Do you know what kind of lanes you are bowling on? Wood lanes offer different characteristics from synthetic, and the various models of synthetics also differ quite a bit. There are lower friction synthetic panels, like Brunswick ProLane, and higher friction synthetic panels, like AMF HPL. As a league bowler, this can influence the kind of equipment you’ll need for the season, or what new ball to choose to replace an old one. As a tournament bowler, it becomes even more important because you’ll face multiple centers with different types of lanes of all different ages.
Take the time to get to know the lanes you bowl on, make note of what seems to work most often, and be ready to select your tournament arsenal based on the lane surface tendencies that you become aware of at each of the centers where you compete.
Wood: Highest friction, often old and well-worn, with a defined track area. High ball speeds, higher tilt, and higher rotation can help to get balls through the lane with enough pop to carry.
AMF synthetics: Generally lower friction than wood and higher friction than Brunswick synthetics, usually favoring balls that retain energy for the back end.
Brunswick synthetics: Newer lanes are generally lower friction, favoring stronger covers. Older lanes can be very high friction in the fronts, affecting lane play decisions and ball selection to get the ball through the heads.
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Is there a big difference between wood and synthetic? My house where I bowl is about to change from wood to synthetic right before the start of fall league. I personally never bowled on synthetic lanes and am nervous about what it will do to my game because I have been told that my average will drop by about 50 pins!!!
What kind of differences can I look forward to on the synthetic lanes?? Will it really make my average drop??
It depends on your house and your style. I've been in well maintained wood houses where the differences were slight. I've been in poorly maintained wood houses where it's daylight and dark.
Synthetics tend to play more evenly. Less variation from lane to lane. The oil seems to last a little longer on synthetic. Some people have thought that synthetics hook less than wood but I haven't really seen that. If your going from light oiled wood to heavy oil synthetics you will most likely see a big difference. I like playing on both.
In general, on synthetics the ball tends to skid more in the oil and hook more in the dry. (when they are wet, they are wet. And when they get dry, they are dry. Dry they can hook more than wood)
With synthetic approaches the humidity has more of a affect, the moisture sometimes makes them feel tackier than wood till it clears up.
Depending on the lanemans experience, it might take them a little bit to get the pattern tweaked right. So your shot might vary at first.