Here's a question from what I saw the other day.

While we know that BowlTV will not be showing any live streams of the USBC Open, they didn't say anything of any single shot clips being posted; one of which was recently put on the USBC's Facebook page of Brianna Cote taking on the pattern.

Now, while you can't tell if that was in Team or D/S, the fact that you can see an actual shot being thrown says a lot about the tournament in itself.

So here's the question: how much would you take out of one shot being thrown, especially for this tournament? I ask, because this and a few other short clips may be all that you'll see in regards to preparation for taking on the pattern.

BL.

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Nationals is pretty much the same from year to year. It's not a house shot, so the house shot heroes get flustered, start flinging charcoal down 12, shimwreck themselves, fry, and cry about how better bowlers are ruining what is a fun tournament.

It's not a super tough pattern anytime. It's just lane management and working as a team. Teamwork when it comes to bowling is more than just figuring out which bowler goes when.

A lot of guys have a fundamental issue shooting 580. It wasnt until I learned if me shooting 580-600 leads to 3 of my teammates slamming 730s+, im ok with that. Playing straight isnt my forte, I just try to be patient so I can get in and bang on it.

As long as you don't push the all button in brackets, that's fine. #backtherighthorse

 Max the brackets and split 5 ways.

Now that's real teamwork.

I can't think of another way to do it.

You don't bowl with a bunch of douchebags then!!

Not trying to argue here, as I understand your point, but it's been over 40 feet more than once.  Been going for 16 years or so.  A quick google search and it was longer than that in 2011 and 2014.  And that was with the few patterns I've found.   

I'm actually surprised they've kept it a secret as well as they have.  I figure that a little more info will leak out as the tournament progresses.  Still, almost every year it seems like 8-10 at the tracer is about the right place for people to score, except for the few people who will swear that there is a shot outside of 5.