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Thread: New high series tonight!!! (my new thread to highlight the 'new' me....lol)

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    So the results are up and me and another guy had 431 and one other guy had 430 so I was very close to the bottom last night. I did swap my shoes out today and put my Dexters back in. They are regular fixed sole so will try those next week. I have to order new soles for my Storms as the tips aren't sticking very well and they are curled down a little and I know that was on my mind last night. I put an S6 on my traction shoe for last night as it was the grippiest I had in my bag and the velcro was sticking good on that one so it wasn't curled down but my slide shoe was curled slightly and after last weeks fall I was worried about it. Still not blaming last night on that but it was on my mind. I do know on my approach I was focusing on my steps to make sure I got my feet up high enough that I wouldn't trip. Hopefully next week gets better. I mean, can't get much worse....
    Arsenal "15# Global Eternity Pi-45x4.5x40" "15# 900 Global Xponent-60x4.5x40" "15# 900 Global Zen Soul-60x4.5x40" "15# Roto Grip Idol Helios-90 x 2.25 x 45" "15# 900 Global Altered Reality-50x3.625x30" "15# Brunswick Uppercut-80x3.625x35" "15# Brunswick Igniter-70x5.5x35" "15# Raw Hammer Pearl 45x5.75x40" "15# Brunswick T-Zone"
    Rev Rate about 270 @ about 15.5 MPH at the pins* High Game: 290 - High Series: 733. PAP: 5 1/8"x1" up; tilt 20*, rotation 75*. YTD highs - 290-733
    Oh, and LEFTY!!!

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    Better tonight. Got the new plastic ball tonight. 4/4 on 7 pins. Spare shooting was very good tonight with the exception of a few shots. Most of these were with my strike ball so can't give all the credit to the plastic but more to my accuracy. Felt much better tonight too. Last week just felt awkward. Had trouble with the ball return twice before the end of the 1st frame so they moved us. New lanes were much slicker but it was the same for both teams. I started struggling with pocket 7's, a pocket 4-6 and a pocket 7-9. Tried ball changes and moving in to the oil but no help. Finally moved out to the 7 board with a little more speed and took care of that. Teammates really struggled with 10 pins. No exaggeration I'm guessing they left about 30 or so between the 4 of them. They were really frustrated. Game 2 we had 9 splits on our team. We lost all 3 games. We bowled our average as a team the last 2 games and not far off the first game but the other team was 80 over their average every game.

    So glad my spare shooting improved. It has been really bad lately. Kind of odd that I had 17 strikes and 70% spares but only had a 589.

    Hopefully I can improve on this next week. If I could have figured out those pocket 7's I would have been much better

    EDIT: This week I was high man on my team at 589 (562, 526, 482, 568). Last week I was the lowest by a bunch.

    Last edited by boatman37; 02-12-2020 at 02:23 PM.
    Arsenal "15# Global Eternity Pi-45x4.5x40" "15# 900 Global Xponent-60x4.5x40" "15# 900 Global Zen Soul-60x4.5x40" "15# Roto Grip Idol Helios-90 x 2.25 x 45" "15# 900 Global Altered Reality-50x3.625x30" "15# Brunswick Uppercut-80x3.625x35" "15# Brunswick Igniter-70x5.5x35" "15# Raw Hammer Pearl 45x5.75x40" "15# Brunswick T-Zone"
    Rev Rate about 270 @ about 15.5 MPH at the pins* High Game: 290 - High Series: 733. PAP: 5 1/8"x1" up; tilt 20*, rotation 75*. YTD highs - 290-733
    Oh, and LEFTY!!!

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    Ugh...spares got me tonight. We lost the first game by 207. 2 of their guys were about 60 over their average and we struggled. My strike ball was decent until about the middle of game 3. Left a pocket 5-7-10. They got a pic of that one. 2/3 on 7 pins. The one I missed hit the ditch about 2/3 down lane. Missed 2 4 pins and a 3 pin. No excuse for that. Used the T-Zone for the 3 7's and an 8 pin. Used my strike ball for the 2 4 pins I missed.

    We won game 2 by 84 and game 3 by 109. Lost total by 14...ugh. Our team started out with a load of 9 counts. Lanes were very wet. Me and the other 2 lefties couldn't get the ball to make the turn. Me and one of them had to go out to the 5-7 board. He never plays that far out but couldn't get anything else to work. He struggled in game 1 but then got it going. He rolled 160, 247, 192. He has a 203 average. The owner is also a lefty and I was told he rolled a 130 in game 2. He has about a 205 average so we will see what he does to the lanes next week...lol. PSO rolled a 280 and279. Not sure what he rolled in game 3. Only reason I know that is his name popped up on the screen as winner of games 1 and 2 jackpots.

    Arsenal "15# Global Eternity Pi-45x4.5x40" "15# 900 Global Xponent-60x4.5x40" "15# 900 Global Zen Soul-60x4.5x40" "15# Roto Grip Idol Helios-90 x 2.25 x 45" "15# 900 Global Altered Reality-50x3.625x30" "15# Brunswick Uppercut-80x3.625x35" "15# Brunswick Igniter-70x5.5x35" "15# Raw Hammer Pearl 45x5.75x40" "15# Brunswick T-Zone"
    Rev Rate about 270 @ about 15.5 MPH at the pins* High Game: 290 - High Series: 733. PAP: 5 1/8"x1" up; tilt 20*, rotation 75*. YTD highs - 290-733
    Oh, and LEFTY!!!

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    So the next 2 weeks will be a challenge. We bowl the top 2 teams average wise. They aren't much farther ahead of us in standings but these guys seem to rise up against us. But then again we are usually near the top of the standings and we are currently tied for last. This weeks team has a combined 207.4 average. Next week we bowl the team with the PSO and the owner on. Their team combined average is 211.0. They have a couple of fill-ins that are between 210-220 too...lol. There is one other team that is up there. Their average is 207.2. Ours is 188.6. Good thing for handicaps...lol
    Arsenal "15# Global Eternity Pi-45x4.5x40" "15# 900 Global Xponent-60x4.5x40" "15# 900 Global Zen Soul-60x4.5x40" "15# Roto Grip Idol Helios-90 x 2.25 x 45" "15# 900 Global Altered Reality-50x3.625x30" "15# Brunswick Uppercut-80x3.625x35" "15# Brunswick Igniter-70x5.5x35" "15# Raw Hammer Pearl 45x5.75x40" "15# Brunswick T-Zone"
    Rev Rate about 270 @ about 15.5 MPH at the pins* High Game: 290 - High Series: 733. PAP: 5 1/8"x1" up; tilt 20*, rotation 75*. YTD highs - 290-733
    Oh, and LEFTY!!!

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    New low game tonight. Just couldn't figure it out tonight. Hand was a little sore, knee was sore. But these should not have affected my game. I really struggled with accuracy near the end of game 1. Started getting a little more accurate early in game 3 but couldn't find the pocket.

    So we lost game 1 by 40, won game 2 by 20 then lost game 3 by a bunch. We were 50 over our average in game1 but they were 80 over theirs. Game 2 we were 20 under our average but they were 60 under theirs. Game 3 we were 40 under ours and they were 36 over theirs. So we went 2-5 tonight. Next week we bowl the highest average team. The PSO and the owner of the center are on this team (233 and 200 average). At this point playoffs are pretty much a pipe dream so just going to focus on my game and getting myself better by the end of the season.

    Arsenal "15# Global Eternity Pi-45x4.5x40" "15# 900 Global Xponent-60x4.5x40" "15# 900 Global Zen Soul-60x4.5x40" "15# Roto Grip Idol Helios-90 x 2.25 x 45" "15# 900 Global Altered Reality-50x3.625x30" "15# Brunswick Uppercut-80x3.625x35" "15# Brunswick Igniter-70x5.5x35" "15# Raw Hammer Pearl 45x5.75x40" "15# Brunswick T-Zone"
    Rev Rate about 270 @ about 15.5 MPH at the pins* High Game: 290 - High Series: 733. PAP: 5 1/8"x1" up; tilt 20*, rotation 75*. YTD highs - 290-733
    Oh, and LEFTY!!!

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    So looked at the stats/standings after last night. We are in last place of 16 teams (2 8 team divisions but we have the worst record of all 16). But we are 6th highest scratch total pins but with handicap we are 10th of 16. Seems like every team we bowl has their best night of the year against us. It is what it is and it's up to us to do better but our whole team is struggling. Well 2 are doing good but the other 3 (me included) are doing really bad.
    Arsenal "15# Global Eternity Pi-45x4.5x40" "15# 900 Global Xponent-60x4.5x40" "15# 900 Global Zen Soul-60x4.5x40" "15# Roto Grip Idol Helios-90 x 2.25 x 45" "15# 900 Global Altered Reality-50x3.625x30" "15# Brunswick Uppercut-80x3.625x35" "15# Brunswick Igniter-70x5.5x35" "15# Raw Hammer Pearl 45x5.75x40" "15# Brunswick T-Zone"
    Rev Rate about 270 @ about 15.5 MPH at the pins* High Game: 290 - High Series: 733. PAP: 5 1/8"x1" up; tilt 20*, rotation 75*. YTD highs - 290-733
    Oh, and LEFTY!!!

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    Stopped and ordered a new 2 ball bag so I can have all of them there each week. I will leave this bag there in the storage room. I probably could have used that Rhino the other night but it was at home.
    Arsenal "15# Global Eternity Pi-45x4.5x40" "15# 900 Global Xponent-60x4.5x40" "15# 900 Global Zen Soul-60x4.5x40" "15# Roto Grip Idol Helios-90 x 2.25 x 45" "15# 900 Global Altered Reality-50x3.625x30" "15# Brunswick Uppercut-80x3.625x35" "15# Brunswick Igniter-70x5.5x35" "15# Raw Hammer Pearl 45x5.75x40" "15# Brunswick T-Zone"
    Rev Rate about 270 @ about 15.5 MPH at the pins* High Game: 290 - High Series: 733. PAP: 5 1/8"x1" up; tilt 20*, rotation 75*. YTD highs - 290-733
    Oh, and LEFTY!!!

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    Dumbed down my game and it worked. For most of this season I had been tucking my pinky almost every shot. Started out the first 2 frames tonight and warmups tucking it. Tried untucked in the 3rd frame of game 1 and pocket strike so left it untucked all night. Also quit trying to open my shoulders so much on my backswing. Other than that didn't really change anything. I was much more consistent hitting the pocket tonight. Still struggled with the transition. Either went too high or adjusted and left 7 pins. But definitely feel better after tonight mentally.

    Bowled the top team in the league average wise (5 man team with a 1055 team average). PSO and the center owner are on this team. We bowled over our average all 3 games and still lost 2 out of 3. Game 2 they had 269, 248, 224, 249 and 199 (1189 scratch...lol). And they still only beat us by 109 scratch that game. We had 235, 150, 234, 214 (me), and 247.

    Definitely glad I got that plastic ball. Missed a 7 pin tonight by a mile cause of a bad release but since I got it I'm 9/12 on 7 pins.

    Used the Squatch targeting the 7 board the first 2 games with no problem. Early in game 3 started leaving 7 pins so moved in to the 10 board but couldn't hit my mark. Switched to the Black Widow Gold and was still too high so moved in a little again was able to hit the pocket again except for a couple of errant shots.

    I think a big part of my recent issues was once I started to struggle I tried to guide the ball too much, which just magnified the problems. Went back to basics tonight and tried to do the same thing physically all 3 games and only changed my line and my ball instead of changing me.

    EDIT: Forgot to add...game 2 starting in the 3rd frame my team threw 8 strikes in a row and the other team threw 17 in a row. I heard the PSO say 'man we have thrown 15 strikes in a row and are still down by 26' (they were spotting us about 90). I noted game 2 scores above (PSO had the 269)

    Last edited by boatman37; 03-04-2020 at 11:38 PM.
    Arsenal "15# Global Eternity Pi-45x4.5x40" "15# 900 Global Xponent-60x4.5x40" "15# 900 Global Zen Soul-60x4.5x40" "15# Roto Grip Idol Helios-90 x 2.25 x 45" "15# 900 Global Altered Reality-50x3.625x30" "15# Brunswick Uppercut-80x3.625x35" "15# Brunswick Igniter-70x5.5x35" "15# Raw Hammer Pearl 45x5.75x40" "15# Brunswick T-Zone"
    Rev Rate about 270 @ about 15.5 MPH at the pins* High Game: 290 - High Series: 733. PAP: 5 1/8"x1" up; tilt 20*, rotation 75*. YTD highs - 290-733
    Oh, and LEFTY!!!

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    Well overall a good night but still left frustrated. Games 1 and 2 started with 5 baggers. Used the Squatch pearl first 2 games and all was well. Targeted the 7 board and had some miss room and still carried. Missed 3 easy spares in game 1 so only ended up at 208. Game 2 had 2 spares and the rest were strikes. Early in game 3 started to struggle. Started with the Squatch the first 5 frames. 3rd frame was a little high. 4th frame was a pocket 9 pin, then the 5th frame the ball just wouldn't turn. Switched to the Black Widow Gold in the 6th and poscket strike then the 7th the ball wouldn't turn. If I missed to the outside slightly the ball would go straight. Moved in to the 10 board and back to the Squatch and took out the 10 pin. I struggle with tugging the ball when I move in. Covered the spare then missed to the inside so went back to the 7 board for the 10th. Came in just a little high and left a 6-8-10.

    Talked to the PSO at the end of the night and he said without seeing what was happening but based on my description he thinks my ball was going too long and too much angle into the pocket. I mentioned a Radical Closer and he said that ball was stronger than the Squatch. He thought maybe a Sizzle might work. I mentioned the All Road and he didn't think that would be good either. I brought up the Rhino and he said to put some surface on it and give it a try. I have it at 2000 right now. Going to try that next week if I have the same issue. It's either that or suck it up and work on my accuracy and consistency in the oil.

    So the frustrating thing was starting out with 208 and 254 and barely breaking 600 (610). I had in the back of my mind that a 700 was within reach. This game 3 thing has been hurting me for the last 7 or 8 weeks. Didn't used to have this issue this bad. I m glad I seem to finally be out of my 2+ month long funk. I went back to basics and simplified my release the last 2 weeks (593 and 610).

    On another note a guy in the pair next to us rolled a 300 in the 2nd game. Not his first but still cool. We won all 3 tonight so are finally out of last.

    Arsenal "15# Global Eternity Pi-45x4.5x40" "15# 900 Global Xponent-60x4.5x40" "15# 900 Global Zen Soul-60x4.5x40" "15# Roto Grip Idol Helios-90 x 2.25 x 45" "15# 900 Global Altered Reality-50x3.625x30" "15# Brunswick Uppercut-80x3.625x35" "15# Brunswick Igniter-70x5.5x35" "15# Raw Hammer Pearl 45x5.75x40" "15# Brunswick T-Zone"
    Rev Rate about 270 @ about 15.5 MPH at the pins* High Game: 290 - High Series: 733. PAP: 5 1/8"x1" up; tilt 20*, rotation 75*. YTD highs - 290-733
    Oh, and LEFTY!!!

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    Yet another example of the MBS (Magic Ball Syndrome). You were playing seven and moved in to ten. Really? With multiple lefties on the pair? When you miss outside and the ball fails to get back, it's dead! You can't play there anymore, whatever ball you decide to use.

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