Hammer
02-01-2018, 10:44 AM
This past Saturday my team bowled a blind team. All four folks were sick. Well of course we all bowled like crap. My first game was a 137. I was using my urethane ball and couldn't get it working. I was leaving splits and missing easy spares. My second game was a 149. More splits and if I left three pins to pick up I got two down and if I left four pins I got three down. We lucked out and won the first game but the second game we lost by one pin. My problem the first game was my hand kept turning too early which crept into my second game when I was using my reactive ball.
The last game I made the decision to go back to my urethane ball and try something the pros do. I put my sliding foot on board 13 and was throwing my ball straight down the boards between boards one and five. What I also did was keep my hand under the ball and behind the ball more at my release. It worked great. My first ball was a strike. The second ball I left the four and ten pin split but I picked it up. Sometimes instead of straight down the boards I had a slight angle to the pocket. I was finally striking and leaving easy spares to pick up. I ended up bowling a 197 and a clean game with no opens. At least we won two games and series. If we lost everything to a blind team that would have been a great heart breaking loss.
During the first two games I was reaching the clenching of the teeth and I could feel whisps of smoke coming out of my ears. I knew I couldn't keep that up because it would make my bowling worse. So the last game I picked the right adjustment and calmed myself down. So you can't take a blind team for granted.
The last game I made the decision to go back to my urethane ball and try something the pros do. I put my sliding foot on board 13 and was throwing my ball straight down the boards between boards one and five. What I also did was keep my hand under the ball and behind the ball more at my release. It worked great. My first ball was a strike. The second ball I left the four and ten pin split but I picked it up. Sometimes instead of straight down the boards I had a slight angle to the pocket. I was finally striking and leaving easy spares to pick up. I ended up bowling a 197 and a clean game with no opens. At least we won two games and series. If we lost everything to a blind team that would have been a great heart breaking loss.
During the first two games I was reaching the clenching of the teeth and I could feel whisps of smoke coming out of my ears. I knew I couldn't keep that up because it would make my bowling worse. So the last game I picked the right adjustment and calmed myself down. So you can't take a blind team for granted.