Originally Posted by
bowl1820
Not sure if I'm wording this right But here it goes...
While I do think it is important that "every" bowler be aware that a lanes topography affects their balls motion. That the lanes at one end of the house won't play the same as the other or a pair of lanes won't necessarily play the same and you have adjust to this.
For the average league bowler, Now that they know that lane wear affects their balls reaction/motion not just the oil pattern and they have to adjust then what?
Or maybe put this way,
For average joe bowler whose probably never going to see a lanemapper printout of his lanes, how does just knowing that lane wear (Topography) is why the left lane is playing different than the right do him any good what's he going to do different than what he would have done not knowing?
What else are they going to do (or supposed to do) different than what they would (or should) have done before they ever heard the word topography other than make a adjustment because they see the lanes playing different.
Most will never see a lanemapper printout so won't have that to guide them in the decision making (and like oil pattern sheets it wouldn't help most anyway and it could make thing worse.)
In the past Most good house bowler's knew that the lanes in a house played different depending on where they were or how they were used etc.
The lanes where all the birthday parties were played different than the ones that hardly ever had any open bowling on them etc. etc. They knew those lanes were wore more than those, in other words they knew about Topography they just didn't know that's what it was called and they knew to adjust accordingly.
As I said above I think it is important that "every" bowler be aware that a lanes topography affects their balls motion. But for the average league bowler after that what else would be of practical use.
How did knowing make a difference?
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