mc_runner's scores

[mc_runner]

Thanks all! It was a bit of an adventure early on but I seem to be turning the corner... feeling comfortable and stringing shots again.

Tuesday:
243, 266, 190 - 699 series

I went in with a plan to use the INK out of the gate, as 1. I've struggled in this league a bit, and 2. I hadn't felt super comfortable with it. I had knocked the polish off to a 4K surface and wow, what a difference. Predictable, continuous and hit like a truck. Reminded me of a smoother hyroad. Got outside on one shot for a washout, I think I had one other 9/ and then the rest of the game was strikes. Ended with a 5 bagger and started game 2 with the front 9, then hit transition HARD in frame 10 and left a 5-7 split. Realistically I had noticed it a frame earlier but was still getting the drive and carry and didn't really want to adjust off it given where I was at in the game. however, that all bit me in game 3 as I was behind transition by that point and just tried to make adjustments. I was still clean and on pace for a 220ish game until I left a big 4 in the 10th after 2 strikes. Oops.

Wednesday:
192, 236, 220 - 648 series

Didn't really like how any ball was reacting in practice, started Code X for the first couple frames, switched to the INK after the 3rd. Chopped and missed a 10 pin back to back in frames 2-3. Lot of 10 pins in game 1 (for both teams) but settled in towards the end. Games 2 and 3 were both INK and really used that strong-off-the-spot-yet-smooth motion to my advantage. Did pretty well considering the lanes were playing pretty tough. We went against a high average team and ended up sweeping - which clinched first place for us for the half. This is "the" big money league and it being our first time in the league, we were all pretty pumped up!

[mc_runner]

Tues Mens:
206, 224, 215 - 645 series

Weds Classic:
203, 182, 182 - 567 series

Not all that much to report here, to be honest. I simply didn't match up that well with the lanes either night. Tuesday I don't think I missed on a ball all night but left 12 10 pins. I'd have a few strikes, then get 2 or 3 tens. Moving in, flat 10. Change ball, ring a 10. Wednesday was much of the same, except I had more variety of pins, and I couldn't string anything. I was a little bit more off on my shot which showed on the scores. Rough week, but it happens.

[mc_runner]

Really struggled last night. Normally I bowl well when I have a cold, that was not the case here.

194, 187, 195 - 576 series

I only was off on a couple shots. Lots of back row pins and a few 4s, really. Adjustments didn't help a ton, but mainly I couldn't string anything. This tells me the pair was playing a little bit different and I just couldn't catch up to it. Will try to get in for some practice tomorrow to at least work on my physical game/timing a bit, which has been off for quite a while now.

[mc_runner]

Wednesday Classic:

221, 225, 186 - 632 series

Should have been higher - left some pins out there with a couple of whiffs, chops, and splits. Had a pretty good line in games 1 and 2, moved with transition, but lanes were totally burnt by game 3. After starting strike open/open, I switched to the hustle INK and played inside. Was much more consistent there save for back-to-back stone 9s on one lane (there were a ton of 9s left on that lane, think there was a pin spotting issue).

[mc_runner]

Tuesday:

258, 246, 209 - 713 series

This was a good night. My timing was pretty on for all 3 games and outside of a greek church in game 3, was clean, stringing strikes and all that good stuff. Just felt pretty loose and relaxed. Code X first 2, switched to the INK after the split in the 2nd frame of game 3.

Wednesday:

181, 210. 213 - 604 series

Well, I got in late and didn't really have enough time to read the lane before scoring started (bascially got a chance to throw one warm up ball and that was it). Started a little rough and my timing was not great for most of game 1. I started posting shots and turned it around at the end. Game 2 was clean, just a lot of single pins. game 3 was actually going really well until I threw a big split in the 10th. Breakdown was weird, it was the end pair... just kind of a grind it out kind of night.

[mc_runner]

Tuesday Mens:

243, 259, 185 - 687 series

Started with the wrong ball for a few frames in game 1, switched to the code X and strung a bunch together. Same thing in game 2 - front 7 before I started hitting a little transition on the left lane. Game 3 was all single pins and I couldn't find a good line, or get a double. Need to figure that out a little bit more... moving in hasn't worked the last 2 weeks. May try pulling out my old pearl (which needs replacement, has a balance hole) next time I run into it.

Wednesday Classic:

204, 210, 184 - 598 series

I actually bowled better than the scores indicate. Ended game 1 with a pocket 7-10 to blow a good game. Game 2 featured a couple of really poorly timed splits in between strings. Game 3 was kind of similar to Tuesday.... lots of single pins and me fishing around for a line and battling over/under. Our whole team had issues in the third game. This set should have been an easy 650+ so kind of disappointed.

[mc_runner]

Nothing very interesting to report this week:

Tuesday:

184, 202, 226 - 612 series

Game 1 featured 2 strikes, 8 single pin counts (including 6 10 pins) and a pocket 7-10. Just carry issues, once again adjustments weren't helping much. Changed balls for game 2, slightly better but still a little tough to string. Game 3 was clean and felt good to end on a positive note. This was another night that I was throwing the ball really well, no "misses", and just didn't have much go my way. On the plus side, I was 13 for 13 in single pins, ha.

Wednesday:

225, 208, 210 - 643

Should have been higher. Chopped a couple spares in bad spots (6-10, 2-4-5 both on doubles). I had a few issues with transition/breakdown but for the most part adapted OK.
On a slightly related note, I've found that when transition hits the code X becomes almost unusable very quickly. The reaction gets really lazy downlane and it hits like a pillow. Once the lanes fully transition and get more burnt, I can swing it really effectively but that middle time is a real problem. I've been combating it with the hustle ink, but that tends to be a bit over/under as well. Any suggestions?

[mc_runner]

Forgot to add last week, which actually kind of works in my rundown.

Tues (1/29):
214, 211, 256 - 681 series

Wed (1/30):
192, 211, 212 - 615 series

On Tuesday I mostly did fine but left 4 splits between games 1 and 2. Enough to derail high scores, but I felt pretty solid otherwise. Wednesday I was a single pin machine, think I left 14 of them.

Sometime during the weekend I looked at video of myself from last year/summer and compared it to video I shot earlier this season. I've been struggling with release/revs all season in both leagues. I realized that I'm flattening my wrist out at the top o the backswing this year which is causing me to come around the side of the ball all the way through release, vs last year when I was cocking my wrist and coming through the ball. ding ding ding.

Tues (2/5):
258, 242, 223 - 723 series

Weds (2/6):
256, 216, 236 - 708 series

Cliff notes are I started with the INK both sets here as it was reading the oil really well. when I started to hit transition and couldn't carry the corner any more, I switched to the code X. Tuesday features carry down, while Wednesday burns up the lane/track. I was a little more outside/down & in game 3 tuesday and would have been fine if I didn't end the night with a dumped 10 pin... Wednesday I still had 10 pin issues (picked them all up, would have been a 750 set) but man, my release is so much better. I found what I was searching for.

Edit: Wednesday was a no-tap 900. Not a leave other than single pins.

[vdubtx]

Nice run this week mc!

[mc_runner]

Tuesday was snowed/iced out this week.

Wednesday:
182, 216, 222 - 620 series

I kind of struggled with my timing most of the night, led to a few bad shots. The lanes were almost constantly changing as well, was tough to get into a rhythm. Ended up with a respectable set after struggling in game 1, and also ended up pretty far inside by the end of the night.