Center changes house shot during league season

[mc_runner]

I didn't get any practice time last week so the conditions caught me by surprise! I would love to bowl on those lanes with changing patterns every week... makes for becoming a better bowler!

[MICHAEL]

I didn't get any practice time last week so the conditions caught me by surprise! I would love to bowl on those lanes with changing patterns every week... makes for becoming a better bowler!

you got that right!!! (

[Blomer]

Well I was actually struggling before they changed the shot. Last week and this week I averaged 178 both nights which is good for me. And I was moving right along the 7 board to ending up throwing a rope at the 20 with a small hook to,the pocket finishing with 7 strikes. Maybe Im starting to like it. I know someone did as he threw a 300.

[Stormed1]

Keep in mind also that living in northern Illinois once the temperature changes outside and the heating system is running it will also have an effect on how the shot plays.

[rico]

A lot of good comments already....gotta be ready for anything....the roads we drive on change with weather conditions, our bowling balls change reaction when we do not get to the pro shop and refresh the surfaces, the lane machines can malfunction putting lesser amounts of oil than previous procedures, the humidity inside the centers can change the lane conditions slightly, and so on....

Let our bowling balls be our guide.....we all must adjust as needed to ball reaction changes.....

I will say, however, that although everyone in your league has to deal with the change in lane conditions, the changes can favor some bowler styles more than others.....bowling is a frustrating game when it comes to competition but we must make the best of things as well as possible.....

[YODA]

Yep, where we play they change it up right around this time now also. It honesty does not bother me though, gives me more to practice with and it lets me find excuses to get another ball or two LOL!

[ALazySavage]

I could only wish that my Sunday league would change the shot they put down. Scores are starting to get abnormially high at this one center (on the flip side it will be so fun when we have City/State tournaments and all of these 210+ average bowlers who think they are the greatest ever get the reality check that they are actually a 190 bowler - Maybe I should send these people to ICEMAN's Wood Championship).

[vgw]

Change is not always good, or fair.

Years ago I was in a scratch league, where during the last month the conditions were much more difficult for right handers, and easier for left-handers.

The league had a top 5 step ladder roll off at the end to determine finishing position.

Strangely enough the 4th place team with 3 left handers, finished 1st in the roll off.

For the most part it is good because it shows who can find a line, rather than simply play were the played the week before.

It might not be such a good idea in a handicap league.

Well, lefties are a whole 'nother story....haha

[cdolce18]

Last week, someone mentioned during league that the center changed the house shot. Sure enough, I thrw my normal strike ball and it wouldn't come back. Several other bowlers had issues as well. They said they switched it so newer bowlers would have success. I really don't know too much about the different shots or lay down or oil, but it seemed a lot more oil along the gutters. I just don't think its right right to change the house shot when the season has already started. We bowled about 8 weeks or so prior to the change.

Has this happened to anyone else?

My center just changed the shot on us- they put down the same pattern except they doubled the amount of oil to accommodate the second shift league. I have been using my columbia freeze which has been doing great. All of a sudden one week my ball is coming in slightly light and what looks like a strike leaves a 10 pin. Very frustrating. I took my ball from 2000 grit to 1000 grit and the next night I shot my best sanctioned game- 299.

[foreverincamo]

Saw a bowler got an award for high average for his league. He's a bowler for DV8 balls. Averaged 253 for 89 games. You think they ever changed his lane conditions? Where I bowl the conditions are always similar week to week, but never the same. I think I would get bored averaging 750 every night. Even a low 800 series wouldn't be exciting for him.
I'm sure some people think the shot should be consistent, but you're a better bowler if you're having to adapt and read the lanes every week . My two cents .