So struggled tonight. Lanes were very dry right from the start. In warmups I grabbed my Conspiracy out of the bag and hit it with a 3000 just in case (it was at 2000). Haven't used that ball in awhile. Started out with the ball coming in high and hitting like a marshmallow so I picked up my speed a little and that worked for awhile. Rolled a 215 but missed a 2-7 in the 3rd frame then missed a 7 in the 10th. Started game 2 and counting the 10th of game 1 left the 7 pin in 3 of 4 frames so switched to the BWG. Wasn't hitting the pocket with it until later in the game and ended with a 180. Game 3 it was so dry. I moved into the oil but kept tugging my shots. I know what is happening. My mind says the ball will not hook in the center so I try to make it hook. Need to get over that. Struggled with spares again. Not the ball. I am missing my target wildly. Left a bunch of back row pins pocket hits. Left the 9 pin twice and I never leave it. Tells me I had too much deflection (lefty). Just looked at my stats and in 2 years I have only left about 10 9 pins. Left 2 tonight.
I needed a weaker ball to go to after the BWG but the only thing I had was the Rhino and it goes almost straight. I did try it in warmups and it hooked just a little. Probably could have made it work. Have to think about this.
On a positive note we won all 3. My teammates were on fire. 2 of them (father and son) rolled 245's in game 1 then 235 and 225 in game 2. The son had a 708 and the father had a 652. Another teammate had a 605 then me and another teammate both had 565's. I was coaching the father through the transition and helped him quite a bit.
Speaking of on fire...our PSO had a 300, 289, and 233 (822). He rolled a 300 against us a 3 weeks ago with an 832. His average was 233 before tonight.
So been using the Rhino for 7 pins and usually miss wide and it slides into the gutter. Until a couple of months ago I had used my weakest strike ball for 7's and if I missed wide the ball would usually hold the ridge but with the Rhino it slides right off. Might sand that for a little more surface and try that then I can use it as my weaker ball.
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