There was nothing really spectacular about this week’s practice (141-188-182=511), though I’m making more progress in my overall game. The lane seemed to have less of a hold area this week, and I initially moved left a half-board to a board to try to compensate, but when even that adjustment left me with high hits, I decided to make a slight ball speed adjustment to kill the hook a bit. I had a couple of solid hits after the adjustment, but I couldn’t really string the strikes together this week, never getting more than a double in any of my games.
Running average (21 games): 162 Last 9 average: 177
Notes:
- As I get closer to actual competition, I will be practicing on a pair of lanes instead of just one lane starting with next week’s practice. For those of you not familiar with competitive bowling, leagues and tournaments require games to be bowled across a pair of lanes, so practicing on a pair of lanes will get me back into thinking about making the proper adjustments on two different lanes, just as I’ll be expected to do in actual competition.
- In connection with the New England Bowling Association tournament on the weekend of December 1st and 2nd, Westgate Lanes has announced that PBA legend Mark Roth will make an appearance that Saturday. He will be offering lessons ($50/person) and will also bowl an exhibition match against local bowler Sean Richard. The program will get started at 11:30 AM Eastern time immediately after the junior leagues finish.
The Tenth Board 