Is the approach supposed to feel slippery?

[Hot_pocket]

could have been someones easy slide ...and are your shoes new that would make a difference to...

[TheSheibs]

If you feel you are sliding too much, ask and see if someone else is noticing it. If someone else says it's slippery, take your towel up to the foul line and wipe it down. Chances are when they oiled the lane the machine put down some oil on the approach side of the foul line that they didn't wipe up when oiling the lanes. When I start slipping at the foul line and no one else is, I just take a towel and wipe down my shoe. You don't necessarily need a brush. A towel works just fine and is what I have been doing in this situation for years. I actually have a towel that I use one side of for this situation.

Does a brush help with cleaning the soles? Yes. Is it something you absolutely need to have in your bag? No, a towel (not a micro fiber towel) works just fine.

[Zothen]

Thats why I started wearing a tennis shoe on my right foot and bowling shoe on my left. It really does help prevent slipping.

Zothen

[Stamps]

or maybe it could be some idiot publics that step their whole feet over the foul line and step back on the approach.. making it oily/slippery.

This would be everyone at my bowling alley :/