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bowlallthetime

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Cheetah Pattern
« on: July 21, 2008, 04:01:43 PM »
Does anyone know if the Cheetah has been modified since last summer?  I bowled a PBA Experience league the previous two summers and was able to play straight up the 2nd board.  I went tonight and practiced on the Cheetah at a different center, and it was sliding a lot more than in the past years.  I wasn't sure if it was modified to make it sport compliant.  I know the first house has older synthetic lanes(15yrs old?) while my current house's lanes are 6-7 years old.  It definitely is 35ft of oil because if i tugged it, the ball jumped brooklyn real quick.  I ended up swing the ball between 2nd and 3rd arrow, out to about the 7-8 board.
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Re: Cheetah Pattern
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2008, 05:11:38 AM »
I do believe that the Cheetah pattern has been modified since the last time you bowled on it.  It's a bit flatter than it was, I think, not positive though.

But I'd say that it's more the difference in bowling centers more than anything.  Also, the lane machine could have been funky.  The lanes could have been set up wrong.  A lot of factors go into those PBA patterns.
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Re: Cheetah Pattern
« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2008, 05:36:53 AM »
If there was hang towards the outsides, then the lane machine isn't getting the last couple of boards real clean. The same thing happens in a center that holds them in my area. The same center also host a regional and they use that pattern every year there. Then there is a ton of hook at the gutter.
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Re: Cheetah Pattern
« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2008, 01:18:44 PM »
I went to the regional last weekend and it was the first time the Southern region had bowled on the new Cheetah. If there was no malfunction of the oiling machine then the NEW Cheetah is WAY different.

No dry boards on the gutter to bounce off of and very flat and SLICK in the center.
The cut was MINUS 33 I think.

It was great fun to watch. A ball thrown down the 2-3 board may peel off an head for the pocket at about FORTY SIX FEET or it may hit the SIX PIN full in the face.

I HOPE this is really the new cheetah. If so, you can throw all the old ideas about how to play Cheetah out the window.

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Re: Cheetah Pattern
« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2008, 01:28:58 PM »
All of the PBA patterns have been modified for the upcoming season, all that I know is that each pattern is going to be a foot longer, I'm not sure if they are supposed to be more slick or not.
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Re: Cheetah Pattern
« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2008, 01:46:19 PM »
If I remember correctly, they also offset the cheetah.
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Re: Cheetah Pattern
« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2008, 05:59:12 PM »
Yes, the PBA changed the Cheetah pattern.

In general, the consensus among PBA bowlers with whom I've discussed the changes seems to be that you need to get the ball to the gutter earlier on the lane. The ball won't recover if it is swung to the gutter farther down the lane.

bowlallthetime - straight up the 2 board should still work considering my above statement.  You may just need equipment that reacts sooner or use a more "up the back" release.
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Re: Cheetah Pattern
« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2008, 06:01:33 PM »
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I went to the regional last weekend and it was the first time the Southern region had bowled on the new Cheetah...The cut was MINUS 33 I think.


MC - talked to a couple of the guys about that tournament. It sounds like that surface is also pretty new on the gutter.  The PBA has definitely taken steps to tighten things up.
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