...what does that say about your game? Anything?

I've found over the years that the balls I performed best with were assymetrical-cored balls. Most all of my best scores came with either an old AMF bone XS (a Mo Pinel-designed assym), or members of the Storm X-Factor and Paradigm lines.

Meanwhile, I have not had as good luck with symmetrical-cored balls.

I've noticed, on the assyms, that the drillings my driller selected for me allowed the ball to get deeper down the lane and make a firm, deliberate move to the pocket off the dry. I guess you could call that "angular" but I don't want to call up visions of the proverbial "skid-snap" ball everyone seems to want.

My question to you is, if I told you that I preferred assyms, or performed better with assyms, would that tell you anything about my game without seeing me bowl?

Jess

absolutebowling,

Pretty darn close. I'd say about 75 percent of it or more was dead on.

Ball tracks: I used to be a VERY high track player. Now, not usually. My PAP is now 4 over and 3/8 up, and I sometimes have a small track circumference area, but also sometimes have a large track circumference area. I did bowl with a wrist brace for some time, I do have an old wrist injury, and I do have a flexibility issue in my wrist.

However, I've practiced a lot of different hand positions and release techniques, and I can throw a true spinner if I want to or come straight up the back of the ball if I need to. I'm versatile.

I don't repeat shots well, however. Damn, I wish you had been right about that one. One the majority of nights, I can, but sometimes, I'm terribly erratic.

I do prefer similar breakpoint looks across multiple equipment, but it's not necessary. I will, usually, change balls if I have that option rather than change the breakpoint shape I'm looking for. But if that option isn't there, I do have at least enough talent to have a "B" or "C" look that I can go to. But they are "B" and "C" for a reason.

I am righthanded.

Your best Nostradamus moment came with your comments about playing deep inside -- I hate having to do it, ever. When I bowled PBA Experience, I played the Shark pattern the way Norm Duke plays it a lot of the time -- off the corner, ball pointed at the pocket from the get-go. I can change speeds fairly easily, but the higher my speed is, the more limited my options are in terms of tilt/rotation manipulation, and I begin to track high at high speeds. If I have to throw hard from a deep inside angle, I'm easily beaten.

I do trust drillers implicitly. It typically takes a while for me to develop trust in a driller, but once I do, I'd throw the ball with my foot if they told me that's what was best for me.

I'm definitely not a whiner/complainer. I'd say 99 percent of my past failures in bowling were absolutely, directly my fault. People who constantly complain about lane conditions get on my nerves. I'll gripe, too -- but I'll gripe about my inability to figure them out. Everyone on a pair has to deal with the same conditions. Only if, say, I'm at a tournament and the condition isn't equal for all will I ever speak up.

I'm going to take my rev rate information out of my profile, because I honestly don't know anymore. I've had people watch me and tell me everything from 160 to 400, so it's obvious I need to get in front of a CATS machine and find out for sure. I know over the last two years I've added a bunch of revs. As for speed, I can adjust between about 13.5 to around 18.5 (average for the entire length of the lane) as needed, and I generate as much as 25+ on spares when I'm throwing straight.

Jess

Edited on 10/31/2007 0:35 AM