I hear a lot of people saying "the ball wouldn't make the corner" or "didn't have any pop on the backend". Was it because of carrydown? Was the ball just too strong and it was burning up? Or was the ball just too weak in general? I find it hard to believe that with the amount of friction there is at the stadium, and the fresh back-ends that balls won't make the corner. Just wondering what people were thinking about the reasons why they were seeing this. Thanks.
Chances are on the 41 foot team even, with the new oil that plays tighter than the norm we are used to, it may play like a 43 foot pattern. Chances are the balls are not strong enough on the backend because you are almost forced into using something with surface which makes the backend reaction pretty mild; not causing enough entry angle.
TWOHAND I think your statement is fairly accurate. I already bowled and to me the fronts play a little slicker(because of ICE?) than they have in past years. Because of that you may or may not catch the backend in time to get a proper reaction. More speed dominate guys like myself will probably notice this more and I could see up the back guys having issues catching the backend too. I don't think carrydown was a big factor because the lanes transition fairly slow compared to previous Nationals. I also saw no significant carrydown issues when bowling the BJ on the fresh either.
To me team played pretty close to how it did last time in Reno. Just with fewer and smaller moves required. If you're more speed dominate or more up the back you may need slightly more ball this time.
In minors I thought you could play them similar to Baton Rouge but the overall reaction was smoother/more blended, a little more push and not as much backend. I thought in BR the backends were flying and at times the shot got over/under there.
This year both shots were definitely multiple angles shots and can be attacked a few different ways. I do think it's more important this year than in previous years to play every event as a team and have a plan. I'd also recommend having a backup plan for minors in case the people not from your group you cross with do their own thing.
For reference I'm usually 17-17.5mph 275-300rpm. On sport shots I like to throw a little harder because I seem to be more accurate/comfortable doing that. So my guess is I was probably more 18-18.5 mph in Reno. I was able to throw a lane shined Marvel the entire time. I had a decent reaction with it. If I had a similar surfaced ball drilled to have a little more pop on the back I think I could've had a really good look. Other people were throwing more medium to medium-heavy balls, nothing with an insane amount of surface though. I/we shot 545-2704 team, 577-1172 doubles, 605 singles. So 1727 AE and I gave away 101 pins with a 140 start in team and a 159 last game in doubles that I attribute to two classified guys playing a different part of the lane and pushing oil out to our breakpoint. We had to move inside of them after that. So the other 7 games were OK(204 avg.) but no huge games, fairly consistent between 190-215. Overall I was happy since I was only 10 days removed from getting a cast off my sliding foot from having a broken ankle.
