Ptnomore
02-10-2014, 03:55 PM
I did search, and am a bit surprised that I didn't come up with anything.
But here's my question: I'm 190 average, typically try to stay about 15mph (but can accurately throw up to 17), and have low-med revs.
I bowl primarily on OLD wood lanes with from what I understand is a difficult THS. The lane conditioning is completed typically within minutes of the evening leagues bowling on it due to school team comps going on in the afternoon. I know nothing about the issues that this causes. All I hear is constant complaining from guys with much higher averages than mine, that to me should be able to adjust. It seems opinions of this conditioning method and wood condition, etc are all over the map.
Anyway, the house that I used to practice at (different house from league house) went to all Synthetic this summer. I bowled there yesterday for a mixed doubles tourney with the wife, and I struggled. My med-Heavy oil ball and medium oil balls were both squirty...either hitting like a marshmallow or low in the pocket, or jumping across and almost missing the head pin. I finally balled down to the weakest resin in my bag, and went to a straight down and in shot that gave me a fair amount of room for error. I had to take my hand out of it, similar to the way I would roll my plastic or urethane. I did find some success in doing that, but I was definitely the only male throwing like that. It worked, so I stuck with it, but I do like to have more than one trick that works.
There's a Tournament that I'm bowling in coming up that over two days uses two houses, one wood, one synthetic now.
If patterns and Volumes were the same, What SHOULD I be doing differently (typically) or at least looking to change from one house to the next? Is one more difficult than the other and should reduced scores be expected at one over the other (I've been told that Synthetic is more difficult but I'm hard headed until logic makes connections)? Should I have one or two balls drilled specifically for Sythetic? I'd love to be able to experience leagues on both types, mutliple patterns etc, but until the kids are grown and out of the house (LONG time from now), I'm doing the best i can with what I've got.
I made enough money last year at the tourney with my singles scores to pay for my entire team to go this year. I hoping to improve upon that this year (maybe slightly urealistic, I know).
Thanks
But here's my question: I'm 190 average, typically try to stay about 15mph (but can accurately throw up to 17), and have low-med revs.
I bowl primarily on OLD wood lanes with from what I understand is a difficult THS. The lane conditioning is completed typically within minutes of the evening leagues bowling on it due to school team comps going on in the afternoon. I know nothing about the issues that this causes. All I hear is constant complaining from guys with much higher averages than mine, that to me should be able to adjust. It seems opinions of this conditioning method and wood condition, etc are all over the map.
Anyway, the house that I used to practice at (different house from league house) went to all Synthetic this summer. I bowled there yesterday for a mixed doubles tourney with the wife, and I struggled. My med-Heavy oil ball and medium oil balls were both squirty...either hitting like a marshmallow or low in the pocket, or jumping across and almost missing the head pin. I finally balled down to the weakest resin in my bag, and went to a straight down and in shot that gave me a fair amount of room for error. I had to take my hand out of it, similar to the way I would roll my plastic or urethane. I did find some success in doing that, but I was definitely the only male throwing like that. It worked, so I stuck with it, but I do like to have more than one trick that works.
There's a Tournament that I'm bowling in coming up that over two days uses two houses, one wood, one synthetic now.
If patterns and Volumes were the same, What SHOULD I be doing differently (typically) or at least looking to change from one house to the next? Is one more difficult than the other and should reduced scores be expected at one over the other (I've been told that Synthetic is more difficult but I'm hard headed until logic makes connections)? Should I have one or two balls drilled specifically for Sythetic? I'd love to be able to experience leagues on both types, mutliple patterns etc, but until the kids are grown and out of the house (LONG time from now), I'm doing the best i can with what I've got.
I made enough money last year at the tourney with my singles scores to pay for my entire team to go this year. I hoping to improve upon that this year (maybe slightly urealistic, I know).
Thanks