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12 Brunswick Lanes with Quibica Scoring
12 Bumper lanes / Birthday Parties
Deli & Grill Serving Assorted Beers & Wines
Completely Remodeled
Sunday thru Thursday • 9am till 12am
Friday and Saturday • 9am till 2am
Tel: (415) 561-2695 Fax: (415) 561-2698
Terry Leong—Proprietor
Darrell Herbert - General
Manager
Corner of Moraga & Montgomery Streets
In the Presidio National Park of
San Francisco
(Still can’t find us, call us, we’ll fax you a map)
ULTRA BOWL
Club Atmosphere
with lights, music videos and enhance
sound.
Thursday 6:00 P.M. to 10:00 P.M.
Friday 6:00 P.M. to 12:00 A.M.
Saturday 6:00 P.M. to 12:00 A.M
750 Folsom St., San Francisco 94107
Q. Now that it has been done for awhile, what are your thoughts, likes or dislikes
about the blue oil being used for some of the TV match's?
A. I think it is be good for the for the PBA overall. Especially to attract new viewers.
We bowlers understand that there are oil patterns on the lanes. But newer bowlers
don't always know about the oil on the lanes. They don't know how it affects their
game. Watching the Pro's bowling with with the blue oil on the lanes shows them
and us how the pattern breaks down with traffic. I like seeing how the pattern
changes and what changes the best players in the world make to keep their scor-
ing level up. Also what happens when they don't make the proper change. For me
it makes the show way more interesting.
Q. I have a few questions for you I am a 185 average bowler and during one of our
league sessions that wasn't going so well our best bowler said the lanes were un-
der/over. What does this mean?
What is the cause of under/over?
Last how can it be best dealt with?
WOW! This is a great question and a bit of a tough one. I might leave something
out so if I do I want to ask you my readers to let me know your thoughts on this
subject. First question, over/under is a ball reaction that means one time you throw
the ball and it goes light. You make try to make a move and go through the nose.
Make another small move and it's the nose again. Another small move and miss
the headpin. You are dealing with over/under. The cause can be many things and
this is why over/under can be very frustrating. It can be the oil pattern and you are
lined up wrong. It can be your speed you need more or less of it. It can be the ball
you are using and maybe the cover stock of that ball or the balance of that ball is
just not matching up to the oil pattern. It can be that you are just out of time or try-
ing to hard that day. It can be that you are overturning the ball or turning to early.
(chicken winging).
Solutions, first you have to try to get a handle on what might be causing it on this
day. If everyone is having this problem it might well be the oil pattern that day and
it is just plain tougher than usual. For this you will have to try to make good shots
and stay relaxed. If it is just you ask someone to watch to see if you might be turn-
ing the ball over or turning to early. If you have been bowling well lately and you
just can't get anything to work try changing balls. Also with the change of ball you
might have to change your line on the lanes. It takes a little experimenting and
some knowledge of your own game. So more practice is very important.
Here is an example of what happened to me in a recent tournament. Practice
shots went great but after about ½ of the first game I began to get a huge under/
over reaction. Knowing I had been bowling well as of late, I tried changing balls.
No help. I had 3 not so good games and was lost. Then it hit me All this time my
move on the lanes had been small, a board or two. So I made a large move 7
boards with the feet and 5 with my mark. This was the solution the lanes had
transitioned and I missed it. I shot 670 the last 3 games with a 250 game. You
have to keep your thinking cap on all the time. I was caught by the oil I could not
see.
I needed the
BLUE OIL.
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By: Bob Korth
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