JaxBowlingGuy

This weekend is the UBA $7,000/$1,500 4th of July tournament. I will be leaving tomorrow morning to head down for the weekend and plan on doing a new blog entry for each day bowled with updated scores and some insight into what I saw on the lanes. This tournament uses a modified PBA Chameleon pattern which measures 43 feet in length. It uses a side to side ratio of 1.96:1. The "modified" part to this pattern is increased volume. Previously when I bowled this pattern over Memorial weekend ...

Tonight is my weekly 9 pin no tap "trny". Its more of a bowling for bux, which is actaully the name. There are different color pins and are worth different amounts. Splits are your big $$. If you add a color pin into it then double it, 2 pins, triple.. Tonight I shot well. Came out the gate strong with a 268. The shot was alot better than it usually is and was really able to find a line quick. Going into the 2nd game I did notice my ball was wanting to try to hook a little early so I ...

Last night was the meeting and 1st night of bowling for my 4 person mixed scratch league. Well the meeting seemed like it took forever with a rules change or alter on almost every one. we are running a 23 point system. 3 points per team game win, 2 points for team total, andd 1 point per game per singles win (you bowl the person accross you). The higher team in the standings will set their line up 1st and then the opposing team with set who they want to match up.This is a 9pm league so we will be ...

Tonight was our last night of league and we came into tonight in 4th place. We couldnt catch the 3rd place team, but could fall as far as 9th if we didnt hold our own. We came out of the gate losing by 20 pins . I shot a 201 during this game. The 2nd game we come back to win by 22 pins. I didnt do much help this game posting a 174. Now we are 2 pins apart with the advantage to us. The 3rd game was all ours. We ran away with it and won by almost 100 pins. I added a 190 to the team this game. We finished ...

Last night was the final nightof my summer PBA league. I went into the roll off seeded 18th of 44. we do ours bracket style when highest seed bowls lowest with top 10 getting a 1st rd bye.. I as paired against the 33rd place guy that was carrying a 163 average to my 183 for the season. The shot was the PBA US Open. This is a 40ft flat pattern gutter to gutter. I will start by saying it played nothing like it should. people were already swinging the ball in the 1st game. hmmmm... well the guy i bowled ...

Today was the final day of the trny. went into today in 3rd and 4th in doubles (different partners) and I was in the cut for the semi's. I got there before the last squad to watch everyone to see what lines they were playing and how the balls were reacting. It didnt look to be much different than yesterday.. miss inside it would take off, miss outside and no chance of coming back. I saw more splits in this months trny then all the others combined. It was split city.. Well by the end of the regular ...

After getting down here to orlando to the trny i learned that the shot was only a 36ft pattern. It was bone dry on the inside and a little more oil on the outside but still not much.. the fact that they would put out a shot that dry knowing that there would be 6 squads was kind of crazy. My 1st squad i bowled with mrbill on my set. I bowled HORRIBLE!!!! I wont mention the scores (yes that bad) but it was ugly. I cam back in the 2nd squad and re-entered singles and also bowled doubles with my usual ...

Last night was the weekly tournament again. I was excited to find out that they were still running the new house shot which i am currently averaging 244 on. :-) well my 1st game i jumped out of the gates with a 268. I was sitting in 2nd after the 1st game. The second game we moved to the end set and that wasn't so good. Shot 176, the shot was like completly different down there. I split every shot on the left lane and stuck the right lane. I was still sitting in 2nd after the 2nd game due to having ...

well today is the day to start this months Florida Bowlers Classic tournament. I will be making to trip from jacksonville to orlando once again. I am not looking forward to this center as it was very difficult for me to make the cut last time we bowled here. but hey more difficult things make you better.. its around 8:45 and i left my house about 15 min ago. the gps says 145 miles to go. if all goes right me and mrbill will be bowling on the same set 1st squad.. ill keep posted... gotta get back ...

We had our league meeting for my wed night league that is scheduled to start next week. This year this league will be starting without my girlfriend and I.Thsi would be my 1st year in this league so I was happy to try out a new center along with my usual center.. I realized as soon as I walked in the door that I was in for a treat when i saw, or rather heard that the president and secretary really didnt know what in the world they were doing.. They read the rules straight off a peice of paper and ...

We pre bowled tonight for the league tomorrow night. We have a team meeting at another center for a league starting the following week, so we couldnt make it to league tomorrow night. They put the new house shot out that will be ran full time this next season. I really like this patter. My 1st game was a 252. Front 4 , big open in the 5th frame with a 5 then 4 count for a 9.. Then struck until the 2nd shot in the 10th. The 2nd game the lanes started to dry up towards the middle of the game. i switched ...

Pattern: USBC Masters
Entering Average: 183

Tonight was our last night to move up the ranks before the roll offs next week. I started the night in 14th or 44. Not too bad. I entered the 1st game feeling good and shot a 174. I was not too worried because there were 3 easy opens. Came out the next game with a good like and shot 187 with 3 opens again. I couldnt convert a 10 pin until the 3rd game. Now in the 3rd game it just all went down him. Shot a 145..wohoo.. I had like 4 ...

Tonight the house put out the new house shot for next season to fee how it rolled so they can tweak it to get ready for leagues starting in 2 weeks.. Ill say i LOVE this new shot!!!! The games are below..

218
246
269
173
226

After the 1st three games I was in 1st by 90 pins. With the cut being just the top 2 I wanted to try some different balls and different lines in the 4th game. I ended up just going with my line i have thrown all night ...

Entering average- 201

Game 1- 199

This game started great! 1st 3 frames were strikes, then i lost it. Just out of nowhere that line went away. I didnt throw another strike until the 9th frame. I was throwing my virtual gravity like usual since its a heavier shot.

Game 2- 178

This game i played around with my virtual energy and my polished attitude shift. The VE was a little too much ball for the line I was trying to play..The attitude ...

Pattern: Viper
Entering Average- 181

Game 1- 212

I started the 1st game of the night throwing my Storm Furious. I was laying the ball down around 20 and playin around 10 or just outside. This line worked very well for the 1st game. I had a couple stupid opens here and there but still managed a good game of 212. Won 2/4 points

Game 2- 191

Oh wow, this game was UGLY!!!! I had 3/4 opens in to start the game and really didnt get much ...

League tonight was by far my worst night of the summer season. I came in tonight with a 205 average but that was soon to fall. Our team was in 4th place 1 point out of 3rd and 7 out of 1st. We use the 7 point system, so that woouldnt be too hard to make up with 3 weeks left after tonight.. Well we ended up losing all 3 games.. My games were as follow..

We had to make up ALOT of handicap tonight as well. We had 95 pins to their 315. We were down 220 pins before we threw the 1st ball.. ...

Pattern: Shark

Game 1- 212:

I started the night with a 212. I threw my Virtual Gavity with a 4x4 layout. The ball was recently heat cleaned so was like a fresh ball. I started with a taking speed off and keeping my revs up. I was shooting around 15.5 to about 10.5. This line was hitting very well. I ended with a clean game. Took 3/4 points

Game 2- 188:

When I started the 2nd game i was playing a close line to was i had the prior game. It ...

Tonight was my weekly tournament again.. This tournamnet was held on a 34ft sport pattern. It was some international pattern again.. not sure why he keeps using these..lol.. Well my 1st game i shot 187 and was in 6th with the cut being the to 3... moved sets and the shot just got alot better.. more oil it seemed and the ball held very well. ended up shooting 207 with a open in the 10th.. that jumped me to 1st on the board since EVERYONE bowled horrible the 2nd game.. going into the 3rd game i had ...

So i ordered a new ball yesterday. I ordered a 15 lb 3-3.5 inch pin with 3oz topweight... They had no problems getting those specs and sent it right out/.. I got the tracking and look and saw that it said the package was 14 lbs... I called the company and asked if they sent the correct ball as the oder sheet was all correct.. They said that it was prob just a mis type when entering the weight. since the ball was being delivered today they told me to just check it and let them know.... I couldnt ...

Tonight was the 1st league night that my girlfriend missed that actualy effected me due to her being on the team. Well we dont think she actualy broke her toe now but just sprained it really bad... But enough about that..

The past 2 weeks we have only lost 2 point (1 game) and started making our way back up the board after 2 sweeps the week prior. We are still carrying the highest team average in the league so not much handicap. We were in 4th place tonight 1 point out of 3rd and ...

Tonight was the Scorpion pattern. This is a 42 foot pattern very close to the looks of a typical house shot just flatter. I started durring practice stringing strikes with my Virtual Gravity. Got into the 1st game and not too sure what happened. The shot was GONE! I moved all over and then stuck with playing a BIG hook. I was standing 30, laying the ball down at 22ish and playing out to around 7. Ended up finishing with a 178. Not too bad for such a bad start. Move to the next set and played the ...

We before we went to bowl last night in my weekly 9 pin no tap trny, she wanted to try to "kick my butt" while i was packing us my bags. She came over and was pushing around so i started to play back. then we started to get like all MMA on each other (just playing not really fighting) But to make a long story shot she went to try to kick and i pulled my leg up to block and *CRACK* her toe against my knee... Well we iced it right away and figured it was just jammed (which i still think ...

So tonight was the weekly trny that I bowl.. They use a different sport condition each week.. Tonight was some crazy overseas 34ft kegel pattern... It played weird to say the least... At times it played like a reverse block and others nothing like that.. I think there was 2 200+ games in all 3 games from everyone.. It was UGLY! I shot horrible in the 1st game and then came back in the second and could spare the 10th for a 183.. 1st ball i leave a 10 pin.. I couldnt carry a 10 to save my life tonight.. ...

so i went to league last night bringing a 208 average with me. ooh did that drop.. the center decided to change the shot again for the 3rd time in 3 weeks.. they are trying to find a good shot for the upcoming season... but anywho during practice i couldnt miss.. strike after strike.. but once the 1st game started the shot that i had been playing all of a sudden just wasnt there... left 3 splits and just couldnt carry single pins.. ened with a 157..ouch... then come back the 2nd game needing to ...

So I came down to AMF Longwood today to shoot the Fl classic tournament. I was told once i got here that it was a 35ft shot.. oh were they wrong.. 1st ball with my virtual energy drilled 4x4 didnt even think about moving.. the shot that is supposedly a 35 ft modified PBA TOC pattern is playing like a 50ft shot.. It took almost 3 full games to get a 5 board hook.. Then the shot started to break down and it wasnt too bad.. with handicap i made the cut in singles with a 717.. When i left i was also ...