Tuesday - May 20, 2008

Summer Bowling League, week 2

We got burned. Lost the 1st game by 100. Lost the 2nd game by 3 - Rex threw a gorgeous 268 with 9 in a row, but it wasn’t enough. Lost the 3rd game by some; I stopped looking after the 7th frame. Guy on the other team threw a 279. Summer league ... just for fun. Yeah right. And we gave them 23 pins???

So now we’re at 50% after 2 weeks. Rats. I feel responsible for at least half of it; I can’t roll my average even anymore. I’m getting really tired of sucking. REALLY TIRED.

And I’m having trouble with the damn ball again too. I hate it. It’s just too long for my game. I need something shorter. Maybe a Gravity shift, and get it drilled to hook super hard. There are only two ways I can get this damn NVS to break: roll it old lady slow, which is not me, or toss it using a side hand release for maximum revs. Yeah, but those revs are 90 degrees off of my natural track. No, I want a ball that I can throw with reasonable force [ie a full swing] that will grab on medium oil league conditions. Not the burnt to a crisp BS you get in the daytime. Actual league oil levels.  It’s not that I run down the approach. I don’t. I’m walking slowly as far as I can tell. I don’t even lift my foot for the first step, I just slide it, maybe a shoe length. But I can’t do a pushaway from knee level and keep my timing right. And I try so hard not to muscle the ball. But I want to. I have to fight that desire always.

This NVS came with a 4000 grit polish finish. I’ve taken it down to 1000 grit in hopes of sanding some length off of it, but all the rougher finish does is smooth out the arc. And I don’t want a smooth arcing ball. Down and in, break hard, boom. I want to be able to release from the middle of the approach, plus or minus a couple boards, and throw out over the 3 arrow, and perhaps as far outside as the 2 arrow and a little, and have the ball come back. I can put the ball down any line pretty consistently, but I can’t get this thing to work right for me. Maybe I’m using the wrong lines.

After my third idiot throw that went to the 7 pin, I took off my WristMaster brace I’ve been using, bent it in half, and threw it away. I’ve spent the last 3 years training my arm NOT to twist from the shoulder but from the wrist. Can’t do that with a wrist brace. But when I turn from the shoulder my hand pushes in a good 5” and the ball goes way the #&!% to the inside. For. Get. That. It’s not worth it for the extra revs I get with the brace.

So if I get rained out of work tomorrow I’ll take some cash and go roll 20 games. Ok, more like 6. Practice getting my thumb out, not that I understand how to do it. Practice locking my elbow and wrist nice and straight. Practice a full follow-through. Practice giving the pins the evil eye. Maybe that’ll help.

Gosh, I so love to bowl. But it’s nearly as frustrating as golf. Sometimes I feel I should bring my .45 and just shoot the damn pins. No question I can knock them down that way. 

Posted by Drew458     on 05/20/2008 at 08:48 PM   
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