I do not understand the problems I'm having on Thursday nights (wood lanes) versus Friday nights (synthetic).
Last night on wood:
185-161-185=531
Tried the Storm Byte, Storm Crux and Roto Grip Menace. Left 6-10 pins (made 4 of 6), 2-6 pins (2of 2) and picked up the 3-6-10, 3-9, 4-5, 3-9-10 and 7. Missed the 7, 4-6, 2-8, 2-4-5, 9 and 4. Leaves were all over the map. Frustration ran rampant, which I'm sure didn't help. I'm now averaging only 187 on the wood lanes.
Tonight on synthetic:
223-280-223=726
Found a good shot in practice on the Byte. Picked up the 1-2-4-10, 5, 7, and 10. Missed on the 10 twice and the 6-10. My average in this league is now 217.
A tale of 2 buildings.
Upon further reflection, I watched a PBA broadcast a few weeks ago, and Tom Daugherty used a urethane ball to win a tournament. I seem to recall Randy Pedersen making the comment that, since the urethane doesn't soak up the oil, and only sort of spreads it around, that it gave the bowlers using reactive balls fits. I wonder if there's something to that theory, because a teammate of mine on the wood lanes refuses to pony up some money to buy something other than the original Blue Hammer urethane ball. Is that ball screwing up my game, or do I just suck on the wood lanes? Time will tell.
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