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I had no idea, now I'm disappointed that the pros aren't doing this with solid spheres.
by zwieback 5y ago
I had no idea, now I'm disappointed that the pros aren't doing this with solid spheres.
- scott_s 5y agoI admit I had a similar initial reaction, but then I realized it's similar to golf clubs. Golfers don't use simple wooden mallets, nor do we expect them to. And part of the skill of the game is knowing when to use what when.
- reedf1 5y agoIt is still very difficult to get a curve from a pro ball, it's just more possible. If you get one of these you are more likely to be confused with what it is doing that to suddenly be bowling turkeys and picking up spares.
- nemo44x 5y agoPro's use very difficult oil patterns to bowl on. You can't see the oil unfortunatly so people don't realize how important it is to making the game fairly easy or very difficult. Most amateur bowlers who are holding a 200 average in their local bowling league would struggle to break 130 on the same oil patterns the pros use. Pro bowlers don't make a lot of money and I'd wager many people on this Website have more income per year than a professional bowler. But they do have an opportunity for making money on endorsements for things like expensive bowling balls. The ball matters to be sure. But the oil patterns used today in the pro circuits circumvent a lot of it. A pro would probably roll 300 game after 300 game on the types of oil patterns laid on a typical league lane.
- zwieback 5y ago[googling "oil patterns"]
- mhb 5y agoWould it be more interesting if the oil was made easier for viewers to see?
- adventurer 5y agoIt would https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1--KU5eBXBQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1--KU5eBXBQ
- JohnJamesRambo 5y agoI feel the same. Everything I thought I knew about bowling seems different now; of course those weird insides hook.