couldn't be happier about last night, got to bring my widows into the league, FINALLY! i started with my Black Widow Legend game one playing up the ten, seemed like everyone was playing that line by the 7th frame line was basically shot finished with 207. made the switch to my black widow pearl knowing i could play a line with it no one else was, shooting 15 - 10 and BOOM! line was money game two 245, only made a 1-1 adjustment for game 3 finished with 212 totaling 664 avg of 221.33 bringing my season avg back up to 195! not bad after dropping to 182 3 weeks ago! owning this Sarge Easter drill like it's my job!
stats for the night:
first roll pin count average - 9.13
strike % 57.6
spare % 76.9
single pin spare % 83.3
multi pin spare % 71.4
splits 1 didn't spare
open frames 2
most common pin left standing 4 pin showing up in 8 of 13 non strike frames!
seemed to leave that 4 pin quite often out of those 8 time 4 of them were 4pin singles all converted
all in all our Bring'n Thunder Thursday night team took a huge jump on the lead, taking all 4 points, giving us a 6 game lead on 2nd!
plans for next week: adjust the surface of my legend to allow a line more inside, adjust to 2000 dull should do it.
"watching pros throw countless strikes in a you tube video, is like watching
super models in bikini's eating cheeseburgers on the hood of a pickup. sex sells"
Great bowling! So glad to hear someone still using the old Widow Pearl (and crushing it) as this was one of my favorites. This week, I make the change from my Optimus to my Jet Black Taboo. So excited to go back to this ball as it has been adjusted and can't wait to finally use it!!
nice! i adjusted the cover on my Legend to 500 grit polished... yeah this ball can turn hahaha i don't think i'll leave it there but it was fun to shoot with and surprisingly smooth off the point, i'll probably take it to 1000 grit polished. but yes i love my pearl i have had it since 2007 and it has never stopped turning for me! i hear so many people tell me that balls wear out o fast which is why the HAVE to buy new balls every year lol i laugh when i crush their high scores with new equipment with my 7 year old ball on it's second drill... just gives me something to smile about!
"watching pros throw countless strikes in a you tube video, is like watching
super models in bikini's eating cheeseburgers on the hood of a pickup. sex sells"
absolutely dismal night, right off the bat i stepped in beer, some butt hole left for someone else to clean up... another reason i hate drinking during league play (but thats a topic for another day). opened up the night with a very sore knee after sticking pretty bad, 128 first game... this is the lowest game i have thrown in the last 6 years. second game 160 little better but still 35 shy of my average, 3rd game just got pissed off and threw my spare ball as hard as i could off the corner and finished with a 171... not my best night and my worst set in a very long time... allot of my issue was in my wrist, i was struggling to keep it straight, while adjusting to a nonexistent slide, threw off my whole game.
"watching pros throw countless strikes in a you tube video, is like watching
super models in bikini's eating cheeseburgers on the hood of a pickup. sex sells"
Hey- It happens to all of us man. I rolled the Taboo last week and shot 194-211-127. How does that happen??
Inconsiderate people spilling beer in league is the worst. Had a few sloppy drunks that did that but eventually got kicked out. You will come back strong next week.
last night was much better! made a surface change on my legend to 3000 dull and it played very well, i am planning on changing the surface even more to at least 4000 dull. but i shot 214, 204, 203 for a 621 series and a 207 average for the night. a few missed single pins due to my spare ball hooking up a little too early, i need to adjust that as well and polish the crap out of it lol lost 3 points to the second place team and we traded places putting us in second and them in first but we're only down 1 point. we only had 3 bowlers last night and still managed to break 1000 pins in a game with two blinds! i was impressed with my team and i know we have what it takes to take our crown back and hold it for the season
"watching pros throw countless strikes in a you tube video, is like watching
super models in bikini's eating cheeseburgers on the hood of a pickup. sex sells"
been a while since i posted here, life gets busy sometimes. any who. i have several ups and a few downs but over all my average is still climbing, 195 now, this is after taking that huge cut from down to 182, last week i had a stellar 530 series, after some "back to the basics" practice i came in last night and threw down a 691 rolling a 269 in my first game. front 8, ring 10/, x brick church 1. i would say my nerves got the best of me, my grandfather was there to watch me, he is the only reason i got started in bowling all those years ago in YABA, to bowl a 300 in front of him would be amazing (plus he said he'd buy the ring). still moving forward, i have the 2nd highest average in the house, highest series in the league, and 2nd highest game of the season, my team however, has dropped back to 5th place down 14 games from 1stdealt with allot of absences in the last 5 weeks, hard to beat a 5 man team with only 3 bowlers. #HammerNation #BringnThunder
"watching pros throw countless strikes in a you tube video, is like watching
super models in bikini's eating cheeseburgers on the hood of a pickup. sex sells"
Good to here from you. You're bowling great! Glad you could throw that 269 in front of your Grandfather. Some of my best bowling memories was bowling with my Grandfather growing up. We would go all night bowling and he was 89. We were in the league together up until he was 92.
That meant more to him than you throwing that game, trust me.
What adjustment did you finally do to your ball that you are currently throwing?
HAMMER ON!
haha yes i did make an adjustment to my badass, i hand scuffed the surface with a 500 and then 1000 grit abralon pad. now this is exactly what the OOB surface is, i just left out the polish, this gave the ball a much more controllable, while aggressive hook. i also changed my Legend's surface 500/1000/2000 polished, and she is the perfect 3rd game compliment.
"watching pros throw countless strikes in a you tube video, is like watching
super models in bikini's eating cheeseburgers on the hood of a pickup. sex sells"
Originally Posted by Shaneshu87
I thought the badass was 500/2000 OOB?? I'm always afraid to go with out polish. I need that little extra skid before my ball grabs hard.
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