well I don't know how BAD my highschool home lanes are compared to all of yours, but nonetheless just terrible. This is Plaza Lanes in Madison, NJ.. The lanes are BONE dry, literally. Word is if you hit the 1 board it will take off, and through my experience it caused some last minute snap when going for the 7 pin (im a lefty) and on some occasions the 10 pin. Splits that you never thought could happen literally happen. My teammates and I always convo about how if you make a good shot, your likely to get a ridiculous split, or flush shots that are gone to waste with 7/10 pins. While on the other hand, if you throw a relatively bad shot then your going to strike regardless (fluffers, etc.).
Eh don't get me started on the pin resetters. At my home lanes (during the off-season when theres no high-school bowling) I'm used to going 10-15 seconds and the pins are up and ready to go. But at Madison, literally every time it takes at LEAST 30 seconds to a minute to get reset, which gets frustrating after awhile. BUT, the worse part of all is that every match I go to, theres always a couple breakdowns . For instance, I'm working on a turkey and when I get up to the lane it just jams, therefore causing maybe a 10-15 minute repair. Also, theres the occasional "the pin setter didn't pick up the head pin" or blah causing you to reset it over and over, just terrible.
