231 on my Thursday night league, 219 on the Tuesday night. Different houses.Originally Posted by Amyers
That's impressive what did you average in the league with the 625 low?
231 on my Thursday night league, 219 on the Tuesday night. Different houses.
High Sanctioned Scratch Game - 300(12) Hi Sanctioned Scratch Series - 822(3)
2016/17 Book Average=221, 2017/18 Composite Average=223
Equipment in the bag - Storm Crux Prime, Storm Physix, Roto Grip Idol, Roto Grip Idol Pearl, Roto Grip Hyper Cell Fused, Storm Sure Lock, Storm Drive, Roto Grip Winner Solid, Roto Grip Haywire, Storm Fever Pitch, Roto Grip Red ball spare.
Rev Rate 400. Speed 18 at heads, 16.5-17 at pins. Axis tilt 10, Axis Rotation 55. PAP 5 5/8 x 5/8 up
That's great bowling I'm sure there is no one on any of the leagues in my house averaging over 210. I bowl in an older house wood lanes well maintained but you don't get the pin action there that you do in some of the newer places congrats on that
The Rhythm has had a little surfacing done to it from out of the box. Rob could answer that since he was the one that touched it up for me when I was out in Vegas.
I actually have a symmetric core ball with a higher PerfectScale than the Marvel-S…the 900Global Bullet Train (222.8) which I plan to use as a replacement for the Frantic later in the year or early in 2015.
Why as a replacement for the Frantic and not the Rhythm??
1) The Frantic is my oldest ball in the bag and it will be "time". It doesn't get used much anymore now that my home house has gone to synthetics…but I bought it back in August and have a lot of games on it….so I figure by the end of the year/early in 2015…it'll be time to retire it permanently.
2) It's a hybrid overstock with virtually identical numbers to the Frantic. By having both the Bullet Train AND Rhythm in my bag….I have both a Hybrid and Solid overstock option rather than 2 Pearls and 2 Hybrids.
The Bullet Train is the ball that caused me to put using the Asylum I won on hold. I'm gonna try switching to a 15lb arsenal in mid-late 2015 and the Asylum will replace the Bullet Train (hybrid overstock).
As is my reputation for wordiness….I'm sure you'll hear all about the new ball as fall approaches after I get it drilled up.
In Bag: (: .) Zen Master Solid; (: .) Perfect Mindset; (: .) Brunswick Endeavor; (: .) Outer Limits Pearl; (: .) Ebonite Maxim
USBC#: 8259-59071; USBC Sanctioned Average = 192; Lifetime Average = 172;
Ball Speed: 14.7mph; Rev. Rate: 240rpm || High Game (sanc.) = 300 (268); High Series (sanc.) = 725 (720); Clean Games: 198
Smokey this is not 'Nam', this is bowling. There are rules. Proud two-time winner of a bowlingboards.com weekly ball give-away!
Well good luck I have never seen anybody around here throwing any of the global stuff should be interesting to see how it works out for you.
Another tournament in the books.
The scores are in my "Aslan's Scores of the non-lady kind" if anyone wants to review.
In general, I did fairly well at the OC BVL tournament earlier this year. And I again did fairly well at the Citrus Belt BVL tournament.
I'm not sure "why". I think the BVL tournaments are less intimidating...it's more just "regular bowlers". And it's "divisions", so I'm not necessarily competing against the best players there.
In terms of a comparison of the OC BVL earlier in the year to the Citrus Belt BVL:
OC BVL:
Average: 187.67
Strike %: 43%
Spare %: 58%
Single Pin Spare %: 85%
Multi-Pin Spare %: 40%
Splits per Game: 1
Citrus Belt BVL:
Average: 181.56
Strike %: 38%
Spare %: 63%
Single Pin Spare %: 88%
Multi-Pin Spare %: 52%
Splits per Game: 1.11
So, very similar results. Both tournaments were at very "dry" centers so that definitely helped me and makes the results even more comparable. It looks like maybe my strike rate has fallen off a bit but my spare shooting has improved a bit.
I used all 5 balls in my arsenal because they didn't re-oil after Squad 1 so I ended up using the lesser hooking balls in Squad 2. They then re-oiled for Squad 3. The Hammer Rhythm was KILLING it yesterday. I made a mistake and didn't try it out before Squad 1 (just nerves, forgot...).
Looking at the ball performance...since I often switched from ball to ball during a game...I just added up consecutive frames for each ball to give me a score comparison:
900Global Bullet Train: 140-137
Average = 138
Hammer Rhythm: 254-217-168
Average = 213
Columbia Encounters: 181-195-188
Average = 188
Brunswick Slingshot: 168
Average = 168
I won't share this with my Thursday bowling league team because it'll just encourage them further to harass me whenever I DON'T use the Rhythm...which they claim I throw much better than the other balls in my arsenal.
The problem with the Bullet Train in the 140 game was it wasn't making it back. We're talking about 1-2-10s, 1-2-8s, 1-2-8-10s, 1-2-4-10s, 2-4-5s, 2-4-5-8s, etc... That leaves some very difficult spares to shoot at.
I'm not 100% sure the Bullet Train IS stronger than the Rhythm. It's something I'll have to look at. But once I made the move to the Rhythm...all the sudden it rainbows and lollipops!! I had 3 open frams in 3 games worth of shots...one was a 8-10 split, one was a 1-2-10 and another was a - 8 and those last two were just bad shots where I didn't get my shoulders square and threw the ball way right.
After the tournament I had MWhite take the Bullet Train from 2500 to 2000 abralon and I had the Rhythm resurfaced at 2000 abralon. That should weaken the Rhythm just a 'tad'...but it will hopefully get the Bullet Train to move/hook just a little more/sooner.
That was SO stupid not to try the Rhythm in practice before Squad 1. I always try the two most aggressive balls on the 2-3 lines. This time I just forgot and it cost me BIG time.
In Bag: (: .) Zen Master Solid; (: .) Perfect Mindset; (: .) Brunswick Endeavor; (: .) Outer Limits Pearl; (: .) Ebonite Maxim
USBC#: 8259-59071; USBC Sanctioned Average = 192; Lifetime Average = 172;
Ball Speed: 14.7mph; Rev. Rate: 240rpm || High Game (sanc.) = 300 (268); High Series (sanc.) = 725 (720); Clean Games: 198
Smokey this is not 'Nam', this is bowling. There are rules. Proud two-time winner of a bowlingboards.com weekly ball give-away!
Oh...and GET THIS!!
I bowled a clean 217 game, first game of Squad 3.
Then I bowl X, X, 9/...
...who comes stolling into the center?? MWHITE!! So he comes over asking me how things are going...TOTALLY JINXS ME!!! I throw the next shot in the gutter and get a - 8!!! THANKS ALOT MIKE!! 13 clean frames to start Squad 3 and then SPLAT. Opened 2 frames later with a 1-2-10...and finsihed Game 2 with a 199 after a 4-bagger and picking up a baby split...but STILL!
"So he comes over asking me how things are going...TOTALLY JINXS ME!!!"
Seriously!!! Here I thought that Aslan was the champion of rational thought, analysing each of the 472 factors that could possibly effect the shot before every throw. Yet you believe that Mike has some supernatural power to make you throw the ball in the gutter. What's next? Pouring a shot of lane oil over an ice cube as an offering to Icegod before each game?
John
Thats odd, I talked to a number of other bowlers before I made it to you, and they didn't seem to be effected the same way.
Well it doesn't take much to Jinx Aslan
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