern released
« Reply #17 on: February 16, 2012, 05:31:27 PM »
We put it down today just to have a guy test it for us. The Nexus solid was a great ball playing up about 7-8, but if he missed left it was real ugly!!! lol He had the best look with a pin down Wicked with surface, but once again misses right or left was ugly!!! lol The Nexus is pin above the bridge and when he played straight up the boards, he had a really good look!!! He tried moving left and playing like our house shot and missed the head pin!! It's a very flat pattern with oil from 2 board right to 2 board left. The left and right sides are basically the same!! Just my $.02, Bruce


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Re: 2012 Pattern released
« Reply #18 on: February 18, 2012, 09:11:32 PM »
2 feet shorter and lower overall volume?  I like it so far. 
 
The NBS is ProAnvilane, Baton Rouge is ProLane.  Anyone know the difference?  


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Re: 2012 Pattern released
« Reply #19 on: February 19, 2012, 12:03:59 PM »
Fascinating interview with Mo Pinel on Above180.com ... link in my blog:




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Re: 2012 Pattern released
« Reply #20 on: February 19, 2012, 12:10:34 PM »
Interesting...thanks for the link.

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Re: 2012 Pattern released
« Reply #21 on: February 19, 2012, 12:44:06 PM »
Judging from the pattern settings, going straight outside board 6 with a medium-strong near axis-drilled ball makes sense to me. Transition should be slower out there than elsewhere.
 


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Re: 2012 Pattern released
« Reply #22 on: February 19, 2012, 04:46:47 PM »
not what we saw at all during league last week.
the rightys started out 10-7, then moved in form there and did OK for the first night.
I bowled with Eric P and we were 12-8 and the 2 of us lost the heads by the 7th or 8th frame of game 2


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Re: 2012 Pattern released
« Reply #23 on: February 19, 2012, 07:32:55 PM »
Good lord....we're talking about a pretty normal tough 39 foot pattern.  I don't think trick drillings are necessary.  People please don't lose your minds...use some surface, and the look will be pretty straight around 8...chase it in from there.
 
jensm wrote on 2/19/2012 1:44 PM:
Judging from the pattern settings, going straight outside board 6 with a medium-strong near axis-drilled ball makes sense to me. Transition should be slower out there than elsewhere.
 


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Re: 2012 Pattern released
« Reply #24 on: February 19, 2012, 07:50:36 PM »
Russell, I think the pattern will play a little more right than that.  Nothing silly like fresh Cheetah but something around 3-6 or so.  What I've found to be most interesting is the fact that is that balling down seems to be as much in the plans as migrating left.  Playing the lanes like a left-handed player seems to be a decent idea.  I've got a four ball arsenal I'm trying out this week in a house that's traditionally provided a close representation of the Open pattern.  We'll all see quite soon what works best for each of our games.  When are you guys bowling and do you get a webcast like last season?

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Re: 2012 Pattern released
« Reply #25 on: February 19, 2012, 07:59:26 PM »
You could be right, when I first saw the graph I thought there might be something around 5/6, but my normal group went this weekend and it seems that there wasn't much they saw out there.  I had to bow out of my normal group because my wife was due our 3rd little one on the 15th.  I have another group put together and we're probably going July 3rd and 4th.
 
I think if you have a group of "players" together, the target will be to blow it up further right, but for most bowlers not used to seeing there ball anywhere remotely right of second arrow, playing straight up 5 will be asking a lot.


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Re: 2012 Pattern released
« Reply #26 on: February 19, 2012, 08:53:13 PM »
One thing's for sure, if I hear "pattern minus 31' one more time, I'm gonna punch a baby.  Go ahead, try that on this pattern and you're gonna have 8-9 other guys that'll be in pattern hell after about 8-10 frames.

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Re: 2012 Pattern released
« Reply #27 on: February 19, 2012, 08:58:21 PM »
The trouble with playing to far right is the pattern has 6 loads outside and 1 load on the others. If you get to far right the ball would hang and if your angle got right any the ball jumped left of the head pin. Pulled shots were ugly and if you played straighter up the boards about 7-8 you had a good reaction, but don't miss right!!! Surface is the key and the guys that had success were med range balls with surface about 1500 and 2000.


Train a child up in the way they should go and when they are old they will do some "Damn Good Bowling", be a "DV8" and not turn from it, besides bowling starts with a Big B!


 


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Re: 2012 Pattern released
« Reply #28 on: February 19, 2012, 09:30:09 PM »
No doubt, Bruce.  It's gonna be a rough first 8-10 frames with the proper surface to help pave the way for more success in games two & three.  I think that migrating left this year will be infinitely harder with larger jumps than normal due to the volume of head oil in relation to the end of the pattern.  I think it will be more necessary to ball down and create an arsenal contest for those with well-rounded choices in their bag.  Minors?  Flip a coin...lol

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Re: 2012 Pattern released
« Reply #29 on: February 19, 2012, 09:33:03 PM »

 
Dave81644 wrote on 2/19/2012 5:46 PM:
not what we saw at all during league last week.
the rightys started out 10-7, then moved in form there and did OK for the first night.
I bowled with Eric P and we were 12-8 and the 2 of us lost the heads by the 7th or 8th frame of game 2


For what it's worth I can assure you the national patterns in centers with the same surface will not be close. I like to practice on it though because it helps you get ready. But, you have to be open minded when you get there and not get set into doing what you did on the pattern in your center.
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Hoselrockets

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Re: 2012 Pattern released
« Reply #30 on: February 19, 2012, 09:38:40 PM »
It's also brand new Pro Anvilane this year so there is going to be a big difference just due to the surface of the lane it's self.

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