So as I scroll down this timeline and look, I just feel like theres too much talk about the tools that people think they'll buy and make them better and not about that magical time of (you guessed it) PRACTICE!!!! I wanted to make a post to see put some ideas out there. Maybe we can help one another by bouncing ideas. IDK, but its a break in pace than talking about 30 or so balls that haven't even come out yet.

For me personally, lowering my axis rotation some so that my equipment is more playable on the tougher and flatter patterns. To me it seems like most of the sport patterns want the lefties left and that isn't what I do for the majority. I discovered that the more I lowered my AR obviously the better front to back motion I get so my mediocre shots are makeable single pin spares instead ugly combos. Its not something I can do consistently yet so to the lanes I go. But it has also given me great information about my bag, layouts that work and needing more asymmetricals which I hardly ever throw. I also get a lot of great visual pointers from watching guys like Anthony Pepe and Gary Faulkner Jr. as to things that I can do with my hand and how fast these guys are getting the ball into the swing with minimal effort. Im hoping to bowl more and have a more productive season as I feel I'm kinda stuck at 220 THS and 200 Sport.

I have been working on timing and arm swing, and footwork, as well as consistency. I have had to switch playing hands due to an arthritic issue with a pair of joints in my hand. It has been fun and interesting, and sometimes frustrating, but the upside is focusing on proper technique from the beginning. The more I work on keeping my hips fixed and shoulder on target and not moving, or "quiet" as they say, I have noticed some results like I used to put up, though it is still a work in progress. It is remarkable how much better you do when you focus on a single key as you line up and begin to move.
 Also, with this new swing, I find myself having to tweak my old spare system of 3-6-9, as I have a greater degree of axis tilt, and my spare ball will move a bit on this side then it did on my other one.