Down and in or Cross Lane?

[zendog1960]

I have been watching amatuer bowling tourney and some of the pros on TV. What I have seen is that the majority of bowlers are down and in (meaning down the around 10 board and hitting the breakpoint at 10 to 5 board. I typally have bowled cross lane, throwing the ball between the middle and third arrow out to the 5 board at break point.

I am just wondering if there is any advantages to a down and in game over a cross lane or visa versa.

Comments or thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

[se7en]

Both have their place in a persons toolbox. I would say if you're able to play both lines, be versatile and work on both.

I play in two houses. One is synthetic and the other is guardian.

The synthetics wont allow me to swing the ball and favor a down and in. It's an easier house though.

The guardian is harder to play that way. The area on a THS doesn't forgive as much and can over-react. I have much better success swinging the ball in this case.

However, on my sport league in the guardian house(Scorpion pattern), I can't swing the ball. It will hit the out-of-bounds area and go in the gutter. I love to play straight up 10 or go from 15 to 12 or so in this case depending on the breakdown of the oil.