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earlyrolling

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I am a righty (higher speed and higher revs) and I need pearl / hybrid that is clean thru front & mids but strong on the back and able to handle (overcome) a hang spot downlane.  Any suggestions?

 

HankScorpio

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Is it a hang spot, or an overblock THS with a heavy puddle in the middle, no oil on the outside, and very little taper? Very different answers.

I bowl second shift on an overblocked THS, it can be an absolute terror. Slowing down on a tough overblock may not be the answer, it can really exacerbate the overreaction off the dry boards (especially second shift after the no handers bowled 3 games with their oil monsters).

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I like the suggestion of squaring up and playing as long pattern.
I don't have a rolly pearl.  I have an undrilled pin up BWGold and a drilled pin down pearl Shout, the latter of which seems too weak.  I do have a RICO Hyroad I could try (once I get the thumb fit adjusted). Another option would be to take my pin down original GameBreaker or Optimus Solid down to 4K.  Thoughts?

First thought: how can the BW Gold be undrilled AND pin up?

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First thought: how can the BW Gold be undrilled AND pin up?

Sorry, what I wanted to say is that I plan to drill it pin up (above bridge), with everything else stacked below.

earlyrolling

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Is it a hang spot, or an overblock THS with a heavy puddle in the middle, no oil on the outside, and very little taper? Very different answers.

I bowl second shift on an overblocked THS, it can be an absolute terror. Slowing down on a tough overblock may not be the answer, it can really exacerbate the overreaction off the dry boards (especially second shift after the no handers bowled 3 games with their oil monsters).

Now that you put it that way, this 44ft pattern does seem like an overblock THS with a heavy puddle in the middle and no oil on the outside, and a fat taper.  Game one I could roll over the 10-board at arrows and get it out to the 1-board downlane and the ball would hit high flush. 2nd game the outside became too dry but when I tried to move in (still swinging ball to right) to avoid the dry (now anything right of 5-board) I hit either the fat taper or some carrydown (one bowler threw urethane for half a game) and ball blew past the breakpoint. When I moved in deeper, I could not get any equipment to turn the corner (nothing pearl except the pin-down Shout).  So next time I will square up and adjust speed if needed.