Agreed with Bob---unless you have a ton of hand. This is going to be a long response Im sure...
I go to Nats and attempt to play a fallback shot---get left, swing the ball to the 13 or 14 board at the break point with something controllable (for me). I never want something that is going to give true recovery from that break point---I was something that will roll true off that break point and not continue to hook. To me even rollout is ok---the lane will create the power.
My most success the last 2 years have been with an Ebonite Tornado polished that I could just lay off of. The ball was flippy by nature, but just laying my hand behind the ball and letting it roll---the ball would flip then stop and shred racks all day. The only problem with this ball, is once you get just a little deeper and read a little more of the lefties head oil, it gets a little squirty.
2 years ago in Reno, I had a decent amount of success with a dead sanded Tour Power. Granted I was playing 6th arrow to get the ball to the hole---but I was in the hole on every quality shot.
At Nationals thats the key, keep the ball in play. Also Bob is correct---dont play 10 board no matter how good you think you are. You will waste a whole lot of money for a very frustrating vacation. No hand---play straight up 14. Some hand that goes straight---play either straight up 14 or with a little bump to 14 depending on ball speed, or play right up 5 (need to be really sharp to do this---misses are 3 counts or washouts all the time). If you have alot of hand and can play deep, do it. Some guys who crank the ball, go out there thinking they can play the same line they do at their local centers---they make for good laughs---watching them miss the head pin right, followed by missing the head pin left on the spare. Then they go greek church. Its a whole different ball game. If you dont think outside the box (or wall when it comes to bowling) there, you wont do well.
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