hes also taking into account the generally higher rev rates of higher level bowlers in scratch leagues.

Conditions and equipment being used are what always dictates move and how much you move. You the bowler need to watch ball reaction and whether it's coming in high or light make your move from that, if it's in the pocket you don't need to make a move.

Better bowlers "should" be more accurate, and given using the ball that gives you the best chance to score at all times, whether it's pearl or solid, and making only lateral moves, that doesn't sound like a bad number.  The more accurate you are, the faster you burn up your line.  The more aggressive the ball, it burns it up that much faster, and when you have several people on the same line, it disappears pretty quickly.  There are a lot of ways to avoid this, but when he says typically, he means typically, and I'd say it's an accurate statement. 

To combat this, I usually start out with a ball that's not quite hooking as much as I would prefer so that when the shot starts drying out by the end of the first game, I can ride it the rest of the night and move as little as possible.  The other thing I do is to play where nobody else is playing.  Got a lot of crankers on the pair, I'll go straight down 2nd arrow, lot of strokers, I'll get in deep.  I don't like moving or especially changing balls (just because I don't like taking a couple frame hit every game while I'm dialing everything back in) if I don't have to, so if you apply a little strategy, you can avoid going 250-150-250 in favor of 230-230-230. 

I would say Mr. Barnes estimates are right on point. If you are trying to play the lane successfully and average 220+ then 8-10 boards is simply a minimum of boards to move. All of the above descriptions are accurate ways of initiating proper lane play.

I tend to watch all equipment being thrown on the lanes as I bowl, as well as the lines each person is using. Funny thing about this....I was talking to a friend of mine about this very thing last week. He told me that this was wayy too much effort to put out, just to bowl well. My reply to him was, "  bowling is about discipline and execution. Since you have been in a two year funk, you obviously have neither". I can say stuff like this to my friend without him blowing an absolute gasket, because we have known one another forever......and, deep down, he knows it's true.