kherrmann3 wrote:
The first night we tried them out, the ball-return chewed up our bowling balls pretty bad. We had to give them to the alley to fix, so we weren't able to go for awhile. I will ask you questions as they come to me!
Ugh, new balls chewed up? Not good!
ssd: What is extent of damage? I have a gouge in mine and as long as it's not "in your track", it's not a big deal. In the track means where the ball rolls over as it's going down the lane. But, if it's a new ball, they need to fix it period.
Whoopsy, missed your score of 164!
That's really good! That's about my average now, but I've been bowling 202-214 since they've changed the shot (last 2 weeks). The "shot", I know most people are like what are you talking about? Well, before a league, they run the machine down and it lays down an oil "pattern" as you will see on the PWBA, (you should try to watch them too, you learn a bit from it
, I still do!) Anyway, it's the way the oil is layed down and if you throw a reactive ball, can impact how the ball will react, expecailly as bowlers use the lane. It moves the oil and breaks it down, so, sometimes, your ball may not react the way you expect due to oil movement or may break down, meaning your ball will react too much because the pattern and line you are using is drying up. I bet that makes no sense to you at this point, haha. But, save this for when you get better and actually watch what the ball does. This game is so scientific, it's amazing, honestly.
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