Ten Pins is a all wood house. the lanes and approaches are real wood. I really hate bowling on wood lanes because I never know what to expect from them. When i bowled the tournament at leisure, the lanes broke down so badly that i had a hard time keeping the ball on the right side.
During practice i couldnt keep my ball on the right side. I tried with both the danger zone and the virtual gravity. I decided just to throw the virtual gravity and adjust.
The first game i was swinging it wide and it was coming back way to high. Aric suggested i throw it harder. I did, and i could hit pocket that way, but my accuracy went down the tubes. The second game I was shooting straight down the 5 board and i was hitting pocket much easier but i lost one in the gutter which scared me out of that area. The 3rd game i finally just was throwing it hard, hitting 12 to about 8. I kept that shot for the rest of the day.
We made or way to lanes 1 and 2 on the 5th game. 1 was SOOO much dryer than lane 2. Took me half of the game to figure out where to stand on 1. I had the high game of the 4 i was bowling with on that pair with a 172.
For the whole 6 games i shot 1204. not bad but definitely not good. I think it was mostly that i was out of my comfort zone throwing the ball so hard. I missed the cut by 80 pins. I just couldnt get into the grove over there. All i had to do was average 215 and i couldnt even do that. I dont remember my scores really, but my low game was 172 and high was 225.
Next time
Edit: Man i was sore the last 2 days. I guess I was really throwing the ball hard. Something that I am not used to. Yet another thing i need to work on in my quest of going pro.
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