Anybody have any? In a vast majority of league nights, I start out with my first game being good, the second game goes down the pooper, then in have an average or below average third game.

If you can't read your own ball motion, watch everyone else on the pair. Sometimes it's easier to see if you aren't involved. Pay attention to at least a couple of bowlers ahead of you in the lineup, if they start coming in high or having slow 4's, then you probably should adjust before you throw your ball. If you see a split, check out the other lanes, if there is more than one, then you know the transition has happened and you can adjust before your next shot.

Watch your ball and how it goes through the pins, from where in the head pin it hit to where the ball ends up at the pin deck.

With todays balls, it is very important to be aware of where other guys are playing the shot before you have problems.  If you have a lot of power guys on the pair, and you play straighter, the moves can be tough. If you are playing the shot where the other guys are, then it is simpler, but you still have to be aware that things are going to keep getting deeper.  Biggest mistake I make, and I see a lot of guys do this, is that the first sign of a transition often comes on a shot that you throw less than perfect.  You tend to blame yourself, and not move because you think the bad shot caused the problem

This is a good representation of what I see. I've been struggling in the 3rd game of our men's league lately and I'll throw a fairly bad ball and don't move because I feel like the shot is still there. By the time I make the move, it's a couple frames too late.

Ok let me correct myself. I have troubles with transition in one house. I am better in every other house I bowl in because I can adjust in those houses. In this house, they are oiled with a squirt bottle and mop on top of the existing shot. They completely strip the lanes on Tuesday and the back 15 or so on Thursdays. I can read the lane and adjust when I sub in Thursday's, but every move I make on Sunday's always seems to be the wrong move. If I start going heavy, I move left and the ball doesn't recover. I speed up a little and I throw it through the breakpoint. Last night, I started out with a 238 first game without a good reaction starting around 4th frame. Frame after frame, I noticed my ball going longer and longer before turning over, but it kept coming back and the pins kept slapping each other around on weak hits, so I never moved. When I finally left a weak 7, I moved right a little and I couldn't keep it from going through the head pin and splitting. I tried slowing down a little with the same result. I moved left thinking maybe the ball is burning up, and I missed the head pin to the right. I finished out the game with a 150 something. I brought out urethane for the third game thinking it would be damage control and shot a 205. My main ball is a primal rage and I love it in other houses, but it doesn't seem to be my meal ticket on this shot. I tried sanding it down for a little more control, but all it does is 9 count for me.

Sounds like carry down issue...ever try balling up? ...on the fun leagues I bowl that have a lot of plastic players..I tend to ball up half way through game2

Give it a go and let us know how it goes

The problem with this type of pattern is that it turns into a tight track shot a couple of days after the strip.  You end up having to play it much like the pros play the long badger pattern.  Best way is what we use to call a fall back shot where you need to keep your break point inside 10 board as you move in from the heads breaking down .  Very difficult for people who have grown up on the modern condition where there is always lots of friction to the right and down lane.