yes this is one sick fetish I have here.
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kendog
avoids spare shooting at all costs
just throw strikes, and check your own spelling

Well, 540 last night. Didn't bother to find out which pattern we had. I know it was short medium volume, because we never did get much carry down. Ten pins were really tough without plastic. My Blueberry fit the bill with a couple of release adjustments. I started with my Thing Returns, and I might have made it work, but it was just a bit too much on the back end for this short pattern with it's pin over ring and cg stacked underneath. The Blueberry with a roughly 3 x 6 layout was more controllable and gave me pretty decent carry. The release adjustment that I made was simply to keep my index finger tucked up tight and stay more behind the ball rather than under to take a bit of lift off. I'm slowly training myself to stop letting the shot get away from me to the right, my major weakness.
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kendog
avoids spare shooting at all costs
just throw strikes, and check your own spelling

Joe that sounds a lot like the shot we had last night. We have had a heavy out of bounds every week. Once I've found a line, I really only have like a board and a half to miss right or you'll leave the head pin. With the short length in the middle you had to keep your speed up and cover only a mild number of boards.

I did try taking some notes last night and it really helped me focus. I simply jotted down my foot position, mark and break point with result. I think this could be a big help especially when the tougher shots are there. To me, when I'm struggling to find my line, I think this will help me to be more systematic about adjustments.
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kendog
avoids spare shooting at all costs
just throw strikes, and check your own spelling

I have two weeks worth to report.

Last week was downright ugly. My spare shooting deserted me, and I had no accuracy at all. Shot 670/4. And I was lucky to get that.

Different story this week. I was coming out of the ball way too early, and a small tape adjustment corrected that problem. My spare game returned, only missed 1 makeable spare in 4 games. And I finally convinced myself to get my fat butt out of the middle of the lane and out to 5 board. You just can't play these shorter patterns inside (at least I can't).

Results: 189-204-203-184/780

Now I'm off to Reno next week to be humbled again.


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PIZZAGUY

Making the world safe for tweeners

i bowl in the same league as kendog and livespive. have shot 585, 518, 609, 627 so far. we will see how it ends up though.
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