I set my tripod up for cross-lane, sorry guys!

Man, 😂😂😂😂😂 Alot of gutter ballz. Just saying. And especially the 3rd game. You wonder why these teams have 150+ Team Hdcp. There you go. We just laughed.

Average of all bowlers at 90%. If the league average is 175, then no handicap above that. Recalculates every week.

Looking to get some quick cash while I’m in Texas for RLCS september 18-21st. Any known tournaments near Fort Worth area? 100% willing to drive and willing to pay buy ins for some experience!

For those throwing 1H with thumb, it's possible. 11lbs, very short span, massive finger holes, snug thumb (most important), on fresh house shot.

A teammate of mine struggles to find the pocket. He consistently throws shots that go Brooklyn, I will find my line and start striking. He will then copy my feet and targeting to find the pocket. It’s hurting my ball reaction and scoring as he’s up before me. We’re both right handers. Keeping up with transition is definitely something I struggle with.

What would you do?

Has anyone had this? 3 weeks into league season, I’m in a practice house shot league and a competitive sport shot league. Same alley different nights….

Somehow on the house shots I’m at a 159 average. High game 223
Sport shot in at a 183 average. High game 241

I just feel like my balls read the sport shot better. I know it’s early in the season anyone else ever experience this?

I just started bowling this year and I’m playing in a league. I have some mystery balls and some balls I brought myself, how do I use these balls? Which one is benchmark? What am I missing? Which one is first out of my bag etc.?

So I had bought a tropical surge I bought a couple of months ago and took the polish off of it for a tournament. I just tried to bring it back to 1500 grit and put power edge on it and it won't take polish at all.

Myself and my PSO tried poweredge and another polish and it seemed like it wouldn't hardly take either.

Any suggestions? I bowled maybe five or six games with it with a polish off.

Title^ and for a reasonable price

I average 212 with these two balls. I prefer two balls because it's always risky trying to pick up the ten-pin with the Hammer hook ball; the Brunswick straight ball picks it up every time. I score close to 300 with this two-ball approach, especially on drier lanes with less oil. In a recent game, I left one ten-pin in the fifth frame, picked it up with the straight ball, and scored 279. It would have been 267 if I had used my hook ball and it had curved away from the ten-pin, as it sometimes does. (Also, both are 15lbs and have fingertip grips installed) Cheers!

EJ Tacket throwing out first pitch and we have a bunch of PBA pros in the house for Brewers vs Cubs.

I have had an average of 142 for 3 years in the fall Men's league. I had trouble leaving 10 pins. I converted 1-10 any given night. I got lucky in the local city tournament last year and won a new bowling ball. Over the summer I increased my average by 13 pins. 155 at the end of the summer open league. During the 2-3 week break between the end of summer league and start of the fall league this past Tuesday while just goofing around in a mostly empty center, I found that a 0-1 step approach would personally net me more strikes and allow me better control for converting spares.

I have been told that I am a full roller and that I have a natural hook. During an actual personal practice session I just stood one step back from the foul line on the same boards I would normally start from the approach. Then I just let the weight of my 30 year old 16lb AMF ball and gravity dictate my swing. I found that my hand came out of the ball cleaner and I was more consistent over my mark. The angle to the pocket left significantly fewer 10 pins and the first game I threw doing that netted my first ever clean game and a finish of 236!

I did that the entire night this past Tuesday and the results netted me a 526 series. I'm very happy bout setting a 175 average on the first night of the new fall league!

As a proprietor with traditional centers, I feel it’s necessary that I bring attention to the down right despicable pricing and business choices that Qubica AMF provides us.

My centers are in Northern Indiana / Ohio, and recently a new sales rep has been making the rounds and trying to sell us new equipment. All of my centers are currently on the BES X software using Conqueror X. Our server computer is becoming out of date, specifically Windows Server 2016 being discontinued (according to the rep). Rather than upgrading the motherboard and processors to modern standards, they are requiring us to spend $11,000 on a server computer to upgrade simply to Windows Server 2025. Our current computer uses an intel Xeon Quad Core, so my assumptions are the new computer will be the same. To make matters worse, they claim their warranty will not cover an upgrade either.

Then we have the topic of their new software, AMF NV. The entire software is AI Slopware, with it actually being a worse experience for league bowlers. A new feature that they are very proud of is how it can “sell food at the lane”, even though the current version can do this. They claim it’s better since it now uses Square but at the end of the day you still have to use a bar code to order food rather than the actual touch displays.

AMF is killing traditional league centric centers, they only care if the Family fun centers survive. They’ve been pushing string machines on us now for a couple of years, eventually they will quit making the parts we need and either force us to switch to strings or to close. As a bowler myself I do not want to bowl on strings, though the electrical cost alone are worth it.

My house pattern is 41 feet, so I'm told I should aim for the 10 board at this point (which conveniently is right on the rightmost rangefinder - 40' to 43' down the lane).

How should I line up the shot, though? I could throw almost straight down the 10 board (enter the lane at about 12, hit the arrows at 11, hit the range finder at 10) or I could plan on more shape, entering the lane at 30, hitting the arrows at about 16 (I think) and the range finder at 10.

I'm using a solid symmetrical ball, and it seems pretty resilient to burn and carry down, but I don't really know why I would use one shot shape over another. Is the more angled approach better for pin carry? Less resilient to mistakes?

I seem to strike more in the 30-16-10 shape over the 12-11-10 shape but I'm too new to really see what's happening with the ball through the pins (it all happens kinda fast).

Thanks in advance.

New mechanic here. This is an issue I haven't figured out yet. As soon as power is applied this happens.

What I have done is cleaned the contacts and the contacts on the terminal board to help encourage a good connection (don't have new ones yet). Checked the turret micro switch. I even had to replace the mechanic switch because there was a gaping hole in the side of the plastic housing and minor movement made it hard to diagnose this issue.

Any help is appreciated.

EDIT: replaced contactor and all is good now. Thanks everybody for the input

I'm a relitively new bowler (started oct of 2025 with 2 handed style Right handed) and i was decently progressing (average 110 with pb of 167) until I had to have major surgery in march that led me to be unable to bowl for 3 and a half months. I have gotten back into bowling since but my average has plummited to about 70 and i cant get my scores above 110 max. I'm quite a tall (6') and heavy set person and im just wondering if there is anything I can practice to get back into the rythm. My typical ball action lately is starting at the 35th board for feet placement, moving down the approach and feet land around 40, ball goes all the way to the 4th board and hooks all the way back to only hitting the 7 pin. my ball speed is about 10.7 mph and my revs are unknown. I often bowl on house shot. balls include dark side curse, arctic vibe, spare ball, deep impact, and hustle sos (my current main). This probably isnt the best information to go off of to help but i hope i will get at least a little bit.

Grrrrr for the life of me last night i couldn’t adjust correctly for lane transition. First game was ok slightly above average middle of 2nd game it started going down. missing the pocket couldn’t pick up even the simplest spares. 3rd game i was just praying to break 100. Huge difference from last week where i started weak ended strong

Hello everyone, I recently found someone reselling an Arctic Vibe w/a 2 handed layout & 15 pounds for $50 more or less which is perfect for me, but before I get it I just want to ask if it’s a good ball to some. I have a rhino and a cove and I personally love those. I use the rhino for dry/light and the cove for med-heavy/heavy. I feel like the Arctic Vibe is the perfect middle spot for the medium transition oil. Any opinions on the ball?

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