I was working on towel drills again today, but also had to remind myself to try to keep my left arm closer in today. I was pretty erratic through the first two games, getting the ball over the towel on some shots and not on others, but I was getting it together by the third game. I actually thought I was making decent quality shots toward the end, but was still leaving 5s and 5-8s. Whether or not this was an issue of not getting revs I’ll have to ask someone in the know about, but I was pretty satisfied with the practice for what I wanted to accomplish.
Summer league update: There are now 21 teams listed on the sign-up board, including the team that took me. In alphabetical order, my soon-to-be teammates, barring any unusual developments at the league meeting, are (sorry if I’m spelling any of these names wrong) Joy Falese, Ralph Marple, and Brian Shea. Looking through the current league standings sheets after practice, I learned that the latter two are established bowlers, currently bowling in the Wednesday night Westgate Mixed League. Both are also pretty decent: Ralph is carrying a 200 average in the league, while Brian is averaging 189, so this might be an opportunity to learn from better teammates. Joy is the complete unknown at this point, so we’ll see at the league meeting two weeks from Wednesday how our lineup shakes out. Ideally, I’d like to get to the lanes Wednesday night to meet Ralph and Brian in advance of the start of the league, so that will probably be the plan then.
The Tenth Board 