I may have learned an important lesson online toward the end of last week when I was told that heat and humidity can cause a lane to play drier even though it has the same oil pattern (including amount) and oil. Thus, a strong ball like my Hy-Road can burn up sooner and actually cause less overall hook, which may explain why I haven’t been getting to the pocket strong.
With that in mind, and also keeping in mind that I had a 197 summer average two years ago using the High Voltage exclusively, I tried the High Voltage in practice today and found that I definitely liked it better than the Hy-Road. This may suggest that I put away the Hy-Road for the summer, but my online friends also reminded me to not be “married” to a particular ball, and to use whatever works. As for how the practice went, I had a 403 after two games, but my game fell apart in the third game after starting with a conversion of the 6-7-9, which may have gotten me too pumped up.
Opening night note: I neglected to mention in my post about the first night of this summer league that I converted the 4-6-7 during warmups, which may have been the most difficult split I’ve ever converted. I only wish I could make it when it counts. 😆
The Tenth Board 