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Tweener92

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My Nationals experience
« on: April 11, 2006, 11:26:56 AM »
Well in my first Nationals experience I managed to embarrass myself to say the least. My event totals were as follows:

Teams- 509
Doubles- 538
Singles- 504

Granted, I didn't have big expectations but I did hope to put on a better showing. However, I did manage to finish 3rd in 2 of my brackets in the team event! All in all if you don't execute YOU WILL NOT SCORE! Folks the shot is there! I won't bother you with my reading of the lanes because to me, Charlest hit it dead on the head with his description. THANKS BUD! I plain and simply did not put the ball where I needed to in order to score.

The best part of this experience was being able to meet and bowl with 3 members from this site.  Tenpinspro himself, T.Brockette, Bowl400 and bobbabouy66.

Rick, Jim, and Tracy are all first class guys that I hope to have many more encounters with. Robert, I appreciate him taking the time to find me and wish me luck. It was awesome meeting him as well and I hope he faired better than I did. Although I didn't get to spend much time getting to know him, he seems like a good guy as well.

Well that's all from me and I hope to bowl with you guys in Reno in 2007.

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bowl400

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Re: My Nationals experience
« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2006, 08:38:39 PM »
thanks for the comments tim.  hope to see you in reno as well.
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Re: My Nationals experience
« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2006, 10:13:14 PM »
Nationals can be a humbling experience.  Other than the 1st time I went to it in Knoxville, I've wanted to retire from bowling every year since.  The shots, though possible to score on, require good execution.  You seemed to do what I have the past couple years.  Main thing is you take something away from it and learn from it.  I'd like to meet some BR members there as well, just have to see.  Hoping to drop by and see tekneek if nothin else.  Just think, there's always next year.

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Re: My Nationals experience
« Reply #3 on: April 11, 2006, 10:19:29 PM »
Nationals for me has actually shown me that i am not a bad bowler, i avg 215-220 in league, but out there i am in the mid 190's.  Compared to a lot of people, my dropoff is minimal, lol.  Most of the time it has come down to making good shots, covering spares and making quick adjustments.  Kinda like what the game should be about...

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Re: My Nationals experience
« Reply #4 on: April 11, 2006, 10:29:56 PM »
Thanks for the kind words Tim. I didn't fair much better but it was most definetly a blast. I don't think I have ever met a group of people who made feel that I was one of them, even thought we had just met. Very cool. What Tim didn't tell you is that both of us didn't shoot very well, but we went to check the brackets anyway. When the board scrolled down and we saw our names, you would have thought we had just won the lottery. We were hollaring and giving high fives, the people there thought we had lost our minds. What a great time and I can't wait until Reno. Thanks to Rick and Jim and Tim and everyone else that made this a very special trip. See you soon guys.
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Re: My Nationals experience
« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2006, 05:25:25 PM »
You broke 5 every set, although somewhat frustrating its not embarassing. I see tons of "house pro's" who shoot 4's all the time. I suck but have learned a lot in just a few years going. Too me thats why this tournament is special its involves higher levels of execution to score. I don't think many people realize how much the "THS" pattern masks poor execution. Congrads on your first one hopefully many to follow.

P.S. What was the most important thing you learned so to prepare for next year? For me it was a better spare game after the first year.

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Re: My Nationals experience
« Reply #6 on: April 12, 2006, 06:26:56 PM »
Tim,

This being your first time, that is nothing to be ashamed of, AT ALL! The biggest shock to me is and always has been the 50 foot high ceiling - it's like bowling in a cathedral. Spooky!

There are so many variables in this tournament, that I'm sort of surprised you found what I described and suggested. However, one should have some baseline from which to work.

My house average varies between 195 and 205 (I usually pick the hardest houses and leagues); yet my 6 year average at Nationals is around 192 (including one year where I couldn't believe my teammates were having such a hard time around the 3rd arrow, while I played the 1st arrow. So for the last set, I moved to the 3rd arrow and shot 480. What was I thinking? )
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Re: My Nationals experience
« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2006, 09:59:46 AM »
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 What was the most important thing you learned so to prepare for next year? For me it was a better spare game after the first year.


The biggest thing that I learned was not to be afraid to move fast and to move frequent.

Charlest- Now that you mention it, I don't even remember the ceilings. I'm short so everything it really high for me!  The biggest thing for me would have to be seeing my name on score board. That had me in awe for some strange reason.




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Re: My Nationals experience
« Reply #8 on: April 13, 2006, 10:08:27 AM »
I had my lowest set in Reno the first year the stadium was built.  351 - That is not a misprint!  And it was recorded....filed under comedy/drama.

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Re: My Nationals experience
« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2006, 02:49:27 PM »
Don't forget this year has been very high scoring compared to most.  A decent bowler should at least score 1800+.  a Real good bowler should be 1900+
I suggest all to attend the all the events the day before you bowl to see how the lanes are playing.  Then there're many posts on how others played and scored.  Take each year as a learning experience and develop on it for the following year.

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Re: My Nationals experience
« Reply #10 on: April 13, 2006, 02:59:15 PM »
To expand on that Dan, Also people can go up one floor further in the convention center, and view the lanes from above.  It is much much easier to see how the lanes are playing from up there.
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Re: My Nationals experience
« Reply #11 on: April 14, 2006, 05:51:08 PM »
I've never thought the conditions were unfair, I avg. about 190 at usbc's and am fairly happy with that.  I always strive to shoot very high, but if i make good shots i am happy.  I go in 6 weeks and will give a full rundown of my "texas experience".

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Re: My Nationals experience
« Reply #12 on: April 14, 2006, 06:18:03 PM »
another rewarding trip.  bowled with a couple of great guys from this site.  overall, did not bowl well, but i was glad to finally break 500 again in the team event.  i have not done this since 1998 in reno.  i was not happy with myself in the minors either.  the shot was there, just did not execute well enough.  the shot during the team event was softer, but you still had to execute.  i was told that there was a shot outside.  tried a few times, but i am not good or consistent enough to handle that outside shot, so i moved inside to the third arrow.  from there, i could hit the pocket, carry was another issue (used roto battle and polished track solution).  in the minors, started at third arrow and kept moving left.  found my best look with a roto pearl sonic x playing about 23 to 15, carry again was the issue.  my other big problem was splits, 14 in 9 games.  word to the wise, if you are going to miss, miss to the outside.  once again, i find myself looking forward to next year and the work that i will have to endure in order to get better.  
only two negatives however, never found that great texas steak and during the minors, there was an issue about one lane courtesy between one of my teammates and big name person to our left.  i actually thought it kind of funny, so did the lane monitor, but my teammate was not amused.

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Re: My Nationals experience
« Reply #13 on: April 15, 2006, 06:08:46 PM »
Just saying if one has ever a chance to bowl a big number this will be the year.  Don't expect the soft conditions next year.

bowl400

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Re: My Nationals experience
« Reply #14 on: April 16, 2006, 10:56:10 AM »
it would depend on what the usbc wants from their open.  if their intent is to give different styles a better chance to score, then i think they accomplished it this year.  in the past several years, inside power players had the decided edge.  this year's pattern allowed the straigter player a chance to be competitive.  however, if they did this just to quiet the crybabies for one year, then you are right, it will be back to the tougher condition in reno.  either way, it does not matter.  you still have to be accurate and consistent, whatever the line to the pocket.  and at least for me, an additional thing to work on is to avoid splits.