Well, the first stop in the "summer swing" of big tournaments is in the books. 4 days of non stop bowling is over, and its safe to stay that i m glad its over because i am exhausted.
Day 1: Thursday June 23, Sweepers.
I decided before I came down to Las Vegas that I was gonna save my hand and not bowl the sweepers, but I was gonna go down and watch everyone bowl. They bowled on the Kegel Route 66 pattern which is 45 ft in length and ton of oil in the middle. scores weren't ridiculously high but i wasn't paying that close attention to it. Cameron will be able to talk more about the sweepers since he actually bowled them.
Day 2: Friday June 24, Survivor Doubles.
I partnered up with Aaron Foshie, from the A-Z (Arizona), and honestly couldn't ask for a better partner. the Survivor Doubles is a side tournament where you and partner alternate frames or aka baker format. the rules stated that once you set your lineup it had to stay that way for the rest of the qualifying block, so we decided Aaron would lead off and i would anchor. We bowled on a short pattern, Bejing (spell check?), 35 ft in length, and it played a little bit longer but not to bad. outside of 5 was O.B. but you had to be around 6 7 8 for your breakpoint on this particular day (well for me anyways). we started out 200+ then shot like a 190+ then our worst game of the day was game 3 where we ended up shooting like a 160+ which gave us a small obstacle in the rest of the 8 game block then we preceded to shoot 190+ or 200+ just couldnt get that big game until game 7 where we went front 6 or 7 and shot 230. and got to almost even which would of put us on the bubble. game 8 came down to the last frame, where i needed to double to put us in the cut and i got the first one and unfortunately i missed on the second which dropped out of cut and eliminated from competition.
Although we missed cut, i still had a great time bowling with Fosh, and we ended up crossing with Cameron Smith and Riley Dempsey which couldn't of worked out better because it was a good time.
Day 3: June 25: JWTC Qualifying
5 games of 5 man bowling then 6 games of Baker format
By far probably the dumbest team out there is "Will Call in" because it was the team i was on and the fact that we never did call in our team name because we never thought of one. lol the team was assembled by Jared McNeal, he picked up your truly, patrick hickok and riand poblete, and i went out and picked up Joe Steiner, my Midland Teammate next fall. we started on this years nationals pattern which wasn't terrible at all, we came out pretty hot on it and continued to stay that way as well. Steiner read the lanes to perfection and was spot on making adjustments and calling them out, which i believe was a key part to our success during the 5 man portion of the block. i believe we were fourth after the 5 man block, and i dont believe we dropped out off the top 5.
Baker rolls around now and we set our lineup as follows, Riand, Patrick, Jared, Perry and Steiner. we started out hot and continue to stay that way. i believe it was game 5 of the baker, where Steiner threw out this bet where if we shoot 300 he would buy us all dinner, so we took the challenge shooting the front 8 only to my 10 pin in the 9th frame.
we ended up fourth after qualifying.
Semi Final Round Saturday:
After qualifying we were sitting in third, we had a pretty good qualifying block, we got a lunch break and reoiled to a different pattern. we ended up bowling on a 39ft sectional pattern which had a 1.95 to 1 ratio which is pretty flat and had DOUBLE the oil that we just bowled on for qualifying. we ended get off to a very good start at all, during matchplay just getting by and getting into trouble. after the 5 baker matches we thought for sure we needed to do good the next day to make up for our mistakes and poor bowling. but come to find out we were still in fourth place which was a shock for us all.
Semi Final Round Sunday:
same pattern as the day before but we came in with a completely different game plan, using surface to give us a good look at the lanes. I ended up using my tropical heat with a 1000 surface on it and it was consistant and rolled nice. we came out bowling good then position round we had a shot at 2nd going into the stepladder, we ended up shooting 534 for 2 games with bonus that jumped us to 2nd by 4 pins.
Stepladder:
We were the 3rd match in, couldn't do worst then 3rd and one match out of bowling for the title. we came out with a solid first game but ended up losing by 10 then we had trouble the 2nd game and losing the match coming home in 3rd place.
I couldn't ask for a better experience and team, it was well worth it.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Weekend Preview: JWTC
Welcome to another entry in our Weekend Preview series. Today, ill preview this coming weekend in which i will be competing in the Junior World Team Challenge tournament in Las Vegas. This tournament marks the begining of the "summer swing" of tournaments. I like to think of the summer swing as all the tournaments we travel to during the summer, including Junior Gold, Las Vegas Open, TPC, and the Desert Open. JWTC is the first tournament in the summer that we travel to, so hence it is the first stop in the summer swing.
So ill start by saying i look forward to this tournament every year. It is the one time a year where you put your best 5 against others best 5. No restrictions based on school, county, or even state. There are some really really good bowlers on even better teams, which makes winning this tournament even tougher.
My team includes Marshall Kent, Tyler Cruz, Jordan Yoke, and Kyle Berry. We are also the defending champion, with Jordan Plunkett instead of Kyle. Last year, we qualified fifth for stepladder finals and were able to win the war of attrition and climb to the top. To be honest, none of us had any confidence in ourselves to do that. I dont think any of us had experienced anything quite like that before that. On top of the team event, Plunkett and I were able to capture the doubles event, and i won one of the sweeper squads. And with the sponsors, i bagged myself three brand new storm/roto grip balls for my efforts. (There is a rule change, now you can only win 1 ball from each sponsor.)
Its great going in as defending team champion. However, i feel like there is a little added pressure that comes with that title. I dont feel like it will effect any of us, but we are a bunch of hotheads. We will just need to focus on the task at hand.
As for the tournament itself, a quick run down. Sweepers on thursday, doubles on friday, and the team event on saturday with semis saturday afternoon and sunday morning. Finals are immediatly after semis on Sunday. Team qualifying is 5 REGULAR games and 5 two-game baker sets. Semis are two-game baker matches bowling every team once and a position round. With this type of format, lanes will get TORCHED by the baker. If you look at the scores, team will shoot a 230, then a 160. Thats how tough they get. This is the tournament where practicing ball return will pay off.
Overall, i like our chances. As a team, we have great chemistry and that goes a long way in these types of formats. We all kind of feed off of each other. We are all good spare shooters as well. This is key. in the stepladder last year, every team we bowled missed a spare in their game and that gave us enough opening to squeak by.
One thing ill note before i finish the entry. Ive been going back and forth about what balls to bring. Flying kind of restricts me to 6. I always bring plastic so really i can only bring 5. So right now, ive got the four i recently picked up, so really i going between the 718a and the midnight vibe. I know what the lanes are going to be, and the midnight vibe works well, but my recently drilled Aftermath Pearl can handle dry quite well. So i think im going to leave my midnight vibe home. I have a small feeling i might regret this, but at the same time there might be a time where i would say "well, i shouldve brought so n so instead of my vibe." so this is what im bringing:
715T
505T
718A
HyRoad
Aftermath Pearl
Tzone
I have confidence this lineup will serve me well not only this weekend, but at JG and the other major tournaments.
Id also like to continually thank all our regular readers. We've been getting more and more comments and they have been overwhelmingly positive. This is why we do this, for you, the reader. Thanks again and have a good weekend.
-Cameron
"Let's boogie!"
So ill start by saying i look forward to this tournament every year. It is the one time a year where you put your best 5 against others best 5. No restrictions based on school, county, or even state. There are some really really good bowlers on even better teams, which makes winning this tournament even tougher.
My team includes Marshall Kent, Tyler Cruz, Jordan Yoke, and Kyle Berry. We are also the defending champion, with Jordan Plunkett instead of Kyle. Last year, we qualified fifth for stepladder finals and were able to win the war of attrition and climb to the top. To be honest, none of us had any confidence in ourselves to do that. I dont think any of us had experienced anything quite like that before that. On top of the team event, Plunkett and I were able to capture the doubles event, and i won one of the sweeper squads. And with the sponsors, i bagged myself three brand new storm/roto grip balls for my efforts. (There is a rule change, now you can only win 1 ball from each sponsor.)
Its great going in as defending team champion. However, i feel like there is a little added pressure that comes with that title. I dont feel like it will effect any of us, but we are a bunch of hotheads. We will just need to focus on the task at hand.
As for the tournament itself, a quick run down. Sweepers on thursday, doubles on friday, and the team event on saturday with semis saturday afternoon and sunday morning. Finals are immediatly after semis on Sunday. Team qualifying is 5 REGULAR games and 5 two-game baker sets. Semis are two-game baker matches bowling every team once and a position round. With this type of format, lanes will get TORCHED by the baker. If you look at the scores, team will shoot a 230, then a 160. Thats how tough they get. This is the tournament where practicing ball return will pay off.
Overall, i like our chances. As a team, we have great chemistry and that goes a long way in these types of formats. We all kind of feed off of each other. We are all good spare shooters as well. This is key. in the stepladder last year, every team we bowled missed a spare in their game and that gave us enough opening to squeak by.
One thing ill note before i finish the entry. Ive been going back and forth about what balls to bring. Flying kind of restricts me to 6. I always bring plastic so really i can only bring 5. So right now, ive got the four i recently picked up, so really i going between the 718a and the midnight vibe. I know what the lanes are going to be, and the midnight vibe works well, but my recently drilled Aftermath Pearl can handle dry quite well. So i think im going to leave my midnight vibe home. I have a small feeling i might regret this, but at the same time there might be a time where i would say "well, i shouldve brought so n so instead of my vibe." so this is what im bringing:
715T
505T
718A
HyRoad
Aftermath Pearl
Tzone
I have confidence this lineup will serve me well not only this weekend, but at JG and the other major tournaments.
Id also like to continually thank all our regular readers. We've been getting more and more comments and they have been overwhelmingly positive. This is why we do this, for you, the reader. Thanks again and have a good weekend.
-Cameron
"Let's boogie!"
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Weekend Recap for JBT invite weekend
Well, it was a long and grueling weekend at JBT Pac NW located at Triangle Bowl in Longview, WA.
I believed Jeff and Evan planned to bowl there around this time because they installed new brunswick pro lanes and approaches, that they recently finished.
Saturday, regular event and format. They threw out the kegel route 66 pattern from the kegel "challenge series". its a 4 to 1 ratio. didnt have to play too far left, mostly anywhere from 11 to 16 is where you wanted to be. scores weren't ridiculously high but they were up there, I believe i qualified 3rd that day after the qualifying round. I felt pretty good going into the semi final round, Game 1 i ended up losing 250 to 240 (some where in that range) and losing game 2 248 to 245, i was pretty disappointed losing those 2 matches not because i lost and they bowled better but the fact that i lost the 60 bonus pins that would of helped me move up the standings then i lost game 3 of matchplay after chopping a spare. I started putting away my stuff because there was no way in hell i was gonna make top 5 after leaving 90 bonus pins out there on the lanes....
but.... some how, someway i ended making top 5 by 2 pins.. which was a shock to me cause i left the 90 pins out there.
Well i ended up bowling in my opinion one of the hottest bowlers as of late, in Makayla Douglas, I was terrified to bowl her because she is really good. I opened in the 10th frame again and basically figured i was done. but a bad break gave me the win then the next match, i didnt throw the ball worth a pile of you know what. and lost.
Sunday: Invitational time. I had a bye into the top 16 via total points from the whole season. I didn't throw a great opening game, then made a ball change and threw 2 straight big games, then game 4 i ran into a wierd transition where it went about 3 to 4 ft longer so i shot a terrible game 4, but the 10th frame i made a ball change that would end up being the best decision i have made so far in my bowling career, moving in to about 18 and using a ball with surface and game 5 i couldnt miss, so i finished at 29 over and qualified 5th for the 16 man triple elimination bracket.
I started feeling it and got into that mindset i wasn't going to easily come out of. I started putting frames together and was winning matches. as we got down to it, i realized that i haven't lossed a game yet and had to bowl Eddy Smith in the round of 4. I was determined and just put shots together and moved on to the "show" or championship round. I had to bowl ,my buddy and co writer of this blog, Cameron Weier.
What happened next was spectular and nothing short of amazing.
Since i was the higher seed i decided i would start 1st and finished last because I wanted the outcome of the game to be in my hands and not camerons. I started out with a split, five bagger as cameron opened up with the front six. after the open in the 1st and watching cameron double to start out, i told myself i have to stay in it and give myself a chance to win this thing in the end. so i got into this mindset and i honestly got lost in the match, like i had no idea how many i threw together and i wasnt paying attention to what cameron was doing or what the score was. i just knew i had to put together the best shot i could, each time i threw the ball. at this point I had threw a 8 bagger on the board while cammys run stopped at 7, and went spare, spare going into the 10th frame. Cameron doubled to force me to throw the first one in the 10th to win the match and title. I went up and didnt do anything different from any shot before this frame, everything was the same, only thing I did differently was the extra time i took breathing and relaxing to make sure i was ready to throw the shot. I went up there and in my mind it was the best shot i thrown all day long, and got it to the pocket and strike to win the invitational title.
It was by far the biggest win i have ever had in my career and biggest winnings i have ever bowled for. I was completely shocked that i ended up going undefeated through the bracket and beat one of the toughest and by far one of the best bowlers to ever come out of Washington, my pal Cameron Weier. I was speechless, didn't know what to say. and to this day I still can't believe i managed to pull this whole thing off, considering how far i have come in the past year. hard work pays off, i never believed it til now.
Aside: Congrats to Cameron on being named the Pacific Northwest Bowler of the Year, well deserved and well earned, helleuva season my man.
I believed Jeff and Evan planned to bowl there around this time because they installed new brunswick pro lanes and approaches, that they recently finished.
Saturday, regular event and format. They threw out the kegel route 66 pattern from the kegel "challenge series". its a 4 to 1 ratio. didnt have to play too far left, mostly anywhere from 11 to 16 is where you wanted to be. scores weren't ridiculously high but they were up there, I believe i qualified 3rd that day after the qualifying round. I felt pretty good going into the semi final round, Game 1 i ended up losing 250 to 240 (some where in that range) and losing game 2 248 to 245, i was pretty disappointed losing those 2 matches not because i lost and they bowled better but the fact that i lost the 60 bonus pins that would of helped me move up the standings then i lost game 3 of matchplay after chopping a spare. I started putting away my stuff because there was no way in hell i was gonna make top 5 after leaving 90 bonus pins out there on the lanes....
but.... some how, someway i ended making top 5 by 2 pins.. which was a shock to me cause i left the 90 pins out there.
Well i ended up bowling in my opinion one of the hottest bowlers as of late, in Makayla Douglas, I was terrified to bowl her because she is really good. I opened in the 10th frame again and basically figured i was done. but a bad break gave me the win then the next match, i didnt throw the ball worth a pile of you know what. and lost.
Sunday: Invitational time. I had a bye into the top 16 via total points from the whole season. I didn't throw a great opening game, then made a ball change and threw 2 straight big games, then game 4 i ran into a wierd transition where it went about 3 to 4 ft longer so i shot a terrible game 4, but the 10th frame i made a ball change that would end up being the best decision i have made so far in my bowling career, moving in to about 18 and using a ball with surface and game 5 i couldnt miss, so i finished at 29 over and qualified 5th for the 16 man triple elimination bracket.
I started feeling it and got into that mindset i wasn't going to easily come out of. I started putting frames together and was winning matches. as we got down to it, i realized that i haven't lossed a game yet and had to bowl Eddy Smith in the round of 4. I was determined and just put shots together and moved on to the "show" or championship round. I had to bowl ,my buddy and co writer of this blog, Cameron Weier.
What happened next was spectular and nothing short of amazing.
Since i was the higher seed i decided i would start 1st and finished last because I wanted the outcome of the game to be in my hands and not camerons. I started out with a split, five bagger as cameron opened up with the front six. after the open in the 1st and watching cameron double to start out, i told myself i have to stay in it and give myself a chance to win this thing in the end. so i got into this mindset and i honestly got lost in the match, like i had no idea how many i threw together and i wasnt paying attention to what cameron was doing or what the score was. i just knew i had to put together the best shot i could, each time i threw the ball. at this point I had threw a 8 bagger on the board while cammys run stopped at 7, and went spare, spare going into the 10th frame. Cameron doubled to force me to throw the first one in the 10th to win the match and title. I went up and didnt do anything different from any shot before this frame, everything was the same, only thing I did differently was the extra time i took breathing and relaxing to make sure i was ready to throw the shot. I went up there and in my mind it was the best shot i thrown all day long, and got it to the pocket and strike to win the invitational title.
It was by far the biggest win i have ever had in my career and biggest winnings i have ever bowled for. I was completely shocked that i ended up going undefeated through the bracket and beat one of the toughest and by far one of the best bowlers to ever come out of Washington, my pal Cameron Weier. I was speechless, didn't know what to say. and to this day I still can't believe i managed to pull this whole thing off, considering how far i have come in the past year. hard work pays off, i never believed it til now.
Aside: Congrats to Cameron on being named the Pacific Northwest Bowler of the Year, well deserved and well earned, helleuva season my man.
Tournament Recap
Well, what an exciting weekend. Before we go on, id like to first congratulate The Torched Lane's very own Perry Crowell IV on a tremendous win on sunday. Like i said in my weekend preview, going undefeated in the elimination rounds would prove to be a huge advantage.
Secondly, id also like to congratulate Tanner Spacey on his very first scratch title. Not only did he win 3 matches on his way to doing so, he went through Perry, John Jordan, AND Marshall Kent in the final. (Marshall was +405 !!) Tough competition to say the least. So big congratulations to you two.
Now on to the goods. We bowled on Kegel's Route 66 on saturday. A fairly demanding pattern. It wasnt extremly diffucult but at the same time not wide open. As with a lot of longer patterns, pretty much all the high rev players scored well. I myself did ok through qualifying, but fell apart completely in match play firing two 140-games en route (pun!) to a 20th place finish. One of the things that i noticed was i bowled on the same pair as both Marshall and Perry who were tearing it up. I found that watching them put up numbers while i was scrapping to get up to 200 really drained me mentally. Its hard to watch fellow bowlers, friends do well while you are left in their dust. In the match play same thing. Bowlers around me putting up some number while im 149 out of the gate and now totally out of it. I did find the will to pick myself up and pull it together to find a line. I even threw it well the last game even though i ended with another 140. All in all, an overall flustering day and im still having a hard time taking anything good away from it.
Sunday was bowled on Athens. This is a medium pattern. Let me tell you, it was tough. Not impossible, but much tougher than saturday. Fortunately, i had a bye through qualifying, which i found to help me relax and just try to get comfortable out o the lanes. A lot was riding on my finish. On top of the $1000 first place check, it was also triple points, and there was still bowler of the year stuff. After an up and down qualifying and match play, i somehow found myself in the finals. Like last year, i had 2 losses and my opponent (Perry) had zero losses. Unlike last year however, i was able to at least keep it close, starting front 7. Somehow, on a pattern where shooting 200 would win matches, i find myself having to shoot 264 JUST TO GIVE MYSELF A CHANCE. Perry needed a strike and good count to lock it up and like the beast man that he is, shredded the rack and spared for a 4 pin victory. I am not going to lie, i was a little fried. I was visibally angry and didnt want anything to do with anyone for a few minutes. I ended up just taking a few minutes to calm myself down, go up to Perry and give him his well deserved hand shake and a hug.
Kids, you can cry, whine, bitch all you want, but give props where props are due. If you get beat, you shake your opponents hand and tell him or her good game. They won and you didnt. Get over it. You make yourself look like an idiot and a baby when you dont do this. Especially when there are a lot of people around, or in this case, cameras. I was mad, so i wanted to cool down before confronting Perry. Afterwords i thought i shouldve been the first one to congratulate him. Something i need to work on.
Either way, a good weekend for me and a great weekend for The Torched Lane. I will probably not have another entry for a few days, but stay tuned as we will (hopefully) get to hear what the great IV has to say.
-Cameron
Secondly, id also like to congratulate Tanner Spacey on his very first scratch title. Not only did he win 3 matches on his way to doing so, he went through Perry, John Jordan, AND Marshall Kent in the final. (Marshall was +405 !!) Tough competition to say the least. So big congratulations to you two.
Now on to the goods. We bowled on Kegel's Route 66 on saturday. A fairly demanding pattern. It wasnt extremly diffucult but at the same time not wide open. As with a lot of longer patterns, pretty much all the high rev players scored well. I myself did ok through qualifying, but fell apart completely in match play firing two 140-games en route (pun!) to a 20th place finish. One of the things that i noticed was i bowled on the same pair as both Marshall and Perry who were tearing it up. I found that watching them put up numbers while i was scrapping to get up to 200 really drained me mentally. Its hard to watch fellow bowlers, friends do well while you are left in their dust. In the match play same thing. Bowlers around me putting up some number while im 149 out of the gate and now totally out of it. I did find the will to pick myself up and pull it together to find a line. I even threw it well the last game even though i ended with another 140. All in all, an overall flustering day and im still having a hard time taking anything good away from it.
Sunday was bowled on Athens. This is a medium pattern. Let me tell you, it was tough. Not impossible, but much tougher than saturday. Fortunately, i had a bye through qualifying, which i found to help me relax and just try to get comfortable out o the lanes. A lot was riding on my finish. On top of the $1000 first place check, it was also triple points, and there was still bowler of the year stuff. After an up and down qualifying and match play, i somehow found myself in the finals. Like last year, i had 2 losses and my opponent (Perry) had zero losses. Unlike last year however, i was able to at least keep it close, starting front 7. Somehow, on a pattern where shooting 200 would win matches, i find myself having to shoot 264 JUST TO GIVE MYSELF A CHANCE. Perry needed a strike and good count to lock it up and like the beast man that he is, shredded the rack and spared for a 4 pin victory. I am not going to lie, i was a little fried. I was visibally angry and didnt want anything to do with anyone for a few minutes. I ended up just taking a few minutes to calm myself down, go up to Perry and give him his well deserved hand shake and a hug.
Kids, you can cry, whine, bitch all you want, but give props where props are due. If you get beat, you shake your opponents hand and tell him or her good game. They won and you didnt. Get over it. You make yourself look like an idiot and a baby when you dont do this. Especially when there are a lot of people around, or in this case, cameras. I was mad, so i wanted to cool down before confronting Perry. Afterwords i thought i shouldve been the first one to congratulate him. Something i need to work on.
Either way, a good weekend for me and a great weekend for The Torched Lane. I will probably not have another entry for a few days, but stay tuned as we will (hopefully) get to hear what the great IV has to say.
-Cameron
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Weekend Preview: 6/11, 6/12
Well, this is going to be a little shorter than what i had hoped for. But seeing as its past midnight and i want to get this in before i start bowling, ill just make a quick post.
This weekend is the JBT invitational weekend. Regular Event on saturday and the actual invite on sunday. They are going to be held at triangle bowl, which if youve been keeping up, is where we recently bowled the all star tournament. Triangle is a modern-retro type center with old style type feel to it mixed in with newer scoring and synthetic lanes.
Saturday is like i said a regular season stop. Only difference is top 10 make it to invitational instead of the usual 5. Cant really speculate on the pattern. I am hoping for a shorter pattern as we havent really bowled on those this year.
Sunday is the invitational (im really getting tired of typing that comepletely.) Qualifying then cut to top 16 including exempts, then single game triple elimination bracket. fun fun fun. I bowled the Mojave invite a few weeks back and this triple elimination is a grinder. You are never out until you are out. Winning your matches is also key. Marshall Kent went undefeated last year in the invite, making it so he only had to win 1 game, or could lose 2 games. Big big advantage.
You can pretty much expect a tough shot for Sunday. Either a PBA pattern or Kegel Sport shot. I think last year was on dead mans curve or something to that nature. The mojave was on the team usa trials long from 2008. (this actually backfired as the cut was somewhere in the +120's that day. weird eh?.) Seeing how this format could make way for a long day, i would assume that a longer or heavier pattern will be used. I dont know what Triangle can lay out, but my money is on either Kegel's Dead Mans Curve or PBA's Shark.
Just another thing to note i was able to get my HY-road drilled today so i will have that for this weekend. Cant really say i like/hate it because i have yet to throw it on something that will give me a read. Anyway, have a good night.
-Cameron
"That shot was MINT!"
This weekend is the JBT invitational weekend. Regular Event on saturday and the actual invite on sunday. They are going to be held at triangle bowl, which if youve been keeping up, is where we recently bowled the all star tournament. Triangle is a modern-retro type center with old style type feel to it mixed in with newer scoring and synthetic lanes.
Saturday is like i said a regular season stop. Only difference is top 10 make it to invitational instead of the usual 5. Cant really speculate on the pattern. I am hoping for a shorter pattern as we havent really bowled on those this year.
Sunday is the invitational (im really getting tired of typing that comepletely.) Qualifying then cut to top 16 including exempts, then single game triple elimination bracket. fun fun fun. I bowled the Mojave invite a few weeks back and this triple elimination is a grinder. You are never out until you are out. Winning your matches is also key. Marshall Kent went undefeated last year in the invite, making it so he only had to win 1 game, or could lose 2 games. Big big advantage.
You can pretty much expect a tough shot for Sunday. Either a PBA pattern or Kegel Sport shot. I think last year was on dead mans curve or something to that nature. The mojave was on the team usa trials long from 2008. (this actually backfired as the cut was somewhere in the +120's that day. weird eh?.) Seeing how this format could make way for a long day, i would assume that a longer or heavier pattern will be used. I dont know what Triangle can lay out, but my money is on either Kegel's Dead Mans Curve or PBA's Shark.
Just another thing to note i was able to get my HY-road drilled today so i will have that for this weekend. Cant really say i like/hate it because i have yet to throw it on something that will give me a read. Anyway, have a good night.
-Cameron
"That shot was MINT!"
Friday, June 10, 2011
Weekend Review
Well, first off let me apologize for not getting to this post sooner, finals is coming up and been putting a lot of time into that, so here is my late night time and gonna post on this blog.
June 4 and 5, the Inter Association All star tournament, Triangle Bowl, Longview WA.
This was my first and last all star appearance, I had the opportunity to bowl the Greater Seattle allstars since i bowled in PSTL, which is a seattle based travel league, so i decided i would see what this all star hype was all about.
With some talk going around and some things i guess you can pissed me off and some people who thought i shouldn't be able to bowl in the tournament since i am not in the seattle association. So i went into the tournament with a little something to prove and send a message silently through my bowling instead of words to the people who didnt want me there.
So saturday, I had my game plan set, which was one shot at a time and do whatever i can to help my team win, as a bowler and teammate. We bowled 5 games of 5 man matchplay and total pins, as a team we absolutely tore it up, everyone was throwing great shots and winning their points which was huge. I personally bowled great, threw good shots and made my spares, although i wasnt very happy with my spare shooting. and during the 9 baker matches we bowled great, everyone coming up with key shots and winning points and team point because it was worth 3 pts, so we continued to rack them up and continued to bowl good.
Sunday rolls around, bowled some tough competition, this time we had 4 games of 5 man matchplay. we came out hot, and i think for the whole tournament i think we only had 1 or 2 games under a 1000, which is over a 200 average.
I personally was feeling it and coming to with big shots for my team. which gave me more confidence and relaxed me.
the baker portion wasnt has good as the previous day, i think we lost 2 or 3 pts back to back, but we came back like all good teams do and ended up winning the tournament.
I got to give a shout out to coach Ty, who i bounced my adjustments off of and made suggestions to me about moves and let me do my thing. I thought we had the best coach in the tournament due to the fact that he would pick us up and get us back moving in the right direction. i dont think we could of bounced back from the 2 match slump if we didnt have him.
Balls i used for the tournament:
Saturday
C System 3.5
2 Fast
Sunday
C system 3.5
Victory Road
June 4 and 5, the Inter Association All star tournament, Triangle Bowl, Longview WA.
This was my first and last all star appearance, I had the opportunity to bowl the Greater Seattle allstars since i bowled in PSTL, which is a seattle based travel league, so i decided i would see what this all star hype was all about.
With some talk going around and some things i guess you can pissed me off and some people who thought i shouldn't be able to bowl in the tournament since i am not in the seattle association. So i went into the tournament with a little something to prove and send a message silently through my bowling instead of words to the people who didnt want me there.
So saturday, I had my game plan set, which was one shot at a time and do whatever i can to help my team win, as a bowler and teammate. We bowled 5 games of 5 man matchplay and total pins, as a team we absolutely tore it up, everyone was throwing great shots and winning their points which was huge. I personally bowled great, threw good shots and made my spares, although i wasnt very happy with my spare shooting. and during the 9 baker matches we bowled great, everyone coming up with key shots and winning points and team point because it was worth 3 pts, so we continued to rack them up and continued to bowl good.
Sunday rolls around, bowled some tough competition, this time we had 4 games of 5 man matchplay. we came out hot, and i think for the whole tournament i think we only had 1 or 2 games under a 1000, which is over a 200 average.
I personally was feeling it and coming to with big shots for my team. which gave me more confidence and relaxed me.
the baker portion wasnt has good as the previous day, i think we lost 2 or 3 pts back to back, but we came back like all good teams do and ended up winning the tournament.
I got to give a shout out to coach Ty, who i bounced my adjustments off of and made suggestions to me about moves and let me do my thing. I thought we had the best coach in the tournament due to the fact that he would pick us up and get us back moving in the right direction. i dont think we could of bounced back from the 2 match slump if we didnt have him.
Balls i used for the tournament:
Saturday
C System 3.5
2 Fast
Sunday
C system 3.5
Victory Road
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
A weekend in review
Well, dont ask me why this took a while to post. I dont know. Been kind of concentrating on finals. On an off note, my political science professor who is like 80 is retiring, so i got to see him one final time today. It's rough at the end of quarters. I spend time with people, professors and then it ends up where i will probably never see them again in my life. But i move on. Never really develop relationships with people i meet at school. Probably because of this. I dont know. Whatever, not enough bowling in that story.
Past weekend was an exciting success. We ended up winning the whole thing. Overall a pretty exhilerating weekend. There were definite times when i felt i let my team down which i will get into a little later. Id like to thank my team mates for their support the whole time, as well as Coach Ty, who kept us focused and on target the whole time. My teammates were great and couldnt have done anything more to impress me. There were a lot of solid teams out there, and that made for some interesting matches.
So, ill first discuss saturday. On the whole, i felt i bowled much better on Sunday then on saturday. I feel like i did not make the right ball choices throughout the first 5 games of match play. (Yes, i ended up changing balls about 4 times in 4 games. something i need to work on.) I guess i fell into that trap where on a house shot, if im not carrying, i switch balls instead of changing anything else first. As a team, we did great. Only losing 3 of the possible 30 to start is very very good. In the baker, we took all but one team point, which resulted in 4 or 5 points in 8/9 matches. Overall as a team, we did outstanding on saturday.
On sunday, i felt like i was personally bowling much better. I did not change balls unitl a few matches into baker. However, our team results did not follow suit. We ended taking around 17 or so of the possible 24. In the baker, i think we were close to a split for the day. Ended up getting swept once and lost the total point 4 times. However, teams behind us also struggled and in the end no one really lost or gained ground on anyone. We ended up winning by about 10 points which is two baker matches. One thing is i didnt even know we had won until after it was all done. What i mean is i never looked at the standings as, honetly, i didnt care. I wanted to have a good time and keep my head on whats in front of me.
One thing that stood out to me was that i crumbled under pressure more times than overcoming it. The reason i make a point of this is that those are precious points which we needed. I remember specically on sunday starting +100 after two and not winning either points. Both games i had the oppurtunity to strike out to win. One time was a flat-10 and another was a 9-pin. Some would argue that they were good shots and i didnt get the breaks. Well, obviously they were not good shots if i didnt strike. Another time i went up there needing a mark to win and 7-10. Once again i got close but didnt get enough to leave something easy. I guess ill just not worrry about it. It is what it is and ill just keep doing what i need to in those situations.
Other than that, this win is very special. It was my last association tournament after bowling it for the last 9 years. It is also my first win as the team captain. I also very happy that Perry was able to be a part of this as well, seeing this was his only oppurtunity to do so. Now, if you want to talk about clutch, we can talk all day about Perry.
The seattle girls team also won. A very cool feat, meaning a clean sweep of the youth portion. (suck on it, tacoma.) Leea Haworth ended up taking high game and high 3 game series, shooting some monster numbers. i myself ended up getting high 9-game total. Marshall kent recieved High three-game and Matt lewis high game. Makyala Douglas got high 7-game for the girls, also with a monster number.
I think thats all there is to cover for this recap. Check back soon for this weekends "Weekend Preview" as it is JBT invitational weekend. Lots of bowling and lots of fuschia. Im pretty sure Perry will have his weekend recap up soon as well.
***EDIT***
Just wanted to add a little tidbit of what balls i used the weekend. (In order)
Saturday:
505t
TR2
Outburst
718A
Midnight Vibe
Sunday:
Mission 2.0
Midnight Vibe
*******
-Cameron
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Past weekend was an exciting success. We ended up winning the whole thing. Overall a pretty exhilerating weekend. There were definite times when i felt i let my team down which i will get into a little later. Id like to thank my team mates for their support the whole time, as well as Coach Ty, who kept us focused and on target the whole time. My teammates were great and couldnt have done anything more to impress me. There were a lot of solid teams out there, and that made for some interesting matches.
So, ill first discuss saturday. On the whole, i felt i bowled much better on Sunday then on saturday. I feel like i did not make the right ball choices throughout the first 5 games of match play. (Yes, i ended up changing balls about 4 times in 4 games. something i need to work on.) I guess i fell into that trap where on a house shot, if im not carrying, i switch balls instead of changing anything else first. As a team, we did great. Only losing 3 of the possible 30 to start is very very good. In the baker, we took all but one team point, which resulted in 4 or 5 points in 8/9 matches. Overall as a team, we did outstanding on saturday.
On sunday, i felt like i was personally bowling much better. I did not change balls unitl a few matches into baker. However, our team results did not follow suit. We ended taking around 17 or so of the possible 24. In the baker, i think we were close to a split for the day. Ended up getting swept once and lost the total point 4 times. However, teams behind us also struggled and in the end no one really lost or gained ground on anyone. We ended up winning by about 10 points which is two baker matches. One thing is i didnt even know we had won until after it was all done. What i mean is i never looked at the standings as, honetly, i didnt care. I wanted to have a good time and keep my head on whats in front of me.
One thing that stood out to me was that i crumbled under pressure more times than overcoming it. The reason i make a point of this is that those are precious points which we needed. I remember specically on sunday starting +100 after two and not winning either points. Both games i had the oppurtunity to strike out to win. One time was a flat-10 and another was a 9-pin. Some would argue that they were good shots and i didnt get the breaks. Well, obviously they were not good shots if i didnt strike. Another time i went up there needing a mark to win and 7-10. Once again i got close but didnt get enough to leave something easy. I guess ill just not worrry about it. It is what it is and ill just keep doing what i need to in those situations.
Other than that, this win is very special. It was my last association tournament after bowling it for the last 9 years. It is also my first win as the team captain. I also very happy that Perry was able to be a part of this as well, seeing this was his only oppurtunity to do so. Now, if you want to talk about clutch, we can talk all day about Perry.
The seattle girls team also won. A very cool feat, meaning a clean sweep of the youth portion. (suck on it, tacoma.) Leea Haworth ended up taking high game and high 3 game series, shooting some monster numbers. i myself ended up getting high 9-game total. Marshall kent recieved High three-game and Matt lewis high game. Makyala Douglas got high 7-game for the girls, also with a monster number.
I think thats all there is to cover for this recap. Check back soon for this weekends "Weekend Preview" as it is JBT invitational weekend. Lots of bowling and lots of fuschia. Im pretty sure Perry will have his weekend recap up soon as well.
***EDIT***
Just wanted to add a little tidbit of what balls i used the weekend. (In order)
Saturday:
505t
TR2
Outburst
718A
Midnight Vibe
Sunday:
Mission 2.0
Midnight Vibe
*******
-Cameron
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Friday, June 3, 2011
Spare Shooting... Perry's take
Since Cameron did an excellent post on spare shooting , I figured i would be a follower and do my own take on spare shooting and the mental side of spare shooting.
I will be honest and say that my mental approach towards spare shooting was abosolutely terrible... super bad. Back when I was younger say 12 or so, my friend and frequent practice partner Kevin Hong would practice all the time. He would bowl maybe 4 games before I would join him, and right when I joined, he asked if i wanted to keep score and we did. I am not joking here, after 4 shots into the game and i wasn't striking i would seriously zero out the rest of my game and quit bowling and not bowl the rest of the night while Kevin would continue to shoot spares and not keep score.
Now i know your thinking who cares about that, well looking back on that now i care, and think i am a complete idiot for not taking the time and work on things instead of keeping score. I can't believe how much time and talent i have wasted just by trying to throw nothing but strikes instead of working on the main part of bowling... making spares.
Now my mental approach to practice is a lot different, I have like a mental schedule that I try to follow and it changes sometimes. I would try to get at least two hours of practice in, one hour being making sure that my physical approach is there, such as timing, release, balance, and shot making. and the second hour being nothing but spare shooting, put the aggressive shit away and have nothing but a single plastic ball on the rack.
That is how i approach every practice session, although I don't get to practice much as i would like due to other commitments and working the Bowl with just me and my parents. Although, late night practice sessions is when i put my time and practice into my bowling game.
I always put spare shooting last on my practice schedule, and its not because I hate it but i know if i can make a spare shot when i am tired it should be a piece of cake when i am fresh and early into the tournament. Just like in any sport, free throw shooting is last thing done in practice because you have to make them when your tired. You absolutely have to make your spares when your tired.. its not just a good practice and conditioning but your gonna use it when your late in a tournament after game 25 and you can barely stand up.
Bowlers underestimate practicing spares, some people believe I don't need to shot spares, i will strike alot. we all know that striking alot is rare, but we all know that spare shooting is where people dont bowl good. "I don't need to practice spares, because i know i can make them" "I have made them before, i dont need to practice them." I have made lots and lots of 10 pins, does that mean i still dont go practice them? no i still go out and throw at atleast 20 10 pins. not in the area of the 10 pin. the actual 10 pin. and same goes for sevens and so on and so forth. dont underestimate spares, you will need them, trust me.
Which brings me to my next point or topic to this point, the mental side of spare shooting. I see way too many people, including myself get so pissed off for wrapping a ten pin on a great shot or boning an eight pin, and then carry it over to your spare shoot and flag it by half a lane. YES HALF A LANE. you put a ball on its thumb and square it up to the gutter then place a pin touching it then another ball, it takes up half a flipping lane. This is an area where i am improving on still, but its just makes me think whats the point of making myself look like a jackass for throwing a good shot and not carry then go up and make myself look like a bigger jackass and miss the spare.
After each tournament before i go to bed, I recap my performance in my head silently to myself and ponder how i did with spare shooting. If i missed some left side single pin spares, as i go to sleep i picture my self picking up single pin spares.
People, spare shooting is THEE absolute most important part of the game of bowling. spare shooting wins tournaments, strikes help but not the important part of winning. spare shooting wins cash, makes cuts and wins tournaments. so next time your reracking after each shot, think about what your throwing away.
I will be honest and say that my mental approach towards spare shooting was abosolutely terrible... super bad. Back when I was younger say 12 or so, my friend and frequent practice partner Kevin Hong would practice all the time. He would bowl maybe 4 games before I would join him, and right when I joined, he asked if i wanted to keep score and we did. I am not joking here, after 4 shots into the game and i wasn't striking i would seriously zero out the rest of my game and quit bowling and not bowl the rest of the night while Kevin would continue to shoot spares and not keep score.
Now i know your thinking who cares about that, well looking back on that now i care, and think i am a complete idiot for not taking the time and work on things instead of keeping score. I can't believe how much time and talent i have wasted just by trying to throw nothing but strikes instead of working on the main part of bowling... making spares.
Now my mental approach to practice is a lot different, I have like a mental schedule that I try to follow and it changes sometimes. I would try to get at least two hours of practice in, one hour being making sure that my physical approach is there, such as timing, release, balance, and shot making. and the second hour being nothing but spare shooting, put the aggressive shit away and have nothing but a single plastic ball on the rack.
That is how i approach every practice session, although I don't get to practice much as i would like due to other commitments and working the Bowl with just me and my parents. Although, late night practice sessions is when i put my time and practice into my bowling game.
I always put spare shooting last on my practice schedule, and its not because I hate it but i know if i can make a spare shot when i am tired it should be a piece of cake when i am fresh and early into the tournament. Just like in any sport, free throw shooting is last thing done in practice because you have to make them when your tired. You absolutely have to make your spares when your tired.. its not just a good practice and conditioning but your gonna use it when your late in a tournament after game 25 and you can barely stand up.
Bowlers underestimate practicing spares, some people believe I don't need to shot spares, i will strike alot. we all know that striking alot is rare, but we all know that spare shooting is where people dont bowl good. "I don't need to practice spares, because i know i can make them" "I have made them before, i dont need to practice them." I have made lots and lots of 10 pins, does that mean i still dont go practice them? no i still go out and throw at atleast 20 10 pins. not in the area of the 10 pin. the actual 10 pin. and same goes for sevens and so on and so forth. dont underestimate spares, you will need them, trust me.
Which brings me to my next point or topic to this point, the mental side of spare shooting. I see way too many people, including myself get so pissed off for wrapping a ten pin on a great shot or boning an eight pin, and then carry it over to your spare shoot and flag it by half a lane. YES HALF A LANE. you put a ball on its thumb and square it up to the gutter then place a pin touching it then another ball, it takes up half a flipping lane. This is an area where i am improving on still, but its just makes me think whats the point of making myself look like a jackass for throwing a good shot and not carry then go up and make myself look like a bigger jackass and miss the spare.
After each tournament before i go to bed, I recap my performance in my head silently to myself and ponder how i did with spare shooting. If i missed some left side single pin spares, as i go to sleep i picture my self picking up single pin spares.
People, spare shooting is THEE absolute most important part of the game of bowling. spare shooting wins tournaments, strikes help but not the important part of winning. spare shooting wins cash, makes cuts and wins tournaments. so next time your reracking after each shot, think about what your throwing away.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
A look at spare shooting
Well, ive been going through a few topics in my head this week. I figured spare shooting would be a good one to discuss as we are bowling a tournament this weekend where spare shooting makes or breaks you. Now i have no structure for this entry so ill try to keep some kind of structure.
To start, lets take a look at what spare shooting is. Spare shooting is what every bowler does when they do not strike. Spares are an important (if not THE most important) part of any bowling competition. Anything left standing after the first ball is considered a possible spare. Spares mean more pins per frame than an open.
There are easy spares, hard spares, and splits. Splits are leftover pins (two or more) that are "split" apart. Now that i tihnk about it, the definition of a split is harder to explain than it may seem. If the pins are in the same row, there does not have to have a pin spot between them. For example, the 2-3, 4-5, 5-6, 7-8, 8-9, 9-10 are all considered splits. However, if pins are not in the same row, there needs to be at least one pin-spot between at least two of them. For example, the 3-10 is a split but the 3-6 is not. There is an exception. A leave that contains the head pin is not considered a split in stat tracking, but lets be honest, it follows the rules.
Now hard spares and easy spares are all opinion. But my definition of a hard spare is generally any leave that contains three or more pins, and any leave that has double wood (sleeper pin). I consider easy spares any single pin and most two-pin spares (besides what i mentioned above).
Now that we got all that out of the way, we can discuss spare shooting in tournament settings. Ill start by saying that the ability to shoot spares is probably the most potent weapon in a bowling tournament or league. This especially rings true if strikes are hard to come by. Everyone has missed a cut or a cash spot by under 10 pins. I bet if all those bowlers looked back at their games, there is at least one time they missed a makeable spare. Thats at least 11 pins right there. now, I know thats not always the case. This past weekend i lost a tournament in the final game by 1 pin, but had a clean game. But in general, you will find somewhere an open that couldve been a spare.
With that being said, i am always saddened when i see people practice, but not shoot at their spares. A lot of times they just reset and keep throwing strike shots. I understand that maybe in warm up or just tossing a freshly drilled rock, but a weekly practice and no spare shooting is a big no-no. I am especially perplexed when tournament bowlers miss spares and tell me they dont really shoot spares in practice. Are we talking about practice? yes we are. i shoot spares EVERYTIME i practice. i am not satisfied until i am 100% on everything.
In longer tournament formats, you can get away with around 75% on multi-pin conversions, but single-pin needs to be no less than 100%. Single pins have to be the simplist spares to shoot at. With the exception of the 7 and the 10, you have around HALF the lane to pick up each single pin. (two ball lengths + one pin length). Right now i figure im at around 95% on my single pin spares over the last few months of tournaments. Its high, but i would perfer 100%.
As i wrap up this entry, ill give a quick tip. throw straight at every spare. just do it. Especially when bowling on a diffucult pattern, throwing straight and hard will take the lane completely out of the situation and your spare shooting is a direct result of your skill. im not going to lie, i hook at left side spares on house patterns, but thats because i know where the friction is and it leaves more room for error than going straight. miss left it will skid and miss right it will hook more. however, even if practicing on a house pattern, ill throw straight and hard.
So if you are on the fence about throwing straight at all spares, its something you need to do to step up your game. Go pay $50 or whatever for a plastic ball and just throw for an hour everytime you practice. wait what? practice? yes practice. you are not going to pick this up by just throwing a plastic ball, you need to PRACTICE it. Some people throw urethane as a spare ball. I have mixed feelings. if you are good at killing the rotation, then i think thats fine. However, urethane hooks on ANY friction, so if you are revving it, it will grab. Urethane does not mean straight. I have been practicing throwing my urethane at spares that last few days, but i can kill the hand pretty consistently. (missed only one single pin so far)
You see some pro's hook on the pba patterns, but they are PRO and dont miss. However, Walter Ray Williams Jr had a streak of like 600 single pin conversions in a row. And we all know what he has done in his career. By the way, im pretty sure he throws straight at everything.
So, this wraps up this entry. I can go on and on about spare shooting. That how important it is. I hate to use this cliche, mainly because it sounds horrible, but strike for show, spare for dough. I like the expression "SPARE OR DIE!!!" more. It seems more elegant. Strikes may be fun, spares are dull, but winning is also fun. So, think about it.
-Cameron
"Insane to the membrane (at least, this weekend)."
To start, lets take a look at what spare shooting is. Spare shooting is what every bowler does when they do not strike. Spares are an important (if not THE most important) part of any bowling competition. Anything left standing after the first ball is considered a possible spare. Spares mean more pins per frame than an open.
There are easy spares, hard spares, and splits. Splits are leftover pins (two or more) that are "split" apart. Now that i tihnk about it, the definition of a split is harder to explain than it may seem. If the pins are in the same row, there does not have to have a pin spot between them. For example, the 2-3, 4-5, 5-6, 7-8, 8-9, 9-10 are all considered splits. However, if pins are not in the same row, there needs to be at least one pin-spot between at least two of them. For example, the 3-10 is a split but the 3-6 is not. There is an exception. A leave that contains the head pin is not considered a split in stat tracking, but lets be honest, it follows the rules.
Now hard spares and easy spares are all opinion. But my definition of a hard spare is generally any leave that contains three or more pins, and any leave that has double wood (sleeper pin). I consider easy spares any single pin and most two-pin spares (besides what i mentioned above).
Now that we got all that out of the way, we can discuss spare shooting in tournament settings. Ill start by saying that the ability to shoot spares is probably the most potent weapon in a bowling tournament or league. This especially rings true if strikes are hard to come by. Everyone has missed a cut or a cash spot by under 10 pins. I bet if all those bowlers looked back at their games, there is at least one time they missed a makeable spare. Thats at least 11 pins right there. now, I know thats not always the case. This past weekend i lost a tournament in the final game by 1 pin, but had a clean game. But in general, you will find somewhere an open that couldve been a spare.
With that being said, i am always saddened when i see people practice, but not shoot at their spares. A lot of times they just reset and keep throwing strike shots. I understand that maybe in warm up or just tossing a freshly drilled rock, but a weekly practice and no spare shooting is a big no-no. I am especially perplexed when tournament bowlers miss spares and tell me they dont really shoot spares in practice. Are we talking about practice? yes we are. i shoot spares EVERYTIME i practice. i am not satisfied until i am 100% on everything.
In longer tournament formats, you can get away with around 75% on multi-pin conversions, but single-pin needs to be no less than 100%. Single pins have to be the simplist spares to shoot at. With the exception of the 7 and the 10, you have around HALF the lane to pick up each single pin. (two ball lengths + one pin length). Right now i figure im at around 95% on my single pin spares over the last few months of tournaments. Its high, but i would perfer 100%.
As i wrap up this entry, ill give a quick tip. throw straight at every spare. just do it. Especially when bowling on a diffucult pattern, throwing straight and hard will take the lane completely out of the situation and your spare shooting is a direct result of your skill. im not going to lie, i hook at left side spares on house patterns, but thats because i know where the friction is and it leaves more room for error than going straight. miss left it will skid and miss right it will hook more. however, even if practicing on a house pattern, ill throw straight and hard.
So if you are on the fence about throwing straight at all spares, its something you need to do to step up your game. Go pay $50 or whatever for a plastic ball and just throw for an hour everytime you practice. wait what? practice? yes practice. you are not going to pick this up by just throwing a plastic ball, you need to PRACTICE it. Some people throw urethane as a spare ball. I have mixed feelings. if you are good at killing the rotation, then i think thats fine. However, urethane hooks on ANY friction, so if you are revving it, it will grab. Urethane does not mean straight. I have been practicing throwing my urethane at spares that last few days, but i can kill the hand pretty consistently. (missed only one single pin so far)
You see some pro's hook on the pba patterns, but they are PRO and dont miss. However, Walter Ray Williams Jr had a streak of like 600 single pin conversions in a row. And we all know what he has done in his career. By the way, im pretty sure he throws straight at everything.
So, this wraps up this entry. I can go on and on about spare shooting. That how important it is. I hate to use this cliche, mainly because it sounds horrible, but strike for show, spare for dough. I like the expression "SPARE OR DIE!!!" more. It seems more elegant. Strikes may be fun, spares are dull, but winning is also fun. So, think about it.
-Cameron
"Insane to the membrane (at least, this weekend)."
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