Can sticking to a single layout save the shop and the customer lots of guesswork?

[bowl1820]

Don't know if anyone has seen this article before, I just ran across it in the IBPSIA proshop operator magazine.

It goes along with some ideas that Rob Mautner has put forth in some of his articles.

Keep it Simple, Sam
CAN STICKING TO A SINGLE LAYOUT SAVE THE SHOP AND THE CUSTOMER LOTS OF GUESSWORK?

http://www.ibpsia.com/content/pdf/PSO_Issue2.pdf

[RobLV1]

Good article. Thanks. The one thing that it failed to touch on is the history behind the multiple layout approach. Prior to the modern era when balls didn't have dynamic cores and a wide range of surface materials, the only two things we had to affect ball reaction was surface changes and layout changes to manipulate the static weight effects (minimal). With today's huge variation of bowling balls, there's really no need to use more than one or two layouts...