Friday - January 06, 2012

It feels so good to finally have clean balls

Bowling has been a tad frustrating the past couple of weeks. My games have been well below average and my teams have lost because of it. Almost always until now I have blamed myself for having a bit of down scoring, and tried some extra practice to alleviate it. It hardly worked this time; the only time I could throw a series of games in the 190+ zone was when we practiced in the afternoon when the lanes were burnt to a crisp. So I bit the bullet and took my balls to the pro shop. I got a couple of new fingertip inserts and had my strike ball baked again. That ball is several years old, and it really does need to go through the rejuvenation process every 30 to 40 games. Steam the oil out and get the surface sanded. I’ve rolled close to 100 since I last had it done. It was time. Had my spare ball refit and steamed too.

And, oh my, what a difference. I was throwing some great hook last night, and turned in 3 good games for a 587 series at Cheap League. Truth be told, I wasn’t really even trying much, because we played a lesser team and I was trying to shave points. Um, “do some tactical bowling” I mean. Whatever. We gave them 126 pins for handicap - that’s like adding a whole extra bowler to their roster - and we beat them handily, 7-0, winning the wood by almost 200 pins. 

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