bowl1820
06-22-2017, 09:04 PM
Last night on my sport challenge league, I was talking to one of the other players after bowling. He's one of the better bowlers (comp. ave. 238) has a pro-shop as a sideline in his main business.
A lot of times on league I pick one of the better bowlers in the league and try to beat them as a way to challenge myself more. This night we bowled on one of Slowinski Signature Series (Houdini's Escape 48'), I bowled well and beat his score (except for one game).
So I wanted to talk to him and get his take on the pattern, to better gauge my performance. So I asked him if he thought it was hard/easy etc.
The gist of the reply was that when it comes to the patterns, The long (like this one) and the short patterns appear harder at first, but tend to become easier. While the medium length patterns basically appear easier, but tend to be the harder ones.
This is because the long & short patterns have more of a set area where everyone has to play, which causes them to breakdown in a more consistent way.
Take long patterns for instance, on them you typically need to play straighter with flatter launch angles and more in the middle closer to the pocket. Because you have limited area for the ball to react and move.
Which is what everyone generally does and causes that area of the lane to breakdown and gives you a little area there so it can get a little easier as the night goes on.
Basically what happened on the Houdini pattern.
With short patterns you typically need to move right (left for left handers) and play the outside, which is what most do. So they breakdown that area of the lane etc.
Medium length patterns on the other hand he felt could actually wind up being harder. Since because they offered multiple angles of attack and everyone can kind of play their own favorite line. The lanes didn't breakdown in a consistent way (you don't get a good line burned in, that bump and hold area). Because everyone is playing different areas.
Which was a pretty good take on the different patterns and how easy or hard they could wind up being.
Some info from kegel on long and short patterns:
Short patterns:
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/566958aaa2bab823921a87dd/t/56f7fcd6f699bbc5384096c9/1459092733354/?format=750w
Long Patterns:
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/566958aaa2bab823921a87dd/t/56f7fd26c6fc088884970b99/1459092819372/?format=750w
A lot of times on league I pick one of the better bowlers in the league and try to beat them as a way to challenge myself more. This night we bowled on one of Slowinski Signature Series (Houdini's Escape 48'), I bowled well and beat his score (except for one game).
So I wanted to talk to him and get his take on the pattern, to better gauge my performance. So I asked him if he thought it was hard/easy etc.
The gist of the reply was that when it comes to the patterns, The long (like this one) and the short patterns appear harder at first, but tend to become easier. While the medium length patterns basically appear easier, but tend to be the harder ones.
This is because the long & short patterns have more of a set area where everyone has to play, which causes them to breakdown in a more consistent way.
Take long patterns for instance, on them you typically need to play straighter with flatter launch angles and more in the middle closer to the pocket. Because you have limited area for the ball to react and move.
Which is what everyone generally does and causes that area of the lane to breakdown and gives you a little area there so it can get a little easier as the night goes on.
Basically what happened on the Houdini pattern.
With short patterns you typically need to move right (left for left handers) and play the outside, which is what most do. So they breakdown that area of the lane etc.
Medium length patterns on the other hand he felt could actually wind up being harder. Since because they offered multiple angles of attack and everyone can kind of play their own favorite line. The lanes didn't breakdown in a consistent way (you don't get a good line burned in, that bump and hold area). Because everyone is playing different areas.
Which was a pretty good take on the different patterns and how easy or hard they could wind up being.
Some info from kegel on long and short patterns:
Short patterns:
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/566958aaa2bab823921a87dd/t/56f7fcd6f699bbc5384096c9/1459092733354/?format=750w
Long Patterns:
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/566958aaa2bab823921a87dd/t/56f7fd26c6fc088884970b99/1459092819372/?format=750w