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302efi

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Is this really a 39ft flat sport shot ?
« on: April 21, 2008, 04:28:58 AM »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HYGwaXrAok&feature=related

Can anyone verify this ?
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Re: Is this really a 39ft flat sport shot ?
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2008, 12:32:19 PM »
Was there a referee around?  Alot of double dribbling going uncalled.
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Re: Is this really a 39ft flat sport shot ?
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2008, 12:37:06 PM »
It would be hard to verify the lane conditions, but with the way he was lofting and double dribbling, not hitting the same spot over and over again I would doubt that it is a 39 ft sport shot.  Those balls hanging on the 1 board would have been in the gutter if it were, and that was a lot of room for error which doesn't exist on a sport shot.

The only way I would say it is a sport shot was that it was oiled, and then had 1 full set of league on it, and everyone was playing 15 or 20 out to about 5.  The the pair would have possibly been broken down enough to get the ball to have that much room for error.

Just my opinion though...
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Re: Is this really a 39ft flat sport shot ?
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2008, 12:44:47 PM »
The fact that it says it's a 5 to 5 sport shot, makes me believe BS.  Never seen a sport shot advertised as being flat from 5 to 5.  

Defeats the purpose of a flat shot, really.

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Re: Is this really a 39ft flat sport shot ?
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2008, 12:55:07 PM »
Sport Shot? lol
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Re: Is this really a 39ft flat sport shot ?
« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2008, 02:07:44 PM »
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The fact that it says it's a 5 to 5 sport shot, makes me believe BS.  Never seen a sport shot advertised as being flat from 5 to 5.  

Defeats the purpose of a flat shot, really.


I did not watch the video, and I am not defending anyone. I just wanted to comment on the remarks above. If you have a 3:1 ratio (sport compliant), you could have 15 units from 5 to 5, and 5 units outside of 5. The ratio is the important factor in determining a legitimate pattern. Sport patterns are rarely completely flat...just alot flatter than a THS pattern!
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Re: Is this really a 39ft flat sport shot ?
« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2008, 02:11:32 PM »
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I did not watch the video, and I am not defending anyone. I just wanted to comment on the remarks above. If you have a 3:1 ratio (sport compliant), you could have 15 units from 5 to 5, and 5 units outside of 5. The ratio is the important factor in determining a legitimate pattern. Sport patterns are rarely completely flat...just alot flatter than a THS pattern!



I agree with you.  Watch the video...Must be negative units outside of 5!  LOL!


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Re: Is this really a 39ft flat sport shot ?
« Reply #7 on: April 21, 2008, 07:29:20 PM »
Absolutely not.  The guy has three boards of area and they all have arrows on them.  Of course, according to some, those kind of revs are all that matter, so maybe he's able to make a hard shot look easy.  
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Re: Is this really a 39ft flat sport shot ?
« Reply #8 on: April 21, 2008, 09:16:46 PM »
if that was a "flat" pattern no way he'd have the amount of area as he did in that video. Guy didnt come within 5 boards of the previous shot at the breakpoint. So my answer would be there is such thing as 39ft, pattern with 1:1 ratio but this would not be it

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Re: Is this really a 39ft flat sport shot ?
« Reply #9 on: April 21, 2008, 09:49:13 PM »
...and to think of all people in THIS THREAD are crying USBC make a sportshot the regular lane condition ..lol
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Re: Is this really a 39ft flat sport shot ?
« Reply #10 on: April 21, 2008, 09:50:03 PM »
inverted your wrong...its the 2.0 oz of top wt that makes this madman strike so much....
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Re: Is this really a 39ft flat sport shot ?
« Reply #11 on: April 21, 2008, 09:51:46 PM »
Pin under ring with CG kicked, correct ?
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Re: Is this really a 39ft flat sport shot ?
« Reply #12 on: April 21, 2008, 09:52:31 PM »
actually not at all, me being for one that i am not "crying" about usbc to make a sport pattern a regular league condition. It would make it better in tournaments yes to show your actual abaility but in leagues would never work. Too many people wanna average 230 and not practice,thats what that comes down to

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Re: Is this really a 39ft flat sport shot ?
« Reply #13 on: April 21, 2008, 09:53:01 PM »
If it's oiled 5 to 5, it's not flat.

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Re: Is this really a 39ft flat sport shot ?
« Reply #14 on: April 21, 2008, 10:00:41 PM »
on a flat pattern those gutter bumps wouldn't be bumps they would be simply channel balls. i don't care how many revs you got on a flat sport pattern getting that far out at halfway down the lane it ain't gonna come back. i doubt many pros could get that reaction from that far out.