15 for 15 Sport Challenge League 2017 ( Bowl1820's scores)

[bowl1820]

15 for 15 Sport Challenge League

Well tonight I started the "15 for 15 Sport Challenge League" it's a summer league that bowls for 15 weeks. Each week teams will bowl on a different sport oil pattern.

There are 12 teams each consisting of 3 players. Its' a mixed, handicaped league and is USBC Certified/Sanctioned.

The league does 3 games with a 8 point system, 2 points per game and 2 for series. The handicap is 80% of 220

Cost $15 per night

Pattern List:

Week 01: EBT Neptune 45'
Week 02: Scorpion 47'
Week 03: 2009 USBC Clash of Champions 40'
Week 04: 2013 NCAA Women's Championship 42'
Week 05: Great Depression 36'
Week 06: PBA Mark Roth 46'
Week 07: Houdinis Escape 48'
Week 08: London 44'
Week 09: Kegel Kode Sport Series 2235 35'
Week 10: Stockholm 34'
Week 11: 2004 ABC Nationals 38'
Week 12: Kaioken 33' no pdf
Week 13: Seoul 39'
Week 14: Chameleon 43'
Week 15: Turnpike 41'

[bowl1820]

Week 1:
The pattern was the EBT Neptune 45', which is a long flat sport pattern that is symmetrical with a high volume of oil.

Elite Bowlers Tour Neptune 45'
http://www.ebtbowling.com/oil_patterns/EBT Neptune 45' Pattern Load Sheet.pdf

For the most part it played about how my research said it would. You throw it too far outside the balls not coming back, being long you needed to play it closer to the pocket and as the night goes on the middle will break down.

I started of with my Paranoia, I had sanded it with 600 grit followed by a light touch of 1000 grit. Which seemed about right, the ball reacted well.

The main problems was I too was rigid in my play and was pulling my shots, I had to loosened my swing up.

Also my speed was too slow, which hurt my spare shooting. I figured with a heavy oil I didn't want to be throwing too hard.

While the pattern was long, I don't think it was as "Heavy oil" as the sheets said it was (Which I still think the machine is not putting out the oil the way it should, but without taping the lanes theres no way to know.).

The lanes started breaking down toward the center and I was able to switch to my Pyramid Curse.

Here's my scores, my teammates fared about the same. Someone said there was a 700 shot but I don't know by who.

https://s5.postimg.org/tsvg07gg7/ssc_week_01.jpg

[JasonNJ]

Sounds like a fun league. My local center didn't do a sports shot league this summer which was a bummer.

[bowl1820]

Week 02

The pattern was the Scorpion 47', While longer than last weeks Neptune pattern. The Scorpion wasn't as flat and had a slightly lower volume of oil.

Scorpion 47'
[http://usbcongress.http.internapcdn.net/usbcongress/bowl/sportbowling/pdfs/LanePatterns/Kegel_13-14_Scorpion.pdf

This patterned seemed to give you a little more area compared to last weeks, Being a long pattern I still tried to play closer to the pocket.

In some aspects I felt I did better (even though the scores don't reflect it)

https://s5.postimg.org/fyu88ohl3/ssc_week_02.jpg

[Aslan]

I bowled on the Scorpion pattern back in September 2014. I averaged 154 over 12 games...which was better than I had expected. I thought I'd do better on the shorter patterns and worse on the longer patterns...maybe I just got lucky.

But...only struck 1 out of 5 shots...so it was pretty much just spare shooting.

I had the advantage of doing 3 weeks on each pattern...the first week I only averaged 140.50...including an embarrassing 118.

[Goose]

I started a Practice Your Skills league this past Monday that is 12 weeks long and has 2 weeks with the same oil pattern (National and WTP patterns). I missed the first week due to another league finishing up and got to throw on the 2nd week which was the 40 foot US Open pattern. They throw 4 games each night.

Humbling experience, I tried to use my Hammer Scandal, but it only moved 3-5 boards, lots of splits.

I throw down and in, right handed, over the 7 board. I moved in but couldn't find my spot, but was too hyped to be trying the oil pattern and a new house.

Shot a 116, 131, 136 and finally got a 205.

[bowl1820]

Week 03: 2009 USBC Clash of Champions 40'
http://wiki.bowlingchat.net/wiki/images/f/f1/2009_USBC_Clash_of_Champions.pdf

Okay my teammates didn't show up tonight so we forfeit, Hopefully they are here next week. Worried a bit after only two weeks One of them sounds pretty discouraged.

This shot was interesting, I kept thinking how this would be a great shot for regular league. You could play around second arrow or some of the other typical lines you see in league, but there was a penalty if you leaked it out or pulled it. I think a typical league bowler could easily get use to it.

https://s5.postimg.org/4hfra99tz/ssc_week_03.jpg

[bowl1820]

Week 04: 2013 NCAA Women's Championship 42'
http://patternlibrary.kegel.net/PatternLibraryFunctions.aspx?OPCODE=DOWNLOADFILE&ID=802&Type=2

Well the second week my teammates didn't show up again, so another forfeit. I don't particularly mind automatically losing, I just want to bowl on the sport shots. But if they quit I wish they had told me, but maybe they'll be back (though I won't hold my breath).

This night went fast besides my two missing players, the other team was missing one also. So just us three bowling, To bad it was a forfeit I beat them two games and took the wood.

This was another pattern I wouldn't mind seeing being used as a house pattern. There's enough similarities to a house shot, you wouldn't feel lost.

But there's enough differences to keep you honest, too far outside and it doesn't quite make it back. Tug it and there is some hold, but when it hits the end of the pattern it will cross over.

As the shot broke down, the scores started to climb. But you had to keep it in your groove.

https://s5.postimg.org/lvzzij6yv/ssc_week_04.jpg

[J Anderson]

Looks like you're starting to get the hang of it!

Sorry to hear that your teammates haven't been showing up. Our local sport league is singles. I don't think I would have had the nerve to try it if it had been teams.

Our league specifies that once you join, you are committed to pay for the whole season. In other words, if you decide you're in over your head and quit after two weeks, you still have to pay for the remaining weeks. Obviously, if you have an injury or a sudden health condition, you would be allowed to drop out without paying for the remaining weeks. Basically, anything beyond your control, like being transferred out of the area would let you drop out without penalty. While a good number of people will try the league for the summer, or half a season in the fall, and say they've had enough, very few actually drop out.

[bowl1820]

Looks like you're starting to get the hang of it!

Maybe a little bit.

At least for the most part the patterns have played fairly close to their descriptions. I downloaded all the patterns except for one I can't find (Kaioken 33'), looked at them and read some suggestions on lane play for them.

Plus I think I've chose the right ball to start with and switch too and had the right surfaces.

The main problem is just execution and I think if I could get a few more revs on the ball it would help.

One of the guys on the other team wasn't really hitting good he was kind of put off by how low he bowled (115, 173, 118) and he made a interesting statement when we got done, it went something like.

"I thought this was suppose to make you a better bowler" and he didn't see where it was doing him any good.

It made think of what do a lot of players think is going to happen when they get these type of leagues.

Are they thinking Okay everyone says it hard, I'll probably struggle for a couple frames and then I'll have it all figured out.

The thing with him was, he was palming the ball and he couldn't stay consistent with it. Which is similar to what I seen in the couple of two handers there are, until the lanes break down their inconsistency really shows.

[Amyers]

One of the guys on the other team wasn't really hitting good he was kind of put off by how low he bowled (115, 173, 118) and he made a interesting statement when we got done, it went something like.

"I thought this was suppose to make you a better bowler" and he didn't see where it was doing him any good.

It made think of what do a lot of players think is going to happen when they get these type of leagues.

Are they thinking Okay everyone says it hard, I'll probably struggle for a couple frames and then I'll have it all figured out.



I haven't figured that out yet either Bowl. We are bowling little tournaments about 20 of us on sports patterns on Wednesdays last week was London a 44 foot pattern. Watched a guy throw his ball from 10 to 5 for 2 games never moving. Through the heaviest part of the oil got frustrated and quit after the 2nd game pretty sure he never even tried another part of the lane. Interesting about break down the last 2 weeks I've been ahead of the cut after 2 games by about 30 pins then throwing a really crappy game to nock myself out. Somewhere I'm not right in my adjustments on these patterns.

[bowl1820]

Interesting I guess I didn't forfeit after all!

I forgot On this league one person counts as a legal lineup, so I wound up taking two games and wood for 6 points.

[bowl1820]

Get caught up here, last weeks pattern was one of the Slowinski Signature Series Challenging Patterns the "Great Depression 36' ".
http://bowlingknowledge.info/images/stories/great_depression_3-d.pdf

http://bowlingknowledge.info/images/stories/great_depression.jpg

It's basically a short, high volume pattern. You get the ball outside 5 it wasn't coming back.

You had to play towards the outside, but that out of bounds made it tricky you couldn't leak it out or pull it.

I was going to bring my particle pearl (Storm Pyro) which was a good short oil ball, But sad to say it cracked!

I won that ball in a raffle at our state tournament here about 2006, so Ive had it a long time. I brought my urethane Faball burgundy hammer, but even sanded it was too oily for it. My Curse worked okay but was too jumpy (It needed some surface to smooth it out), The Paranoia was smoother (It had some surface) but was too much ball for my speed on this pattern.

I didn't feel bad about bowling low, I've felt my swing has improved some since bowling on this league.

https://s5.postimg.org/op3t9npfr/ssc_week_05.jpg

[Aslan]

Tough pattern.

I remember bowling on sport and seeing "short pattern" and thinking; "Cool! This should be dry enough to let me play 5-10!" I'd never factor in volume. I had more success on the longer patterns. :confused:

[bowl1820]

Week 06: PBA Mark Roth 46'
http://usbcongress.http.internapcdn.net/usbcongress/bowl/sportbowling/pdfs/Kegel_2012-13_MarkRoth.pdf

Well struggled here with the spare shooting, the lanes started off pretty oily feeling. The third game they started breaking down and was able to salvage the game some.

https://s5.postimg.org/414qz2zrb/ssc_week_06.jpg

[bowl1820]

Week 07: HOUDINI'S ESCAPE 48'

http://bowlingknowledge.info/images/stories/houdini_escape.jpg

http://bowlingknowledge.info/images/stories/houdinis_escape_3-d.pdf

Well this was a good week! I came in the bowling alley and looked at the lanes I was scheduled to bowl on and there was just a blank. I thought will their dropping me from the league. But I looked to the lanes next to them and saw my name. I had been added to another team, they we're missing a player.

It was a couple, she is a new bowler just starting out. She has average of 58! and his is 146. So I felt pretty good about having a full team to bowl with.

As for bowling, It went pretty well! I shot a 158 pins over average and my first 200 game on this league!

Information on the pattern and how it should be played was pretty sparse. The pattern is 48 ft. in length, 30.25 ml total volume and 50ul oil per board. So was pretty juicy, I actually saw a lot of oil come back on the ball.

The way the pattern is set up, is if you put it outside it's not coming back and in the middle there is a ton of hold. Slowinski said it's set up to teach you to play straighter launch angles and pick your spares up.

He recommends players start playing a direct line straight-up 15/16/17 and adjust from that point. I was worried I might cross too much playing that far inside, So I started just a bit more right, I played between 3rd & 4th arrow (12-13-14 area) and pointed at the pocket).

Recommendation on surface I found was to go with a strong surface (360). I did the Paranoia with 400 US Grit wet/dry paper, My Dude with 600 US grit wet/dry and the Curse was close to box.

I figured start with the Paranoia, if anything it would strip out some oil maybe give me some room to work with using one of the other balls later.

Wound up I didn't have change all night, the Paranoia was holding the line good. I mainly kept the same targets all night and just moved my feet a few boards right and targeted slightly farther down the lane as the night progressed.

I was feeling real good about my form, I was getting my trailing leg around well, I posted every shot with only a couple a little wobbly but I held them. My swing and release was good and spare shooting was good.

One thing I did too, was I picked another bowler (Who I consider a good bowler, he has a pro-shop as a side line) and used him to challenge myself more. SO I worked at trying to beat his scores. Which I did pretty good, I beat him two games and wood. I talked to him after bowling and got his opinions on the pattern and he gave me some interesting views on how he see's the different patterns and how people play them.

The girl on my team did okay, she shot in the 60's & 70's so was over ave. I wanted so much to offer some advice to her, but her significant other and his father was giving her some. So I bit my tongue, their advice okay but they didn't notice a couple of things that would have help her more.

The guy hit his average, he did better as the lanes broke down. We wound up winning all the points so we did good.

For what a lot felt was a hard pattern, it played really well for me.


https://s5.postimg.org/6jqfzrlhj/ssc_week_07.jpg

[bowl1820]

Okay they got the standings posted.

We did great! The team got high handicap Game and series for the week. Plus we moved up from last place (15th) to 11th place tied for 10th.

Plus I got High handicap series for the week and season.

and 2nd place handicap game for the week

I raised my average by 8 pins.

[Amyers]

Nice bowling

[Aslan]

Week 07: One thing I did too, was I picked another bowler (Who I consider a good bowler, he has a pro-shop as a side line) and used him to challenge myself more. SO I worked at trying to beat his scores. Which I did pretty good, I beat him two games and wood.

I do that quite often. If I'm the top bowler on my team, I try to pair myself up against the best player on the other team. If I'm the 2nd best, I try to pair myself against the 2nd best player on the team.

The problem is when the best player on the other team averages like 158...then I got nothing to go on and usually do worse.

Why is a woman who is a new bowler and averaging 58...doing a sport shot league? I average 195 and I don't plan on testing myself in a sport shot league until I can average 223 or higher. She's either brave or crazy...or both.

[bowl1820]

I do that quite often. If I'm the top bowler on my team, I try to pair myself up against the best player on the other team. If I'm the 2nd best, I try to pair myself against the 2nd best player on the team.

The problem is when the best player on the other team averages like 158...then I got nothing to go on and usually do worse.

Thats why I pick someone from the league, usually the one closest that I can see. That way I dont have to get up to go see their scores, also so I can see how their playing the lanes.


Why is a woman who is a new bowler and averaging 58...doing a sport shot league? I average 195 and I don't plan on testing myself in a sport shot league until I can average 223 or higher. She's either brave or crazy...or both.
I assume she was there to help her partner fill out the team, then they lost their third player.

Being a beginner on a sport shot wont really hurt her, she wouldnt ave much (if any) different on a ths league.

It doesnt hurt the team really, she has a ton of handicap. She gets a strike or spare shes over average.

[bowl1820]

I average 195 and I don't plan on testing myself in a sport shot league until I can average 223 or higher.

The reason to bowl on a sport shot league, is to learn and improve. You don't need a high average to do that.

I finished this last season with one of the lowest averages I've had, mainly do to bad shot making. By bowling on sport, it's forcing me to make better shots.

On sport the lanes don't give you much help like the THS does. You make a bad shot you know it and you work at correcting it.

I like to think I've noticed some improvement since starting the sport league. Such as how my swing and body position should feel when making a better shot.

I was talking to the guy that runs this league and he said everytime he bowled on a sport league. when he went back to a THS league his average would go up.

You don't need to wait for a 220+ Ave to bowl sport, that's just wasting time.

[Aslan]

Being a beginner on a sport shot wont really hurt her, she wouldnt ave much (if any) different on a ths league.
That's true. When we used to go to Vegas for sweeps...and encounter slightly slicker patterns than we were used to....there was always some low average lady that threw a straight ball that would win money. The pattern only affects the bowler...if they hook the ball. Straight balls go straight on a THS or a flat patern.


It doesnt hurt the team really, she has a ton of handicap. She gets a strike or spare shes over average.
Well, there's the difference. The sport shot league I was in was scratch. I averaged 149...but if I didn't show up, the team would receive a blind score of 150.


You don't need to wait for a 220+ Ave to bowl sport, that's just wasting time.
I guess I look at it like the same way I look at running 5ks. I ran 5ks...so running one just to say I ran one isn't really worthwhile. Now, if I decide to run a 5k...I want to be in the shape/condition where I have a shot at being competitive. If/when I join another sport shot league...I want to be competitive.

[bowl1820]

I guess I look at it like the same way I look at running 5ks. I ran 5ks...so running one just to say I ran one isn't really worthwhile. Now, if I decide to run a 5k...I want to be in the shape/condition where I have a shot at being competitive. If/when I join another sport shot league...I want to be competitive.

The way to become in shape/condition to be competitive on a sport league is by bowlng and learning on sport conditions.

Averaging 220 + on a THS doesn't guarantee you will be competitive on sport, especially if you only had limited experience on sport condition.

[J Anderson]

Our youth bowlers start on sport patterns as soon as they step up from the bumper program.

[Amyers]

Our youth bowlers start on sport patterns as soon as they step up from the bumper program.

Same here. The next generation of bowlers will be different than ours. I really do they are going to demand better conditions, equipment, and more competitive leagues. Now will they be willing/able to afford those is a different question.

[bowl1820]

Well this week was the London 44' pattern
http://www.abf-online.org/zipped/39thHKOpen_Oiling.pdf

This the last of the long (just when I'm starting get the hang of it.) oil patterns, next week the Kegel Kode Sport Series 2235 35'.

Not too bad tonight first two games pretty clean and over average, I could of used a little more hold. Tweaking the surface might have helped, My balls were reading the midlane a little early. Out of my Paranoia, Curse and Dude the Paranoia was working the best.

Recommendation on surface I found was to go with a pearl with some surface . I still had the Paranoia with the 400 US Grit wet/dry paper, My Dude with 600 US grit wet/dry and the Curse was just a little smoother than 600 US grit wet/dry.

I started with the Paranoia and towards the end of the second game I switched to the Curse. But the third game the heads blew out and the Curse I couldn't get down the lane. I think if I hand switched to the Dude instead I would have done better.

I tried it a couple of times and it was close, but I didn't want to waste frames getting the feel of it. So jumped back to the Paranoia about the 6th frame and started closing frames.

Well half way through this league and in a way I'm doing better than I was on my winter THS league. Out of 8 weeks on this league I've only bowled under average twice (and one of those was just under) and my average has gone up about 10 pins since the start.

Tonight we had the first 300 game this league has had.

Now the short patterns start!

https://s5.postimg.org/tfltfmi6f/ssc_week_08.jpg

[Amyers]

Well this week was the London 44' pattern
http://www.abf-online.org/zipped/39thHKOpen_Oiling.pdf

This the last of the long (just when I'm starting get the hang of it.) oil patterns, next week the Kegel Kode Sport Series 2235 35'.

Not too bad tonight first two games pretty clean and over average, I could of used a little more hold. Tweaking the surface might have helped, My balls were reading the midlane a little early. Out of my Paranoia, Curse and Dude the Paranoia was working the best.

Recommendation on surface I found was to go with a pearl with some surface . I still had the Paranoia with the 400 US Grit wet/dry paper, My Dude with 600 US grit wet/dry and the Curse was just a little smoother than 600 US grit wet/dry.

I started with the Paranoia and towards the end of the second game I switched to the Curse. But the third game the heads blew out and the Curse I couldn't get down the lane. I think if I hand switched to the Dude instead I would have done better.

I tried it a couple of times and it was close, but I didn't want to waste frames getting the feel of it. So jumped back to the Paranoia about the 6th frame and started closing frames.

Well half way through this league and in a way I'm doing better than I was on my winter THS league. Out of 8 weeks on this league I've only bowled under average twice (and one of those was just under) and my average has gone up about 10 pins since the start.

Tonight we had the first 300 game this league has had.

Now the short patterns start!

https://s5.postimg.org/tfltfmi6f/ssc_week_08.jpg

Bowl I hadn't bowled any of the patterns you bowled on before so I haven't said anything but I've bowled on London a lot. Now my ball speed is lower than your so it would make sense that I need less surface than you but on patterns like London I really don't find that I need the extra surface now badger can be different. I bowl pretty much my normal line on that pattern with normal surface. Just an idea of your three balls maybe keep 3k or so on one of them. I find on most of the long patterns even if I am starting off farther right by the second game the pattern has opened up. Just an idea

[bowl1820]

Now my ball speed is lower than your so it would make sense that I need less surface than you but on patterns like London I really don't find that I need the extra surface now badger can be different.

Our speeds are probably not that different, last night I was hitting about 14mph at the pins. Not having bowled London before I wasn't sure about surface, afterwards I figured I could have gone with a little less.


I bowl pretty much my normal line on that pattern with normal surface. Just an idea of your three balls maybe keep 3k or so on one of them. I find on most of the long patterns even if I am starting off farther right by the second game the pattern has opened up. Just an idea

Now that I've bowled London I'll keep that in mind.

[bowl1820]

Week 09: Kegel Kode Sport Series 2235 35' pattern

http://patternlibrary.kegel.net/PatternLibraryFunctions.aspx?OPCODE=DOWNLOADFILE&ID=660&Type=2

This starts the short oil patterns for the next few weeks.

My teammates didn't show tonight, Hopefully they didn't bug out we were just getting a little something going. I Lost all the games, but I kept the 2nd & 3rd games close though.

The pattern played about as it should, the shot was outside. I was standing between 10-15 and playing around the 5 board. The first game was touchy I needed more surface, I believe it would have gave me better control.

My starting line Click for larger image
https://s5.postimg.org/ch69gbb0j/35ft_short_oil_pattern_play_cr.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/ch69gbb0j/)

Basic short oil info Click for larger image
https://s5.postimg.org/bnp29yflv/image.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/bnp29yflv/)

As the lanes broke down I started getting a better look and was able to start picking spares.

The Dude or Paranoia would have been good the first and second game if they had more surface. The Pyramid Curse though was good starting toward the end of the second game and did well the third game.

Shooting spares with the plastic ball was the best choice also.

https://s5.postimg.org/tp877r9mv/ssc_week_09.jpg

[Aslan]

Only one gutter on the first shot...not bad for having to play 1st arrow.

I have a lot of luck playing outside/in...but ya can't miss right and I end up over-compensating and pulling a lot of shots.

[bowl1820]

Only one gutter on the first shot...not bad for having to play 1st arrow.

I have a lot of luck playing outside/in...but ya can't miss right and I end up over-compensating and pulling a lot of shots.

A good article to read is Ron Clifton's "How to play the twig", Plus when you play that close to the gutter. Just imagine your hand following one board down the lane, That helps keep your shot parallel to the lane and not push it out right.

Ron Clifton's "How to play the twig"
http://www.bowl4fun.com/ron/tip6.htm

I read this years ago (It was about the first time I saw the word "twig" in relation to bowling). So the very next time I went to practice, I was working on playing the twig to see if I could and found it wasn't as hard as it looked.

I'm not afraid of playing out there and have threw very few gutter balls when I have.

[J Anderson]

Week 09: Kegel Kode Sport Series 2235 35' pattern

http://patternlibrary.kegel.net/PatternLibraryFunctions.aspx?OPCODE=DOWNLOADFILE&ID=660&Type=2

Shooting spares with the plastic ball was the best choice also.

https://s5.postimg.org/tp877r9mv/ssc_week_09.jpg

The first rule of playing sport patterns is to use a plastic spare ball and go straight at any pin or pin combination that you leave standing. It might not actually be the first rule, but then again I haven't seen a written set of rules for how to play sport patterns in general.

The first week of the summer sport league I matched up against a guy trying sport patterns for the first time. After seeing him miss a few spares, I suggested that he bring his plastic ball the next week. The next week I asked him if he brought it and he said that he had planned to and then forgot. Third week I wasn't bowling but I swung by after my meeting was over just to say hi to my friends in the league. I saw the new guy and asked if he had remembered the plastic ball. His reply was he thinks it's lost somewhere in his basement. Needless to say after 4 weeks his average is a whopping 115.

[J Anderson]

Only one gutter on the first shot...not bad for having to play 1st arrow.

I have a lot of luck playing outside/in...but ya can't miss right and I end up over-compensating and pulling a lot of shots.

What I see a lot on sport patterns is pulling the ball, regardless of the pattern length, because bowlers quickly find out that any miss to the outside will not make it back to the pocket, and very often resulting in a washout.

[bowl1820]

The first rule of playing sport patterns is to use a plastic spare ball and go straight at any pin or pin combination that you leave standing.

For the most part true, But there would be a caveat in regard to multi-pin spares. Because depending conditions, you have to watch out for deflection with plastic.

[bowl1820]

Week 10: Stockholm 34'

Well here I am at week 10 tonight was a thrill! Another short pattern Stockholm 34'. A foot shorter than last week, But a little more volume.

http://www.worldbowling.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/WTBAStockholm34_16.pdf


Another real thrill not only was I bowling against the "BYE" team (which was my old team), It looks like my teammates on the team I joined have now quit too. So I was bowling alone, I think actually I won one game too.

Game one started out great, I was really picking up the spares. I was using the Paranoia with the surface at 360 US grit (about 500 abralon), my research showed 500 abralon was used by many on this pattern and seemed about right. I tried the Pyramid Curse with about 400 grit, but was too long on the fresh.

Game two I started dropping off. I had been trying to pace myself since I was alone, I tried keeping pace with the team next too me. Which worked okay, but I stil felt I was going too fast.

I changed to the Curse about mid game, the Paranoia was getting too much.

Game three I had to stop for a while I was sweating bullets, Plus I was waiting for them to draw the strikepot ticket (I missed getting picked by 1 number). Sat a little to long and cooled off too much though.

I switched to the DV8 Dude during this game also, the Curse was jumping too much. The main thing on this pattern I saw, was I had to keep it outside around the 3-4 board. I tried moving inside like I saw some others doing to see what it was like, But I couldn't get the distance on the ball and it was going left too early.

I brought my video camera with me to check my form, haven't looked at it much yet. A couple of things look better though such as:

I got my trailing leg back down on the approach, Balance arm with the thumb pointing down.
https://s5.postimg.org/pu8j3puh3/formsscleague_001.jpg


https://s5.postimg.org/e5mwypx1j/ssc_week_10.jpg

[Aslan]

That sucks that the teammates dropped. I had a similar problem with sport shot leagues...there are a lot of people that want to 'try' it and then quickly drop out. And it's not as easy as THS leagues to try and find another bowler willing to join.

[bowl1820]

Week 11: 2004 ABC Nationals 38'
http://patternlibrary.kegel.net/PatternLibraryFunctions.aspx?OPCODE=DOWNLOADFILE&ID=563&Type=2

Okay this week we were on the 2004 ABC Nationals 38' pattern, which has a volume of 21.80ml and is pretty flat. Plus I just got a new ball, The Pyramid Blunt Force which I just had to try (all 3 games).


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTO9Wzb54B4

A little too much ball for this lower volume pattern, at least at my current speed (which I need to work on). Plus I could have rolled it better too, While I had a few strikes in warm up, I only had a couple during the game.

I have to wait a couple of weeks to try it again on this league, when we get back on some longer patterns with some more oil.

https://s5.postimg.org/hvom6sv47/ssc_week_11.jpg

[bowl1820]

Week 12 Kaioken 33'

This weeks pattern was a custom pattern, other than it was 33 feet I don't know anything else about it.

Being a short pattern the shot still seemed to be outside, but there seemed to be a shot inside as well. But it was touchy either way, plus if you got the ball too close to the gutter It just stayed there. On the lanes next to us a bowler released his ball one time and it rode the 1 board all the way down.

I took 6 out of 8 points all by myself with two vacancy's of 120, which wasn't too bad. I'm still next to last, but what the heck. I'm there for the patterns.


https://s5.postimg.org/mahrqhbwn/ssc_week_12.jpg

[bowl1820]

Week 13: Seoul 39' oil pattern
http://www.worldbowling.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/WTBASeoul39_16.pdf

Well this week wasn't bad, I shot over average somewhat and I won all the points. The Seoul pattern is 39' and has a volume of 25.1 mL, So I gave the Pyramid Blunt Force another try.

I used the Blunt Force all night, Beside bowling by myself the other team was missing one person (and one of them was a lefty) so there was only so there was only 2 of us on the right side. So the lanes didn't break down much.

This was a better pattern for the Blunt Force, there was more oil than the last time. The ball was real smooth and had a consistent motion, But I think it needed a bit more surface than the OOB (2000/polished).

The far outside had a lot of hang, moving the breakpoint in some the ball would make the turn okay. But I think with a bit more surface the ball would have hit with more authority (Or if I could increase revs).

Game two, frames 2-5 I think were four of the best most consistent shots I've made, Everything felt just right (It gives me something really good to compare against in the feel to look for in my shot) The strike in frame 4, the ball was just a hair tighter inside.

The multi pin leaves were mainly just slip ups in my balance which threw me off.

Well only two weeks left and both longer oil, hopefully I can finish well.

https://s5.postimg.org/45br2kqyv/ssc_week_13.jpg

[bowl1820]

Week 14: Chameleon 43' oil pattern
http://usbcongress.http.internapcdn.net/usbcongress/bowl/sportbowling/pdfs/LanePatterns/Kegel_13-14_Chameleon.pdf

Forgot to post this last week


https://s5.postimg.org/41tvm1tvr/ssc_week_14.jpg

[bowl1820]

Week 15: Turnpike 41' oil pattern
http://patternlibrary.kegel.net/PatternLibraryFunctions.aspx?OPCODE=DOWNLOADFILE&ID=715&Type=2

Well the last week of the league and position round is here.

Not a bad start first game, That tenth frame! The only frame I didn't use my plastic spare ball on, look what happens.

Fell off that 2nd game, kind of cooled off and lost my speed.

3rd game lanes started really showing a change.

But I wound up winning 6 out of 8 points (game 2 cost me) and moved to 12th place out of 16. Since I didn't have a full team I won't get squat for prize money, but it was fun.

I think I learned a few things, now to see if they help with my THS league.


https://s5.postimg.org/3relkvrt3/ssc_week_15.jpg

[bowl1820]

Well tonight was the payout for the Sport Challenge league, I was surprised.

Since I bowled most of the league by myself (11 out of 15 weeks), I figured I wouldn't get squat for my 12th place finish (Which was surprising in itself ).

But low and behold I got $44! which from what I figure is the full share I would have got with a full team.

Not bad, That will just about pay for my USBC card and the first 2 weeks of bowling this winter.

[Blacksox1]

Getting cash is always king.

BTW, are you using photobucket to post the league scores?

[bowl1820]

Getting cash is always king.

BTW, are you using photobucket to post the league scores?

No I stopped using photobucket links a long while back, I didn't like how it work for posting images after they made some changes. Now I totally gave up on it, they stop letting you posts images unless you payed for it. I download all the photos I had on it and deleted them and canceled my account.

I've been using http://postimages.org/ for a long time now, It's free and way simpler to use, not all filled up with ads.

[Blacksox1]

Thanks Bowl1820, that helps, league starts in 22 hours.:D

[Amyers]

No I stopped using photobucket links a long while back, I didn't like how it work for posting images after they made some changes. Now I totally gave up on it, they stop letting you posts images unless you payed for it. I download all the photos I had on it and deleted them and canceled my account.

I've been using postimage.org for a long time now, It's free and way simpler to use, not all filled up with ads.

Congrats on the cash. Nice I'll have to check out postimage photo bucket about drove me nuts last time I used it.

[got_a_300]

Yeah that is nice when you're not expecting to get any cash
back then you get it from the league.