Following is From an interview with Bowling Press Pro (BPP) on June 20, 2001

BPP: What year is this for you on tour?

ALETA: 21st .

BPP:: You won your first title in …

ALETA: 1981 .

BPP:You won your 31st title last year, in 2000. That is remarkable, to have won titles over a 20 year period. What is different about tour, now vs. then?

ALETA: Well, I travel differently. I travel in a RV…which makes it more like home for me. It is hard bowling out here right now, because I am struggling.

BPP: Why?

ALETA: Because the pattern (that the tour is putting on the lanes) is very difficult for me.

BPP:How?

ALETA: Because when I grew up bowling, there was a lot more oil and the balls were not as strong. There was a lot more oil in the center of the lane…and the friction was to the left. Now, with this sport pattern, there is no defined oil line. So the only way to create "hold" is by creating angle. Right now, my angle is not enough right to left to get the ball down the lane before it hooks.

BPP: What is the Sport Condition?

ALETA: It is a pattern that the Bowling Headquarters is experimenting with on our PWBA tour in order to get feedback for league conditions around the country. Basically, there is a lot less oil in the middle of the lane. Whereas in normal league, there is an average of 8 times the oil in the middle, as compared to the outside. On the Sport Condition, there is only a 2:1 ratio of the volume of oil from the middle to the outside. The way the lane plays and the adjustments as they change are very different.

BPP: How are you learning to create better angle to your breakpoint, vs. playing down an oil line?

ALETA: By walking straight, as I used to drift toward my target. By loosening up and tucking my swing, I can more easily get the ball down the lane and out to the left to my breakpoint.

BPP:Is ball speed an issue on the sport condition?

ALETA: I think it is an issue. I think you need to have firmer ball speed, but I think it is more important that you have the right projection, because then you can get away with lower ball speed because you can get the ball to hook down the lane. For me, I need to use less aggressive equipment, because I have slower ball speed, in order to get enough distance down the lane.

BPP:You finished 10th in Albuquerque. How close do you feel you are to making these changes feel more natural to you?

ALETA: I think I am getting closer; it's a slow process. I have done it a certain way so long, it is very hard to change. My good shots are very good, and I am making more of them each game. I am making probably about 6 to 7 shots good, per game. I need to make 8 or 9 shots per game the way that I know I need to throw it.

BPP: Do you still enjoy touring?

ALETA: I don't enjoy it as much as I did, but I think that is due to struggling. I think if I were bowling better, then I would like it more.

BPP: Bowling Digest Magazine recently came out with a list of the most influential bowlers of all time. You were 6th. The second woman [Marion Ladewig]. Earl Anthony was 10th. How does that feel?

ALETA: I was very honored when I read that. And also for Bowling Digest to think that I have had some kind of impact in our sport makes me feel good in that my career has done something for our sport.

BPP: How old are you?

ALETA: I'll be 39 in September.

BPP: That is amazing.