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General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: SrKegler on May 31, 2003, 07:00:01 PM

Title: One of those nites
Post by: SrKegler on May 31, 2003, 07:00:01 PM: Looks like my trip to NC is starting to pay dividends. Anyone serious about the game should make plans to visit Ron Clifton.

For those of you who think Iâ€™m bragging, youâ€™re right. At my age, donâ€™t know how many more chances Iâ€™m going to get.

I shot a team tournament last nite, real old house, above ground ball returns, pure wood lanes, gutter to gutter oil.

Games went exactly like this.

Game 1: front 9, 4 pin, 10 pin
Game 2: front 9, 8 pin, 7 pin
Game 3: 1st 4, 4-7 (missed) sheet

278 â€“ 278- 264 for 820

The missed spare of course cost me a good triplicate, also cost me the house record, missed by 2 pins.

Gloating over until next time.

PS Barb, youâ€™re one behind now, get your act in gear.

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~~~SrK - Have balls, will travel
Title: Re: One of those nites
Post by: seadrive on June 01, 2003, 10:24:44 AM: Congrats Darold, nice shooting! BTW, it's funny, but I now have more difficulty with left side spares like the 4-7 than with the 10 pin. Have to learn to throw it straight, I guess.

Can you tell us what's different about the way you bowl now, compared to before your visit to Mr. Carpet? Inquiring minds want to know.
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seadrive
Cogito ergo bowl
Title: Re: One of those nites
Post by: SrKegler on June 01, 2003, 10:40:56 AM: Seadrive, Ron's approach to coaching is unique. In my case, after watching the video he noticed I was falling off the shot right slightly. Now I had always been taught to keep everything in a straight line. He recommended I turn my sliding foot slightly to create a 3 point stance for better balance.

Ron's approach is just fix the things that have an impact on your game, those things that enhance consistency. You can be doing 10 things wrong but if they add up to you releasing the ball correctly, consistently, why fix it.
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~~~SrK - Have balls, will travel
Title: Re: One of those nites
Post by: Strider on June 01, 2003, 03:35:02 PM: Fantastic Darold! First CoachJim, now you. Looks like the rest of us slackers that went to NC need to get our rears in gear.
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Strider
Penn State Proud
Teamwork is a lot of people doing what I say.
Title: Re: One of those nites
Post by: HamPster on June 01, 2003, 03:46:31 PM: It's them SAWS! Which one did you use? I plugged and drilled my Viper I traded for last night (finally), and was really impressed. Good roll with a strong midlane, but the key for me is there's a strong move without over reaction on the backend. It just doesn't take off when it hits the dry.
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I know Kung Fu!

I am the one, the one that will bring balance. All the pins shall be destroyed!
Title: Re: One of those nites
Post by: 10 In The Pit on June 02, 2003, 12:23:43 AM: SrKegler, you can't argue with success, and 820 in a brickyard sounds like success to me! I mean, you even had the old above ground ball returns to contend with! Of course, you weren't shooting many 10-pins, so the returns didn't present nearly as much of a problem as they normally would. For those who have never kicked an above ground ball return, they don't know what they are missing, and it is really a feat that is not enjoyable. Shooting a 10-pin spare from the right side of an above ground ball return is a guaranteed kick.

As we both know, the youngsters today who have never seen such conditions don't know what they are missing out on.
Title: Re: One of those nites
Post by: HamPster on June 02, 2003, 12:35:29 AM: Lol, I bowl at a house with ball return capping. I'm glad they oil the lanes, cause it's IMPOSSIBLE to bowl deeper than 4th arrow on the right lane, unless you want to slide on the half foot high capping, it's great! I've kicked it twice more times than I care to remember. Kicking it on my swing foot nearly throws my shot off, so I give it another good kick after the shot just cause it's irritating!
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I know Kung Fu!

I am the one, the one that will bring balance. All the pins shall be destroyed!
Title: Re: One of those nites
Post by: MI 2 AZ on June 02, 2003, 12:40:59 AM: quote:
Kicking it on my swing foot nearly throws my shot off, so I give it another good kick after the shot just cause it's irritating!

Yeah, that will teach it a lesson it wont soon forget!

I've bowled in some houses where on the first lane, the wall is right next to the left gutter and have seen some good holes in the wall from people kicking it.
Title: Re: One of those nites
Post by: HamPster on June 02, 2003, 12:45:36 AM: Jaybowl in Lawrence (home of the Jayhawks bowling team) is like that, there's a wall just right there on the left of lane 1. Bowled a tourney there, and it's really fun! There are two lanes like that though, there are supports that divide the house in half, and lane 7 has a big concrete wall right next to it also. It's crazy!
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I know Kung Fu!

I am the one, the one that will bring balance. All the pins shall be destroyed!
Title: Re: One of those nites
Post by: MI 2 AZ on June 02, 2003, 12:53:05 AM: The closest wall I remember was the one at State Fair Lanes in Detroit. I used to bang my left arm on the stupid wall when shooting at the ten pin. There were some others in the Detroit area that I used to hit (er, bowl at) while competing in travel leagues that had a wall close to the lanes but I cant remember which they were now, except for State Fair.

To get back to the topic, nice bowling SrKegler.
Title: Re: One of those nites
Post by: HamPster on June 02, 2003, 12:58:46 AM: Lol, yeah, awesome! It's hard to throw your shot when you're trying to keep your free arm or leg from banging into the wall every shot.
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I know Kung Fu!

I am the one, the one that will bring balance. All the pins shall be destroyed!
Title: Re: One of those nites
Post by: Rick Wunder on June 02, 2003, 09:52:22 AM: Darold,
Great shooting! Looks like you're ready for the Hoinke!
RW (THB)
Title: Re: One of those nites
Post by: Pat Kruschel on June 02, 2003, 10:06:38 AM: Nice shooting Darold!

Look forward to seeing your name posted as winner of a few ABT tournaments!

Good luck at the Hoinke.

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PK
Sub 500 Teamster
"Student Bowler"
"Results are not Typical"
Title: Re: One of those nites
Post by: Magic Carpet on June 02, 2003, 11:02:43 AM: SrKegler,
Don't blame that sorry bowling on me. You chopped a 4-7?
I also want to know where you get off calling yourself SENIOR Kegler. You are a very young man in an ol'guys suit. I know lots of 35 year olds I wish were young as you.
That was some great bowing my friend. An achievement of a life time that 99% of all bowlers will never see.
Keep it up!
Ron the jealous carpet dude
Title: Re: One of those nites
Post by: card79 on June 02, 2003, 12:05:17 PM: Congrats SrKegler. Looks like you are going to show all of us at the Hoinke.
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I don't really play cards and I am not 79, but it fits together somehow.
Title: Re: One of those nites
Post by: livespive on June 02, 2003, 02:43:50 PM: How do I get ahold of Ron C to maybe sett up something?

Message me
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Eric T. Spivey, P.E.
Visionary Test Staff Member
Title: Re: One of those nites
Post by: SrKegler on June 02, 2003, 03:21:14 PM: Ronc: Sure sorry to give you a bad rap. Before all your instruction my normal spare shot was the head pin. After you moved me from the 3-6 pocket I keep leaving those weird spares. 4 pins, 7 pins etc. Guess it will take another trip down to correct that problem.

Pbass: Thats not the triplicate I have in mind. LOL

Livespive, RonC, Creekside Lanes, Winston Salem, NC. Also bowl4fun.com

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~~~SrK - Have balls, will travel
Title: Re: One of those nites
Post by: MI 2 AZ on June 02, 2003, 04:00:39 PM: Or, Ron posts here under the name Magic Carpet. You could look it up under the Users List and message him.
Title: Re: One of those nites
Post by: Magic Carpet on June 03, 2003, 11:15:10 PM: livespive
You can email me if you want. rclifton@triad.rr.com
Ron Clifton