The ultimate in dry lanes

[resstealth]

So tonight we start warming up on lanes 1 and 2. I get my line, and lane 2 breaks down before warmup ends. They move us to lanes 12 and 13 which haven't been oiled since monday, and oh my god were they dry. I was standing to the left, past the gutter. Lofting the ball halfway down the lane, I was STILL going past brooklyn. Both teams shot awful, but man was it hilarious. Just thought I would share.

[got_a_300]

Been there done that a few times myself and it was no fun.
That is why I bought a plastic ball for spares and for when
I hit those kind of dry lanes and I have to take some hand
out of the ball to get it to go straight down the lane.

[billf]

By the third game of league I usually have to throw my plastic spare ball. The past few weeks I have even had to take hand out of that to not hit brooklyn. Hopefully the Storm Natural Pearl I bought yesterday will help. I figure if I increase my ball speed to around 22-23mph it should hit the pocket without me having to loft the gutter.

[JerseyJim]

Back in the 70's we used to have a challenge match between Michigan Tech, and Suomi College. They weren't very good. We drubbed them over at our college, however the lanes at their college were extremely dry. I could almost pick splinters out of my ball. I had an old Columbia Pro that I would whip out from the 5th arrow to around the 5 board, and just manage to keep the ball on the right side of the head pin. We still beat them but, it wasn't by a lot.

[resstealth]

Yeah our local house only oils the lanes once or twice a week, so it can get pretty bad.

[Grimthrow]

I figure if I increase my ball speed to around 22-23mph it should hit the pocket without me having to loft the gutter.

This right here....I just really up the speed (which is sometimes hard without muscling the ball) and that usually works.