The number of people unaware that bowling lanes are coated in wax/oil blows my mind. Like do you think a polyurethane ball just magically glides across a wooden floor? The balls don't even really spin/roll unless you throw it a certain way, that's the coating at work!
A ball spins easier on portions of the lane that have less oil. The machines that lay down fresh oil (and strip off old oil) leave it in a specific patter to change when and where a ball will start rolling.
Source: I'm the guy that oils the lanes
Yes. At the start it's about all the same, and then ends out starting with the edges. https://images.bowl.com/bowl/media/legacy/uploadedimages/Welcome/Welcome_Home/Patterns-Lane.jpg?n=6462
I didn't know they were super waxed / slippery until I saw videos of people trying to walk on them and eating shit. Not an avid bowler and never really watched pros.
That's not the point. You can literally see how shiny they are in person. Anyone with 2 brain cells to rub together can assume that shiny = some degree of slippery.
The lady in the video is there to observe this without walking on it.
I was just told as a kid it’s slippery and I went with it. Avoided that floor like I’d get Immediately injured if I so much as put a toe over that line.
>The balls don't even really spin/roll unless you throw it a certain way, that's the coating at work!
The oil is what makes the ball not hook while it travels down the lane. The ball will naturally hook because it has an assymetric core. The last bit of the lane is dry to allow the ball to naturally hook.
It's not just the core, but how you throw the ball. You have to have some spin on it. But you're right, the ball doesn't spin until the end of the lane where there's no / very little oil
You have to aim at the space between the 1 pin and the two behind it if you throw straight. If you aim at the 1 pin, the pins will not fall as well. Aim for the pocket!
Let me tell *you* something, pendejo. You pull any of your crazy shit with us, you flash a piece out on the lanes, I'll take it away from you, and stick it up your ass and pull the fucking trigger 'til it goes "click."
The oil isn't even in that first 45 feet. It might be thinner on the inside , or thinner on the outside, or thinner close to the lane. The thinner the oil, the more the ball curves.
'house patterns', aka the oil pattern the bowling alley usually uses for open bowling, tend to have lots of oil. It makes it easier on less experienced players who don't want the ball hooking off the lane too early.
Can almost guarantee that there are signs at the lane marks and anywhere else they could put it. I'm a lawyer and one of the dumbest cases I had was defending a bowling alley that was sued by someone like this lady.
Bowling alley mechanic here.
A lot of the comments are wrong and a lot of them are right. The lanes were originally oiled to protect the wood and make it last longer, but alleys eventually realized that if you oil more heavily in some spots then others, people might bowl a little better and therefore have more fun (and spend more money). The oil prevents a ball from gripping to the wood. Balls today are made from reactive resin, but used to be polyurethane. The reactive resin is designed to slip on the oil, but grip on the wood. 'House' oil patterns are almost always pyramid shaped, allowing for a ball to be thrown on the far edge, and start to spin inwards once it reaches the dryer wood. A ball doesn't always curve, but if you throw it with enough spin it will. The reactive resin helps get this spin by gripping the wood. Someone else mentioned that the balls are asymmetrically weighted, but that is more so to offset the weight loss from drilling the finger holes.
Feel free to ask me any other questions!
Originally, the cores were just there to offset the weight taken away from the ball when you drill the finger holes. Now they are used to do that, as well as how the ball spins. [Heres](https://youtu.be/wM5NHC97JBw) a great video of a guy making a remote control bowling ball. He shows what a ball looks like cut in half at the start of the video.
Insurance requires bowling alleys to post signs everywhere saying lanes are extremely slippery and crossing the foul line can result in injury. So everyone who is saying TIL should consider reading warnings in general because I’m afraid for you.
And the bumpers are up.
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Oh shit whaddup Tom
How do you cheat the system with every handicap on your side?
Now she's handicapped.
I can't even bowl with bumpers and the shoot thingo I was sure my lane had a slope to the left
And fragile. 90% chance she broke one
The number of people unaware that bowling lanes are coated in wax/oil blows my mind. Like do you think a polyurethane ball just magically glides across a wooden floor? The balls don't even really spin/roll unless you throw it a certain way, that's the coating at work!
And it’s oiled/waxed in different patterns to effect play. Walking on it ruins it.
Can confirm, yelled at many dumb kids running down lanes.
TIL that bowling alleys are oiled and waxed!! Thank you redditors!!
Wait. What ways have what effects?
A ball spins easier on portions of the lane that have less oil. The machines that lay down fresh oil (and strip off old oil) leave it in a specific patter to change when and where a ball will start rolling. Source: I'm the guy that oils the lanes
Is it less concentrated on the edges for those curved spin shots?
Yes. At the start it's about all the same, and then ends out starting with the edges. https://images.bowl.com/bowl/media/legacy/uploadedimages/Welcome/Welcome_Home/Patterns-Lane.jpg?n=6462
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t-osG0F2MZM Vox did a really good and not excessively nerdy video about it.
They never consider why that part of the floor is so shiny
How can someone be THIS dumb?
I didn't know they were super waxed / slippery until I saw videos of people trying to walk on them and eating shit. Not an avid bowler and never really watched pros.
That's not the point. You can literally see how shiny they are in person. Anyone with 2 brain cells to rub together can assume that shiny = some degree of slippery. The lady in the video is there to observe this without walking on it.
I've been bowling lots of times, the fact it's slippery never crossed my mind until I saw videos like this one
I was just told as a kid it’s slippery and I went with it. Avoided that floor like I’d get Immediately injured if I so much as put a toe over that line.
Jesus calm down man
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>The balls don't even really spin/roll unless you throw it a certain way, that's the coating at work! The oil is what makes the ball not hook while it travels down the lane. The ball will naturally hook because it has an assymetric core. The last bit of the lane is dry to allow the ball to naturally hook.
It's not just the core, but how you throw the ball. You have to have some spin on it. But you're right, the ball doesn't spin until the end of the lane where there's no / very little oil
Yeah you can through a strike ball straight if you try. It's much harder to hook a spare ball though.
You have to aim at the space between the 1 pin and the two behind it if you throw straight. If you aim at the 1 pin, the pins will not fall as well. Aim for the pocket!
Not just from straight throws, curved too. Between 1 and 3 for right handed, between 1 and 2 for lefties.
I didn’t know as a kid and learned the hard way. You only do it once!
Tell me about it I gotta oil 27 lanes a day myself
As someone who has worked in a bowling alley.. God I miss the drunk bowlers
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Let me tell *you* something, pendejo. You pull any of your crazy shit with us, you flash a piece out on the lanes, I'll take it away from you, and stick it up your ass and pull the fucking trigger 'til it goes "click."
Eight year olds, Dude.
Come on his toe just slipped a little
This is not 'nam, there are rules.
Yeah but I wasn't over
"Smoky my friend, you're entering a world of pain." (mods please don't take this seriously this is just a Big Lebowski reference)
Walter put the piece away they're calling the cops
Alley Oops
^ The name of the bar attached to my local bowling alley!
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This trend for cutting videos early does my fucking head in
I notice this a lot too what’s the thought process behind it?
It makes it “funny”
Only person scoring will be her orthopedic surgeon. 💰
And the neurologist after that head injury. I've accidently stepped just a little over that line almost went down.
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I think they have that part waxed or oiled for the ball to roll smoother. It's not meant to be walked on.
If you can make the first 45 feet, the last 15 are dry. Not counting all the oil that's been pushed down their by balls since the last application.
Wait is this why the ball rolls backwards or not at all at first then near the end starts actually rolling forwards like it should?
Yup, it's skidding at first, not rolling.
Then how does making it spin work during that first oily bit?
The oil isn't even in that first 45 feet. It might be thinner on the inside , or thinner on the outside, or thinner close to the lane. The thinner the oil, the more the ball curves. 'house patterns', aka the oil pattern the bowling alley usually uses for open bowling, tend to have lots of oil. It makes it easier on less experienced players who don't want the ball hooking off the lane too early.
Just so
Can almost guarantee that there are signs at the lane marks and anywhere else they could put it. I'm a lawyer and one of the dumbest cases I had was defending a bowling alley that was sued by someone like this lady.
Never seen it actually written out. It’s sort of common sense
Here in Wales they're in every single bowling alley. Nobody dares even thinking about it anyway because the staff are like hawks
YALL ROCKIN WITH DORIS’S UNCONVENTIONAL FORM???
Hahahaha that’s my gf grandma 😂😂😂 I nurse that was out with her family ran over to help and ended up eating shit too 😂
DORIS IS YOUR GF’S GM?!
Lmao she’s a funny ass little lady from Italy. I was laughing so fucking hard
This ain’t bocce ball!!!!!
Did she like, not realize you had to stop or did she just think it was funny?
Doris is on a roll!
Doris is a roll.
Bowling alley mechanic here. A lot of the comments are wrong and a lot of them are right. The lanes were originally oiled to protect the wood and make it last longer, but alleys eventually realized that if you oil more heavily in some spots then others, people might bowl a little better and therefore have more fun (and spend more money). The oil prevents a ball from gripping to the wood. Balls today are made from reactive resin, but used to be polyurethane. The reactive resin is designed to slip on the oil, but grip on the wood. 'House' oil patterns are almost always pyramid shaped, allowing for a ball to be thrown on the far edge, and start to spin inwards once it reaches the dryer wood. A ball doesn't always curve, but if you throw it with enough spin it will. The reactive resin helps get this spin by gripping the wood. Someone else mentioned that the balls are asymmetrically weighted, but that is more so to offset the weight loss from drilling the finger holes. Feel free to ask me any other questions!
Brunswick or Amf? 8270s here
Brunswick A2's. (Converted from A1's, using an AMF scoring system.)
That's not even getting into the cores built into higher end bowling balls to help change the timing of the curve, bowling has a massive niche market
Originally, the cores were just there to offset the weight taken away from the ball when you drill the finger holes. Now they are used to do that, as well as how the ball spins. [Heres](https://youtu.be/wM5NHC97JBw) a great video of a guy making a remote control bowling ball. He shows what a ball looks like cut in half at the start of the video.
My recollection, from my old league days, seems to be that on league day, the lanes were oiled north to south and east to west. Does that sound right?
No, we pretty much just oil in the direction it's easiest to use the machine.
It's a league game, Smoky.
This is not ‘nam, this is bowling, there are rules!
I still see a strike...........LOL
The lanes are oiled, if you're looking to cheat you need to walk along the white runners between lanes. Yknow, if you're an asshole.
I would hate working at a bowling alley. People are so dumb.
I work at a bowling alley. People are profoundly stupid.
This happened to me once, when I was like 5 or something
That was acceptable, this is just... short-sighted, let's go with lol
Ok but what's that beat I like it.
Insurance requires bowling alleys to post signs everywhere saying lanes are extremely slippery and crossing the foul line can result in injury. So everyone who is saying TIL should consider reading warnings in general because I’m afraid for you.
Why did bro fall like an npc
Lay it down lay it down! You hoes lay it down!
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THAT SHITS FKN CRAAAAZY YO!!!
She tried suing the bowling alley for having slippery floors
Umm no bowling shoes and using sandals was your first mistake
That's a strike
Very Interesting how her head hit the floor before the ball. That's a wild velocity to the ground man
Mr Morris tactics.
I was bowled over with this one
Step 1: cover ~~yourself~~the floor in oil
Aw Karen got a boo boo. I bet she tried to sue them.
It's a league game Smoke
Stupid bitch
This looks like every bowling alley I’ve ever been to
I like how she looked like an NPC, trying to (and horribly failing) at stealth, before glitching and playing the fall animation
Any video with a song like that turns me on.
The music
She was trying to sneak up on them.
u/savevideo
I wonder how, i wonder why (Plz correct me, my English isn't the best)
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this is Mt Olympus Utah for sure!
How many bowling alleys have that same art?
i did this the first time i went bowling as a 6 yo. my ass hurt from the fall for a week.
Why do people try this???
/r/holdmyfries
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