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10 In The Pit Pro Shop

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Trouble in old wood house....
« on: October 04, 2008, 02:21:21 AM »
Alright guys... I'm having extreme trouble bowling in a old wood house..

The shot varies from low end to high end... all of the scoring seems to come from the low end of the house, and we have been on the high end, and will continue to be on the high end for the whole first half.

The trouble im finding is that the lanes are fried.. its always like bowling on a reverse block. The middles are fried, and there is some oil on the outside.. This house changes from frame to frame... and you must stay on top of the adjustments.. I would like to play a little straighter and i am having trouble thinking of a ball to drill up with this case..

I have been throwing a Raid ( drilled 12 o clock 4 1/2 from PAP) and its too much.. than tried throwing a polished raw hammer anger ( 4" from PAP, and 2000 abralon with light polish) and thats too much..  toward the end of the night carrydown starts to happen, and ive been switching to a Morich leverage (500 abralon and 3 3/8 from PAP) and playing about 20-10 and it has been working..

what im looking for is to play more up the boards, and all of my stuff is way too aggressive and too much ball.. THe leverage is ok.. but found the ball is burning up way to early..

any ball recommendations, and drillings would be GREATLY appreciated!

Thanks for reading,

Brandon..
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Re: Trouble in old wood house....
« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2008, 11:58:49 AM »
Got Bean's? The stuff works great for length and still has the back end needed for finishing. Put it on with a spinner for best results.
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Re: Trouble in old wood house....
« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2008, 12:07:13 PM »
why does it have to be something new?  Surely you must have some mellower equipment you can pull out of the closet...

Too many people forget that stuff from even as recent as a decade ago can work great in most house environments and that even the older urethane gets the job done in the situation described by OP...
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Re: Trouble in old wood house....
« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2008, 01:53:43 PM »
Sounds close to the conditions I bowled on this summer.  Oil gone from the front half by the 5th frame of the first game, only to appear further down the lane.  Lots and lots of friction.  Impossible to adjust fast enough to stay in oil.

Most consistent look was an old Ebonite Turbo Urethane with heavy polish straight up 5 board and around the carrydown.  No splits, but carry suffered. If scoring is low, then this approach will keep you close.  

Good luck !
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10 In The Pit Pro Shop

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Re: Trouble in old wood house....
« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2008, 02:40:21 PM »
thank you all for the tips! ill be sure to give these a try in league!
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Re: Trouble in old wood house....
« Reply #5 on: October 06, 2008, 09:45:27 AM »
There is a local house here that has the very same conditions you describe. Consider this.....it sounds funny. Try getting your 'hook' early and not so far down the lane. I use an aggressive pearl and lay the ball down as close to the foul-line as I can. A little more speed and a few less revs. I'm pretty much gettin the ball into it's hooking motion before it hits the squirrely carrydown. A much more consistant and manageable ball reaction.
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Re: Trouble in old wood house....
« Reply #6 on: October 06, 2008, 11:51:52 AM »
great idea curly.. ill try it this week and let everyone know!
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Re: Trouble in old wood house....
« Reply #7 on: October 06, 2008, 12:01:32 PM »
Does no one carry an old piece of urethane anymore? I won the 2004 Georgia State Tournament with a Blue Hammer! Always keep a good one handy.
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Re: Trouble in old wood house....
« Reply #8 on: October 06, 2008, 12:20:06 PM »
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You need shiny equipment drilled for length. More important, you need to get very deep while keeping you axis rotation down so you can keep your breakpoint around 12 board.  When I am playing a shot like this I will target about 17 board at 30 feet, with a set down around 22 board.  You need to get good projection, but you can't hit up on the ball to get extra loft.  

If you are playing on fresh oil you may be able to start about 5 boards further right, but still play a fairly tight line.  You will end up moving left pretty fast however.

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I agree with Bob. My best results on wood lanes have been with shiny, preferably pearl reactive, balls. Wood is so soft that the balls want to start reading way too early, so stuff that saves it's energy longer seems to carry much better for me. Even if the center tries to "flood" the middle to help compensate for the early read, you can usually make a move outside and just follow the transition inward. Good luck.


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