BallReviews
General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: 12XSECH on October 19, 2013, 07:04:44 AM
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This is a 35 foot pattern. Is it the same as the Cheetah? I have a tournament coming up but dont know anyone that ever bowled on this. I saw on youtube on of the team USA members said use something pin down with surface and to play up the gutter. This sounds like Cheetah...anyone know the difference?
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If memory serves it is drier than the cheetah. I remember struggling on it lol
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I played it pretty similar to Cheetah. I used a ball that was clean through the front and not too sharp on the back using a very flat hand position and played a small swing to around the 3-4 board. Sometimes I could move in during transition, sometimes I used my XXXL and stayed right. The volume did seem a little less than Cheetah, so the transition was sooner and harder.
I forget with Beijing, but many short patterns have a high volume of oil, so shiny balls aren't always best. They tend to ever skid then over hook.
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This is not a "real condition".... :P ;)
The idea here is to get the ball to bleed off some energy early so it doesn't freak out on the back end and is more controllable. There is a decent volume of oil on cheetah so if the version you're seeing has less volume you may switch to stuff with more of a shine to it. The ball will tell you, look to your ball and what it's telling you.
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It plays almost like a "Modified THS", 1-5 is gone in the fronts, and inside doesn't really hold without a smooth ball motion. I remember using my Motiv Thrash and having a really good look until the lanes tightened up and then it was night night. Didn't tighten up a lot but just enough to wrap corners and create over/under. As long as you have something smoother in your bag with a little surface, you should be able to blend the pattern well.
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Here ya go. Not many people better than this guy at lining people up.
http://www.bowluclassroom.com/membersonly/index.php/lane-play/pattern-thoughts?id=216