The Second Time Around

I wasn't able to bowl on Monday as planned because of a snow storm. I ended up going in on Tuesday to Val Lanes for their all you can bowl for $9.99. I was hoping to get in 3-4 games before my arm tired. The lanes were pretty dry because this was at 9:30 pm, right after league play.

The first game I had some trouble getting used to how dry the lanes were and threw a very sad 86, I'm not counting that one, I was just warming up. I also was worried that my arm was hurting a little early ...

I picked up my Ebonie Matrix spare ball and went to the Early Bird Special at Air Lanes for $1.29 per game. Bowled 3 games and I'm happy to to report my arm felt great. I was there 5 minutes before opening time of 10 am and the place was packed, mostly with fairly serious bowlers. Luckily I shared the lane with a couple playing very casually with house balls. I was very worried to get real serious players who would think my game sucks horribly... I'm just way out of shape.

Game #1 ...

The same day I got my new ball and bowled my first two games I went home for a while, worked on homework and then decided to go to a nearby alley to throw a couple of games. I paid for 1 hour and when I threw my first throw my arm basically broke down. I couldn't even pick up my 15 lbs ball, I'm horribly out of shape after 8 years of not playing...

I was still very sore Thursday and Friday but Saturday I finally felt better so in between MBA classes I decided to go throw a game at ...

I got my Ebonite Evolve drilled and I'm getting used to it, I hadn't bowled since '02 so I expected to throw a 110 average at first.

The first two games weren't too horrible, although I couldn't find my stance and the 15 lbs ball felt pretty heavy. I bowled a 126 and a 129, the real scary thing is I only picked up 14% of spares, and 0% of single pin spares... I don't have my spare ball yet, so I was using a house ball as a spare ball and I felt like I had no control of it.
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The Ebonite Evolve has finally been delivered. I tracked it on Fedex's website all morning and it was delivered at 12:07, just after noon. I cut my lunch short and will take off from work a couple of hours early to get it drilled and take it for the first test drive. So by tonight I should have a decent idea of how out of shape I am and some stats to post onto BowlSK... I'm thrilled!

According to Fedex my Ebonite Evolve should be delivered tomorrow, so I'm very close to having everything in place to get a few games under my belt. Also the book "Bowling Fundamentals" arrived today, one of my two books for now to get me back into the swing of things.

I decided to go to the only Pro Shop in town that's open on Sundays to check out their stuff. I decided to buy Dexter shoes, a 2 ball roller and an Ebonite Maxim for a spare ball, and then order my main ball an Ebonite Evolve online. I chose the shoes and the bag and got my hand measured. The pro shop owner marked up the ball and prepared to drill it, I was watching him through the window. He made the hole for the ring finger and everything looked great. Then he was working on making the whole for ...

I grew up in Costa Rica and picked up bowling around my junior year of high school. Circumstances at the time only allowed me to practice once a week and play once a week in a league. I had an Ebonite Matrix Trimax that I loved and a spare ball. When I left for college at Iowa State University unfortunately I couldn't bring my bowling balls because they were too heavy. I went back home about once a year and never did get around to bring them so over time I just sort of stopped bowling.
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