Does heavy oil refer to inside or outside oil?

[Ball99999]

So most oil patterns have heavier concentrations of oil in the middle and people get it to the outside where there is less oil and/or friction built up..

So no "heavy" oil ball is really meant for hooking in that deepest concentration of oil?
for example if it was gutter to gutter deep oil like the US Open pattern or even lighter, is there any ball that could get a hook in that oil?

Is the oil the heavy balls refer to the oil on the outside (and what # of units are we talking about here?) as well as carrydown?

[bowl1820]

You need to read my thread:
Click for Oil-whats-the-unit? (http://www.bowlingboards.com/threads/2126-Oil-what-s-the-unit?)

The thing is now, knowing the units is just about meaningless.

Knowing the pattern length, volume and ratio's is more meaningful. With the degree of difficulty being determined by the crosswise blend and the lengthwise taper.

Here are Some examples of Oily, Medium and dry patterns:

These are the patterns BTM uses for their ball tests.

Oily 41' oil Kegel High Street
http://www.kegel.net/V3/PatternLibraryPattern.aspx?ID=603

Medium 41' oil Kegel Main Street
http://www.kegel.net/V3/PatternLibraryPattern.aspx?ID=604

Dry 38' oil Kegel Easy Street
http://www.kegel.net/V3/PatternLibraryPattern.aspx?ID=602

[Zothen]

It depends on the oil pattern! Some patterns are light oil from 3 board to heaviest oil at 20 board and some are reversed. Some patterns are 33'-47'.

Correct about throwing heavy oil ball in middle! The secret to heavy oil bowling is to stand at least 12" forward where you normally stand and completely slow your approach and armswing down so that the ball has time to build up friction so when it hits the break point(dry part) it will hook.

The oil refers to the amount of oil being put down. I think it is 26+ units of oil and their is usally very little carry down.

Zothen

[billf]

"Heavy oil" balls are such because of how the react to the lane. They are balls that generally have a high friction cover. The oil allows them so skid to the hook phase. Once these balls see the friction or drier part of the lane, they grab and turn to the pocket. They grab so hard due to design of the cover. This is intentional. Due to the aggressive nature of the cover they need the oil to get down the lane towards the break point. Due to the heavy oil, balls like this are needed to hit the pocket with authority.
A ball with a less aggressive cover would usually end up sliding/hydro-planing right past the break point. The latest ball releases are trying to find a happy medium by combining super aggressive cores with polished covers to clear the heads and mid-lane smoothly while grabbing hard in the back end.

[bowl1820]

Here are Some examples of Oily, Medium and dry patterns:

These are the patterns BTM uses for their ball tests.

Oily 41' oil Kegel High Street
http://www.kegel.net/V3/PatternLibraryPattern.aspx?ID=603

Medium 41' oil Kegel Main Street
http://www.kegel.net/V3/PatternLibraryPattern.aspx?ID=604

Dry 38' oil Kegel Easy Street
http://www.kegel.net/V3/PatternLibraryPattern.aspx?ID=602

[Brother_jd]

What is BTM?

[J Anderson]

What is BTM?

A magazine called Bowling This Month.

[bowl1820]

What is BTM?

Bowling This Month (BTM) is about the best bowling magazine, if your serious about the game you should have a subscription.

They have articles covering many aspects of the game, The big draw is their monthly ball reviews.
http://www.bowlingthismonth.com/

Here's what's in the current issue.

Our November 2012 Issue

The incredible shrinking oil pattern ... Reduce the amount of your competition training and do better ... Get in your mental bullpen and develop a steel mind ... A bag of LASER adjustment tricks ... Six visual training drills that improve your coordination ... Is there voodoo in pin up and pin down concepts? ... Read these stories and more.
Balls reviewed in this issue

Columbia 300 Mass Eruption
DV8 Marauder Madness
DV8 Nightmare
Ebonite Challenge
Track 811 C/T

Articles in this issue

Lane launch pad, Part 3 by Bill Hall
How to develop a steel mind by Dean Hinitz, Ph.D.
To be at your best, do less by Joe Slowinski
Super Six by Paul Butcher
Voodoo pins by Rob Mautner
The LASER adjustment by Susie Minshew
Ball weight, ball speed, pin carry, and wrist braces by Mike Jasnau

Here's a sample of their reviews (this is a old review from 2009, they made a couple of changes but it's still basically the same)
http://bowlingthismonth.com/pubdocs/stormvirenrgy.pdf

[75lockwood]

Bowling This Month (BTM) is about the best bowling magazine, if your serious about the game you should have a subscription.

They have articles covering many aspects of the game, The big draw is their monthly ball reviews.
http://www.bowlingthismonth.com/

Here's what's in the current issue.

Our November 2012 Issue

The incredible shrinking oil pattern ... Reduce the amount of your competition training and do better ... Get in your mental bullpen and develop a steel mind ... A bag of LASER adjustment tricks ... Six visual training drills that improve your coordination ... Is there voodoo in pin up and pin down concepts? ... Read these stories and more.
Balls reviewed in this issue

Columbia 300 Mass Eruption
DV8 Marauder Madness
DV8 Nightmare
Ebonite Challenge
Track 811 C/T

Articles in this issue

Lane launch pad, Part 3 by Bill Hall
How to develop a steel mind by Dean Hinitz, Ph.D.
To be at your best, do less by Joe Slowinski
Super Six by Paul Butcher
Voodoo pins by Rob Mautner
The LASER adjustment by Susie Minshew
Ball weight, ball speed, pin carry, and wrist braces by Mike Jasnau

United states only :(