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- May 17th, 2019, 8:46 pm
- Forum: General Bowling
- Topic: Weak resin balls for slower ball speed
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1644
Re: Weak resin balls for slower ball speed
I've owned 3 Tropical Storms (aka Tropical Breeze). But one of them cracked. A buddy of mine also had one that cracked. The coverstock seems 1/8" thinner compared to other balls. Other than that it's a great ball on dry lanes.
- May 17th, 2019, 8:40 pm
- Forum: General Bowling
- Topic: Summer - The season of?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3892
Re: Summer - The season of?
...I'd be curious to hear more about this, the type of lane surface, patterns, your observations, lessons learned... Here's the info you're looking for: https://beverlylanes.com/INFO/HISTORY" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Their house shot has a bit of an OOB area, no free ...
- May 16th, 2019, 8:27 pm
- Forum: General Bowling
- Topic: Summer - The season of?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3892
Re: Summer - The season of?
Try a different house, local mom and pop owned (actually father and son, both PBA members) that is well maintained, that is into the sport of bowling, not entertainment.
- May 14th, 2019, 2:56 pm
- Forum: General Bowling
- Topic: Summer leagues
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1454
Re: Summer leagues
In the NW Chicago Suburbs I have 3 houses with summer senior leagues 10 minutes from home. $6 with 50 cent practice games; $13 with 7 free practice games, $11 with 3 free practice games a day. Plus loads of evening summer leagues from THS, to Sports Leagues, to no tap. I don't care for no tap. Knock...
- May 11th, 2019, 9:27 pm
- Forum: General Bowling
- Topic: Question on lateral pitch on fingers
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4022
Re: Question on lateral pitch on fingers
I ended up making a splint similar to Steel Fingers except that it binds my two fingers together with a spacer in the middle so that they work as one. Pain is gone and even increased my rev rate a bit. Though I do get a lot of weird looks from other bowlers as in, "What the hell does he have on...
- April 18th, 2019, 10:24 pm
- Forum: General Bowling
- Topic: Anyone bowl a pro-Am?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1277
Re: Anyone bowl a pro-Am?
I bowled in 3 the past 3-4 years. A PBA pro am that followed the pros practice session so we got a burned out Cheetah pattern. A PWBA pro am that was a fresh house shot. A PBA50 pro am that followed the pros practice session so we got a burned out Wolf pattern. In each case it was handicap (USBC ver...
- April 18th, 2019, 10:02 pm
- Forum: General Bowling
- Topic: Availability of Sport or PBA patterns in a house near you.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1248
Re: Availability of Sport or PBA patterns in a house near yo
Two out of the three houses near me in the Chicago NW suburbs offer Sports leagues. One of them it was so popular that they offered a second sport shot league. That house, owned by father and son PBA members, cycle through the popular PBA patterns and offer them at various times during the week for ...
- April 1st, 2019, 2:30 pm
- Forum: General Bowling
- Topic: The most important issue facing the bowling industry today
- Replies: 29
- Views: 7956
Re: The most important issue facing the bowling industry tod
I went to practice bowl yesterday (Sunday) afternoon at my local Bowlmor center. Sometimes I have the place to myself. Yesterday the parking lot was full. The place was packed with younger people. It was the first day that they had the projectors going. Right above the pins they have a wall of scree...
- March 29th, 2019, 11:44 pm
- Forum: General Bowling
- Topic: Why are the lanes so wonky this year?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3005
Re: Why are the lanes so wonky this year?
The lanes are back to "normal" for the past 5-6 weeks. I'm averaging over 235 for that period. No carry down oil, crisp back ends. I'm back to using polished pearl balls, the hybrids with surface quickly hit a dead zone and burn out. Not sure if they changed to a different oil, made sure t...
- March 26th, 2019, 12:17 am
- Forum: General Bowling
- Topic: Question on lateral pitch on fingers
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4022
Re: Question on lateral pitch on fingers
Correction, 9/16" lateral on both fingers.
- March 25th, 2019, 3:11 pm
- Forum: General Bowling
- Topic: Question on lateral pitch on fingers
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4022
Re: Question on lateral pitch on fingers
Thank-you for your responses. I have not had a lot of luck with PSOs in my area, so I learned to drill my own balls. So I have to find my own solutions by trial and error (based on suggestions) to ease the pain in my middle finger. I ended up going with a 1/8" bridge, 7/16" lateral on both...
- March 21st, 2019, 2:46 pm
- Forum: Layout Advice
- Topic: Layouts are critical!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1927
Re: Layouts are critical!
I voted "the same" because I do not feel that layouts are as critical to my game as I can do far more with my hand position and delivery to shape a ball. Ball choice (polished pearl, hybrid with surface, etc.) would be the second factor. Layouts are at the bottom of my list.
- March 19th, 2019, 2:09 pm
- Forum: General Bowling
- Topic: New USBC rules on pinky finger
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3330
Re: New USBC rules on pinky finger
So in last night's Cheetah finals, the commentator mentioned that Matt McNiel used only his ring finger and thumb on one spare shot. Is that not a violation? Or does the PBA play by different rules?
- March 18th, 2019, 2:58 pm
- Forum: General Bowling
- Topic: New USBC rules on pinky finger
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3330
New USBC rules on pinky finger
I understand that a gripping hole is allowed for the pinky finger. But what if I have a pinky finger drilled but don't use it, laying my finger over the top of the hole. Or if I use my ring and pinky finger, leaving the middle finger out and one of the gripping holes unused (as I sometime do to shoo...
- March 16th, 2019, 4:36 pm
- Forum: General Bowling
- Topic: Question about a backup ball
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1699
Question about a backup ball
I recently saw Anthony Simonsen throwing a backup ball on the stepladder finals televised last Sunday night on FS1 (now available on youtube). It was the new Storm yellow urethane ball. It was drilled pin down, hole down, almost like a Rico layout. I was surprised that it would not track over the xh...
- March 13th, 2019, 3:32 pm
- Forum: General Bowling
- Topic: Question on lateral pitch on fingers
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4022
Question on lateral pitch on fingers
My middle finger takes most of the weight of the ball, my guess is 75%. I've read that for most bowlers it's the ring finger that takes 75% of the weight of the ball (or lift?) I have 5/16" left on my middle finger, 7/16" right on my ring finger (5/16" bridge). I have 1/8" revers...
- March 13th, 2019, 3:09 pm
- Forum: General Bowling
- Topic: Finger tip help
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1603
Re: Finger tip help
I tried this 3 months ago to see if it would alleviate pain on my middle finger, works like magic! Did it on all my balls.TonyPR wrote:You can do a fake vacu:
- March 11th, 2019, 2:40 pm
- Forum: Ball Talk
- Topic: Is there any relationship of the bowties to the PAP?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1682
Re: Is there any relationship of the bowties to the PAP?
Tilt is also another factor because that determines where the initial track will be. Thank you for your reply. So there is not that much correlation between PAP and tilt as well? I saw a video where Mo said that a when a bowler changes hand position, coming straight up the back of the ball vs comin...
- March 10th, 2019, 5:41 pm
- Forum: Ball Talk
- Topic: Is there any relationship of the bowties to the PAP?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1682
Is there any relationship of the bowties to the PAP?
I am wondering if all bowlers with a 4-1/2 x 1/2up, 5 X 0, etc PAP would have their bowties in the same place?
- March 9th, 2019, 12:34 am
- Forum: Ball Talk
- Topic: Absorption Rate Fact vs Friction
- Replies: 44
- Views: 10572
Re: Absorption Rate Fact vs Friction
Basically, from what I've experienced, I'm staying away from AMF/Bowlmor - Bowlero. It seems that they are the ones that are doing the most damage to the sport of bowling, turning bowling into an entertainment. But large, bureaucratic corporations also make bad decisions. Maybe their strategy will ...