You are thinking the oil has more of an effect than it actually does. Even on an easy house shot you're not automatically have a 200 average. You still need to

You are thinking the oil has more of an effect than it actually does. Even on an easy house shot you're not automatically have a 200 average. You still need to have a good spare game. I guarantee throwing that one 250 game was more luck than it was the oil pattern especially if you were using a house ball. Going from an easy house shot to a pro sport shot is usually a 20 pin drop on your average if you don't know how to bowl the sport pattern which is only about 1 or 2 extra open frames in a game than normal. I get that feeling that everything is going right and I can't miss strikes the odd time too but it's always because I'm better focused and not missing my spot. Bowling is more dependent on repetitions and throwing the ball the same way every time before you can even think about averaging 200+. > Bowlers equate how good a place is with how good they bowl! They get angry and superstitious about everything. This isn't true and it's not always superstition. Some houses score higher and that's true, but there's factors that go into that like the pins, how well they ricochet, the oil pattern, how well the pattern sticks, etc. there's a million reasons a shot plays different. Even humidity and ambient temperature affects the oil and you have to bowl different in the summer vs winter! Casual bowlers will 100% rather bowl at a place with a higher score, but sometimes a house is just way too hard. It's frustrating as a bowler if you have a 195 average and another house you can barely carry 180 because it has a harder pattern. It's even more frustrating when they have a harder pattern and don't tell anyone. The pros usually know what pattern they're bowling on and can analyze it beforehand. I quit bowling at a house because my average was consistently 15 pins lower, and I needed a separate set of balls to bowl there to have any chance because they put too flat of a pattern on. It's not fun or helpful to bowl on conditions you won't encounter anywhere else because there's no room to improve. It's like learning custom made in-house programming languages and tools that don't exist outside of your company.