Ok, I am back.
Man, that was worth the $125 without a doubt. I dont know where to begin....
Let me start by saying that Brad Angelo is a CLASS ACT!! He is by far one of the nicest and genuine people I have had the privelege to meet. He treated us all as if we were buddies of his that he has known for ages. It really made it easy to talk to him and for him to give honest suggestions on what needs improvement.
The day started with an hour and a half of classroom time. He went over some of the more basic stuff like fundamentals, spare game and practice time. He elaborated on how the fundamentals of the game are very important. Without good fundamentals and mechanics, nothing else will fall into place properly. Most of this stuff was information that I already knew. I paid attention and took notes nonetheless.
After that, we had an hour of lane time where he watched and pointed out things in our games that needed work. Let me say, Brad has an excellent eye for the game. He is a true scholar of his profession. He didnt see anything drastcally wrong with anyones game in particular, just some minor flaws that each one of us needed to work on.
After that, we got lunch and chatted for a while before heading back in for another classroom session. This was the more advanced session which covered oil patterns, ball reactions and equipment. Basically how to read a lane properly, how to watch your ball react on the lane and adjust from what you see and also knowing when to use the right equipment.
He elaborated about this area on the lane called the strike window and a ball's response time in the strike window. Meaning if a ball comes out of the strike window to soon then it is making a hard move on the backend and will likely come in hard on the nose and vice versa if it is in the strike window too long. He explained that ones breakpoint is in the strike window and that it is optimal for one to be consistent enough to hit the strike window on every shot. He says the strike window is an area on the lane at about 45 feet down the lane that lies between the 6 board and the 13 board and is about 3 feet long. Usually, whatever your breakpoint target is, it will lie in this window somewhere. So after that, back to the lanes for more lane time.
Back on the lanes he was then showing us how to make different adjustments and how to apply them on the lanes. Its amazing to see what he can do to a bowling balls' reaction with such a small change.
All in all, it was a great experience. Brad is a class act and truly one of the nicest people to talk to on and off the lanes. He was saying that he would like to come back next year and bring some PBA buddies with him. I cant wait!!
I have a pic of me and him, but cant find a place to host the image to show you all. I tried we-todd-did-racing.com and it wont work. I cant activate my account for some reason.
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"Why cant I just throw the ball the same way EVERY TIME??
