After bowling a good season on wood lanes, and inturn on quite a few
occasions bowling a good 190 ave, I went bowling on some synthetic or
plastic lanes. on lining up in my usual place (second arrow, rotation,
nice easy hook into the pocket), Do you think I could get ANY hook
into the pocket ? nope, went straight passed... no amount of
increasing rotation, which I dont like doing as it hurts my am, I
ended up throwing the ball straight at the pocket with rotation to get
a decent pin action. On chatting with the manager of my wooded laned
alley, he said that I should 'Learn to Turn the Ball'........eh ?
wassat ? turn it ?, ok you lost me, is there anyone out there who
could elaborate on what 'turning the ball' actually means ?, my normal
shot is a stright ball over the second arrow with a nice easy hook
into the pocket'

My thanks to all on their answers from previous posts (Jock in
particular)

Happy Bowling to all

Colin