We just finished the first block...I'm not faring well. I felt like I started the day well enough but a whiffed single pin shook the confidence and I started struggling. Lately I had been using the Sonic X on all of the single pins, just killing the release...unfortunately, it was moving away at the last moment today (something it wasn't doing yesterday in practice).
Many are playing inside, but I have been playing down and in from outside with the Pearl Assault and Sonic X (switched midway through the 3rd or 4th game)...as long as I executed good shots, I can get to the pocket...unfortunately the good execution has not been stellar to this point.
Somehow I have to rechannel my focus...I admittedly got frustrated by a couple of people on an adjacent pair that apparently don't know the meaning of the phrase "yield courtesy," which means that I have had a significant number of shots where I stood at the return seemingly forever. Ragnarok commented on the swelling of the hand, but I cannot use it as an excuse...there were a few twinges, mostly in the last game.
The only bright spot is that the scoring pace has not been terribly high, and I have to hold out hope of catching lightning in a bottle this evening. I know the scores are there if I can put everything together...
