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Analyzing the 2010 USBC Open Championships lane pattern
« on: February 26, 2010, 11:03:38 PM »
Below is a link to my blog. Included is the story I wrote for BTM magazine on USBCs strategy and tactics for those who might not have seen it.

http://host.madison.com/sports/recreation/bowling/article_21b3d324-23a2-11df-b6f8-001cc4c03286.html
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Re: Analyzing the 2010 USBC Open Championships lane pattern
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2010, 08:03:39 AM »
As always, Jeffrey, great stuff.
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Re: Analyzing the 2010 USBC Open Championships lane pattern
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2010, 12:55:53 PM »
You're pretty spot on...we bowled opening squad, and even though I threw it horrible the pattern played similar to last year as far as angles, but just more hook downlane.  Odd enough though our lanes for s/d played MUCH tighter downlane, and the people in front of us appeared to be playing them relatively correct.

I don't know if something possibly happened to the machine in our area on Sunday...but one of our doubles groups bowled on a fresh pair at 5:30pm.  One guy that shot 670 in team using a Reign playing 20-8 and moving left the whole time was throwing a Reign of Fire pretty much dead up 8 the whole block.  It was kind of odd that the backends were so tight.

Could have been an anomoly though...as our team event was exactly as advertised.
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Re: Analyzing the 2010 USBC Open Championships lane pattern
« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2010, 01:59:04 PM »
Thanks for posting this.

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Re: Analyzing the 2010 USBC Open Championships lane pattern
« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2010, 05:16:51 AM »
Russell, could the guys in front of you been using some urethane and/or plastic?  Would create more carrydown and tighter back-ends.

Pair to pair differences at Stadium also could account for that perhaps.
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Re: Analyzing the 2010 USBC Open Championships lane pattern
« Reply #5 on: February 28, 2010, 08:27:45 AM »
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Russell, could the guys in front of you been using some urethane and/or plastic?  Would create more carrydown and tighter back-ends.

Pair to pair differences at Stadium also could account for that perhaps.
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No I was watching pretty close as bowling first weekend we've had some horrible crosses.  One year it was all classified throwing plastic and we had a nightmare for a doubles pair.  One guy was throwing a sanded reactive ball right up the middle, so I thought that maybe he was making my ball burn up a bit.  As I moved deeper I found less and less recovery.

Now in team we burned up the track pretty good in practice, so I'm sure that made some difference, but we had no shortage of downlane hook even from the first ball.  I used a HyRoad at 2000 and had no trouble getting it started, and after the 2nd game used a Reign and moved left of 4th arrow with TONS of free hook to the right.

Im not sure if the machine that was running our section in singles/doubles wasn't cleaning the backends as well.  I ran a prop shop for years and was a mechanic as well, and the difference we saw was much bigger than just a couple of different ball types.  Like I said one guy in our group threw a Reign in team and never was right of 18 at the arrows, moving left every few frames.  In doubles he had a great look again throwing a HyRoad about 20 to 10.  When they moved to the singles pair it had only had a doubles set bowled on it.  The guys that bowled on it were part of our group and all played relatively straight with resin.  He had to move over in the track and throw a Reign of Fire pretty much right up 8.

I think it was an anamoly, because the pattern is nowhere near as tight down the lane as last year, but the pairs we had for singles and doubles were MUCH tighter.  The team event seemed to play more like the graph said.
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Re: Analyzing the 2010 USBC Open Championships lane pattern
« Reply #6 on: February 28, 2010, 09:49:33 AM »
Sounds like a pair issue.  Tough break.  Been there done that!
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Re: Analyzing the 2010 USBC Open Championships lane pattern
« Reply #7 on: March 01, 2010, 11:05:41 AM »
Great report Riggs.  Pretty much as I was thinking, close to last year early on with maybe a quicker read or more backend and more than likely more frequent adjustments. Can''t wait to see what Ken and the boys do this weekend.
It just makes sense with little reverse oil and buff the pattern is going to break down quicker. Making me lean towards taking the Invasion to 1000 to start and knock the polish off the VE to flat 2000. That has one of Steve''s layouts from the Clinic.  I leave the Power Swing at 2000 and Beans for if they get to nasty.

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Re: Analyzing the 2010 USBC Open Championships lane pattern
« Reply #8 on: March 01, 2010, 01:23:57 PM »
Thanks Jeff!

Great article, You are a true asset to the sport of bowling.
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Re: Analyzing the 2010 USBC Open Championships lane pattern
« Reply #9 on: March 01, 2010, 06:05:20 PM »
Thanks Rick.  

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