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lilpossum1

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When to move inside?
« on: September 06, 2015, 11:01:36 PM »
I never know if I should move in. I don't know if I should risk moving to an inside line because I don't know if the ball will recover. How do you guys know when to make a big jump inside? (5-10 boards inside with feet)
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tommyboy74

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Re: When to move inside?
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2015, 11:36:22 PM »
If you're playing outside, a few ways to tell are if you leave multiple flat 10's, have a ball that is overreacting on a pattern if it caves in, flat 8-10 splits.  There are a lot of variables.  Are you noticing this on a specific type of pattern?

One example I can show of this is here (fast forward to 57:00- this from the match of Stu Williams vs Mike Fagan where Stu Williams eventually has to jump about 15 boards left and switch to a Marvel-S with a different layout because the pattern caved).
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lilpossum1

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Re: When to move inside?
« Reply #2 on: September 07, 2015, 01:05:48 AM »
The shot I bowl on is unpredictable. Lanes are stripped two days a week (tuesdays completely stripped and the back 15 stripped on thursdays.) On the thursday league, I started out throwing my forza and downballed to my primal rage in the second game because the forza was burning up and had more success. Then I jumped 5 boards left with my feet and had a better reaction than I had all night. Tonight I fought bad reaction all night with my Misfit pearl and primal rage. If I moved a couple boards left with my misfit I flat 10'd and bucketed. If I moved right, I went through the nose. After a couple games of practice, I brought out my rage, moved left 5 boards or so at the arrows, and struck out. I didn't think the ball would even recover from out there, let alone have enough angle to carry.
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SVstar34

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Re: When to move inside?
« Reply #3 on: September 07, 2015, 02:43:51 AM »
To me it's something you just have to learn on your own. There is no magic formula.

One thing that helped me with learning when to jump in was just practicing playing inside. Once you can trust yourself and your ball reaction it becomes easier to jump inside
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Re: When to move inside?
« Reply #4 on: September 07, 2015, 07:32:39 AM »
If you don't have a good reaction outside, you have very little to lose trying a frame or two inside.  Make an educated guess based on your equipment and where others are playing and trust the shot.  If you don't commit to it you might make a bad shot and fool yourself into think there's nothing there.

Depending on practice time, you should always throw a few shots in different part of the lanes just to see what's there.  Especially since you said the lanes might be very different from week to week based on their maintenance schedule.
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Re: When to move inside?
« Reply #5 on: September 07, 2015, 07:39:29 AM »
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avabob

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Re: When to move inside?
« Reply #6 on: September 07, 2015, 12:31:36 PM »
Agree, notmagic formula.  One thing I have preached for years.  On house shots, start with a tame ball when you are playing out.  When it is time to move in then go with something stronger ( strong pearl, or solid depending on your style ).  Too many people start with a strong ball on fresh oil, and box themselves in by trying to switch to a tamer ball as the shot opens up.  One other thing I never do is try to go weaker in order not to move in. 

Bottom line it is not that complicated.  Don't start with your aggressive ball outside.  When the ball starts to hook early, or burn in the midlane, move in and go to something that is stronger off the spot.
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