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JessN16

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Is it possible to quantify "medium oil"?
« on: June 12, 2008, 12:53:18 PM »
This comes up because I see people asking for recommendations on what works best for mediums. Without knowing what your house's oil graph really is, is there any way we can get a ruling on what "medium" actually means?

Case in point, I bowl on a house that has an overall medium-light volume without much of a crown in the middle and not such a drastic wall outside. I know this because I bowl in multiple houses and in tournaments and have the benefit of experience.

But I have guys on my league that go out and buy balls that are way too strong for the conditions we have and swear we have "medium" or even "heavy" oil in our center. We do not. We just don't have a drastic wall outside, and those guys also can't tell the difference between no hook and burn-up.

I just wonder if there's a way we can all come to an agreement on some kind of definition of "medium" here, even if it's a rough definition. It would have to be a narrative definition, obviously, since only a few of us know our house's tape numbers (and I don't know mine). Or is this just a hopeless cause?

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chitown

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Re: Is it possible to quantify "medium oil"?
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2008, 08:45:21 AM »
Jess, you read it all the time on here when some one talks about building an arsenal.  They classify needing a ball for med or med/heavy or med/light ect... .   Even the ball companies will put out a ball and describe it as med or heavy or light.  One perception of med may be anothers perception of light.  So it's really difficult to classify the amount of oil on the lanes unless your talking about a flood or super dry.  You also need to consider the length of the oil aside from the amount.  So many factors involved that it's probably impossible to come up with a standard.

I think to many bowler put too much into classification.  They want a ball for med/heavy or med/light or med ect... .  When in reality all one needs are bowling balls with different cover strengths.  I wonder if these bowlers grab their med/heavy ball when they think there's med/heavy oil on the lanes?  Do they not try out there other equipment to see if they have a better look?



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