OUCH!! That's all I can say about last night. Went into the night averaging 192 and I only shot 180, 164, and 188. Some might say that the scores aren't too far below my average...if you had seen the way I was bowling you would understand.

First of all it took me way to long to figure out that there was just too much oil on the lane and I was going to have to slow down. I finally did that but then I couldn't throw the same shot twice in a row to save my life. First I would pull it, then I would push it out. After that I would set the ball down just a bit earlier and end up with more reaction. I moved earlier in the week and I was still sore so that may have had something to do with it, but I don't know for sure. All I do know is that it was a bad night for me all around.

I do think it's definelty getting time for me to get a new ball. I've been throwing my 10 year old Hammer Offset and it's just not reacting the way I need it to. I've been saying this for about a year now and it's finally starting to really irritate me. Before I could at least do something with it but it's just picking up too much oil or something. Hopefully I can get something soon before tournaments start up.

Enjoy

It's been way too long since I've updated this. I am now 3 or 4 weeks into the season this year and it hasn't been too bad. In the Thursday night men's league I've been averaging over 200 every night. What's making me mad is the fact that I can roll 3 200 games in a night. I'll start off OK shooting between 200 and 210. Then I jump up to shoot over 220, but by the time the third game comes around I fall off to shoot between 180 and 199. I'd like to be able to bowl all 3 games over 200. In the Sunday night mixed league I'm doing almost as good averaging about 195. Of course that league only bowls every other week so with only two weeks in it's still a little early to tell.

I'm thinking about getting a new ball already this year. The one I'm using is 10 years old. It's fine for the house shot where I live considering most of the time there's not enough oil out there for the new balls. If I go anywhere else though I can hardly get the thing to move and I end up having to slow way down. I'm afraid that if I get a new ball though I'll end up witht the same problem everyone else at my home center is having...they have to throw super hard to keep the ball from running away across the lane.

I'm going to try to keep this updated more often. Not so much for everyone else cause I doubt too many of you care, (no offense if you do though). I just want to be able to track how I do and what happened that night so that I can see the results of different things I might try. If you have any suggestions let me know.

Enjoy.