Hey. This is a great site. This is my first post. As far as the type of bowler I am, I am a right-handed power stroker. My average is currently about 160 (but moving up). My equipment is a 15lb. Track Arsenal Angular Particle and an Ebonite plastic ball
for spares. The Track is drilled to go long and hook
hard on the back end. I just finished my league night. I ended up with scores of 208, 137 (bad game. too many splits!), and 170. In my 208 game, I had the opportunity to turkey in the 10th for a 240, but a blown 10-pin prevented that.
Any way, now for my question. I was practicing in a house the other day whose lanes had a lot of oil on the back ends. My shots were hitting very light, sometimes missing the head pin entirely. I
tried moving a little more outside (about 5 boards to the right), but then all my shots went Brooklyn, leaving some very odd looking messes up there. My normal line has me standing at board 25 on the approach (I use a 4 step delivery) and sending the ball over board 15 and breaks at board
8. I figured my low scores while practicing at this particular house were due to the condition. I went to another bowling alley in town, used the same line and started busting off 4 and 5-baggers.
I bowled 4 games and averaged about 190 at the other house. They had just put fresh oil down. The back ends were dry so I got a hard pin-crushing hook. Any way, anybody have some tips for when back ends are oily?

I think you were on the right Track by moving outside, its just that 5 boards is too much adjustment. I would try starting 1 board further outside for light on the 1 or maybe 2 for missing the 1.

I bowl right handed stroker style too. Not really a "power" bowler though, I think I throw about 13 mph. I usually like to start right foot about 26-27 and throw at 5-6R at the arrows and let the ball break back in.

When the back ends are oily, I just make sure to slow down enough to give my Track Phenom time to react. If I throw hard and fast with oily backends, the reaction is smaller and there is not enough right to left on the ball to mix them up really good.

ps. I'm from Alabama too. Welcome to the forum.

slow your ball speed down, that always works for me as long as the fronts are sloppy too. ball will still slide over to that 8 board, but have more time and friction to get to the pocket. i find that whenever i move right due to sloppy backends, i'll still come in light or even hit the three due to the ball missing the breakpoint. i usually have a combination of moving a board or too and slowing the ball down.

what's the worst is when you have dry fronts and sloppy backends... can't get the ball to the breakpoint and hit brooklyn. and if you do get it out far enough, it slides back. i had this on my thursday league and didn't have a single strike in the second two games, but i managed 180s both games, and beat all the guys with 190+ averages as they were first ball specialists without a spare game.