In this Junior Gold Debrief Ep.2, I’m on the lanes with my guy Tristan breaking down the 44ft “Revs” medium-long reverse pattern. The goal isn’t just “where do I stand,” it’s how to build a repeatable plan on a flatter, tougher shot—especially if you’re rev-dominant and you’re used to living left and sending it. We start with the Purple Hammer because it’s slow, smooth, and predictable, and I walk through why straighter angles tend to give you a lot more forgiveness on sport patterns than trying to create a big left-to-right shape. I also get into the three-point targeting piece that a lot of bowlers skip: where you slide, where you actually lay the ball down, and what your breakpoint is. Once Tristan sees his laydown-to-slide relationship, it gets way easier to feel what “up the boards” actually means. From there, we test the urethane look versus a reactive option (Ion Pro) and you can see how the reactive wants to get more aggressive at the end of the pattern. My takeaway is simple: if two balls can get you to the pocket, I’m picking the more controllable one—and the one I’m the most confident throwing. And if you want to score on sport, you better clean up your spare game, because grinding matters when strikes aren’t free.