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onefrombills
09-04-2008, 04:57 AM
"Wet/Dry”
Wet/dry is a term used to describe the sensitivity of a particular lane condition. This reaction is normally caused by the lanes causing the bowling ball to not hook at all in one spot and then to hook too much in a spot immediately adjacent. The wet-dry phenomenon is commonly seen on the television show when the lanes are not immune to changes.

An example would be a ball rolling over the 10th board and missing the head pin while a ball hitting the 9th board would make the ball hook too much and leave a split.


"Ball Travels in the Direction of Rotation"
Ball travels in direction of rotation, meaning that once friction is created the ball will then grip the lane and change or travel in the direction the ball is rotating. The more side rotation, the more the ball will hook or change direction in the back part of the lane, the more-end-over-end, the less reaction

"OB" or "Out of Bounds"
The term “out of bounds” is used to describe a lane pattern where a bowling ball will not hook back, or recover, from an area too far away from the head pin.

The OB is commonly intentionally placed on a lane pattern (Shark) to allow the athlete to play an extreme angle on the lane.

"Ball is Looking for Friction"
The ball is looking for the dry part of the lane -- whether it’s the outside part of the lane or down lane (back end). When the ball finds this part of the lane, it hooks.

Ball is "Rolling Out"
Roll out is when the ball has found too much friction and it stops traveling in the direction of rotation. The ball starts to hook up and then quits, sometimes it has to do with too much forward roll.

"Skid/Flip"
Skid, flip is when the lanes are very slick up front and dry in the back part of the lane or when a player has a lot of side roll. The ball slides a long way down the lane and then breaks loose hooking very, very sharply in the back part of the lane.

”Pace”
When talking about scoring, what is "pace" -- pace is when you assume the player will go strike, spare, strike, spare. As opposed to striking out, which would be max score.

Pace can also describe the difficulty of a particular pattern. For instance, the Cheetah pattern has an extremely high scoring pace as compared to the U.S. Open pattern which has an extremely low scoring pace.

“Forward Roll”
The hand is more behind the ball and stays in that position through release, creating a roll that is more end-over-end.

”Side Roll”
The hand starts behind the ball and then rotates to the side after the thumb comes out, creating a roll that is more sideways (ball hooks more than a ball with forward roll).

Baroncad
09-04-2008, 12:18 PM
Thanks for posting this info up.

Have heard about some of this stuff just didn't completely understand it.

onefrombills
09-04-2008, 04:07 PM
No problem thats what were here for

PSBA10
09-04-2008, 11:49 PM
Brian, you forgot one - HAMBONE.

onefrombills
09-04-2008, 11:51 PM
Oh dont get me started on that one .....I HATE THAT !!!!!!

It has beeen for 100's of years a hambone is a double not 4 in a row:mad:

PSBA10
09-05-2008, 05:01 AM
I thought that would get you started, at least it does me.