What's your first adjustment?

[unclemantis]

When bowling scratch with bowlers who are averaging 230+ no matter the pattern, then yes, you had better find your line during practice. When the competition is that good one open frame is usually the difference between winning and losing. When it's exceptional then the placement of the frame that you don't strike in becomes critical.
What I mean by that is if you start spare then strike you get 20 pins in frame 1. If you make the front 7 but spare the 8th with a 9/ then that cost you over 20 pins.

There was a day that I am not sure what was going on but no matter how far over to the left I got and how far out across the fith or sixth arrow, the ball would almost at once hook and head twords brooklyn.

Not sure if I needed to move over further to almost the other lane and loft the ball over the gutter or what. This was at a house that normaly I bowl the same line that you have seen me bowl in my videos. 25 over 15.

These are the days where I am like WTF and I just can't strike!

[Greenday]

There was a day that I am not sure what was going on but no matter how far over to the left I got and how far out across the fith or sixth arrow, the ball would almost at once hook and head twords brooklyn.

Not sure if I needed to move over further to almost the other lane and loft the ball over the gutter or what. This was at a house that normaly I bowl the same line that you have seen me bowl in my videos. 25 over 15.

These are the days where I am like WTF and I just can't strike!

Sounds like a day where you just pack up your balls and say, "Screw it. I'll come back when they finally decide to oil the lanes!"

[unclemantis]

Sounds like a day where you just pack up your balls and say, "Screw it. I'll come back when they finally decide to oil the lanes!"

I sware! That is exactly the way they reacted like!

[e-tank]

moving left usually does it for me. I havent had to pull out a weaker ball unless i wanted to thus far

20 days later this statement is now false haha. I move left a couple boards at first and if that doesnt work then ill go from HRR to too reckless then crossroad

[ecub]

There was a day that I am not sure what was going on but no matter how far over to the left I got and how far out across the fith or sixth arrow, the ball would almost at once hook and head twords brooklyn.

Not sure if I needed to move over further to almost the other lane and loft the ball over the gutter or what. This was at a house that normaly I bowl the same line that you have seen me bowl in my videos. 25 over 15.

These are the days where I am like WTF and I just can't strike!

Do you ONLY practice your strikes? Strikes are easy at times, especially on a nice pattern where you have a big window. Practice picking up spares. On your first ball, shoot for the 10, then pickup the spare. Next frame, shoot for the 7, pickup the spare. Another frame, shoot to hit 3 pins down, then next ball pickup the rest.

As far as always going Brooklyn, have you tried standing in front of the ball return? I know shoot for 10 pin spares and the lanes are really dry, I often have to even stand in front, and left of the the ball return. I'm practically already standing on the lane next to me. I do so, since I hardly use a spare ball anymore.