I'm primarily a league bowler.  I get out to a few big tournaments every year, some local ones, sweepers, etc.  Bowling over the summer in a Kegel challenge league of sorts, and naturally I'm finding some holes in my game, but I'm not sure how to interpret them.  I can't tell if I'm just out of practice when confronted with lines I don't usually play or if I'm really just not good at playing them.  I'm really not comfortable playing the rail unless it's a short pattern, but even then I can't really play a 5-3 line, my game just isn't built for that, and that frustrates me.   (as a side note though, my equipment consists of a Covert Revolt, a Primal Rage, and a Tribal, so honestly I'm not completely set up for a wide variety of patterns)  I don't want to be one of those guys that relies on their equipment for everything, but I don't want to be getting pissed off at something that honestly IS an equipment issue rather than a proficiency issue. 

I've been starting to practice more recently, but it's hard finding the time.  I've been messing with mechanics and am figuring out that I've been doing things the same way for so long that it's going to take a lot of time to change things up.  As far as my actual versatility goes, I can play everything from straight up 5 to lofting the left cap on a house shot, gets more limited on sport patterns, but at the same time, some patterns you just can't play everywhere no matter how versatile you are.  I know this isn't much to go on, but am I trying to push too hard or being unrealistic?  So far we've bowled on Autobahn, Sydney, Tokyo, Turnpike, and Boardwalk, 5 games a night, move a pair every game, I'm averaging 206 really just using my Covert Revolt, I used my Primal and Tribal most of last night on Boardwalk, but the first 4 weeks I didn't use them outside of trying them in practice.  Nothing special, but nothing to sneeze at, especially just using one ball for most of it, BUT I don't know if I'm just being too anal or too perfectionistic.  I know exactly how and where to throw the ball every time and it pisses me off that I can't do it every time.  I hate knowing as soon as I let a shot go that it has no chance but having to watch it anyway.  I know that's part of bowling, but I feel like I'm giving tons and tons of pins away every game. 

In a scratch environment, it matters not WHAT you shoot, only that you tally more than your opponent.  I had regional events where a 225 across 12 games did not make the cut and I had events where -2 for the 12 games was the tournament leader.  Scoring in and of itself only serves to feed the ego...

Gizmo you always seem to know more than I do but have you considered that your equipment all seems very strong to me for sport shots. I know you love the motiv stuff and from what I have seen its great but maybe you should look to add something a little less strong to your line up might give you more flexibility than you currently have

Yeah hopefully adding an Apex here soon, but at the same time, I just don't see sport patterns often enough to justify having a lot of equipment sitting around just to get used a couple times a year.  But yeah you're right, I've got enough hook to cover most of what I see, just not too much on the lower end. 

Quote from: amyers2002 on June 04, 2014, 10:30:39 AM

Gizmo you always seem to know more than I do but have you considered that your equipment all seems very strong to me for sport shots. I know you love the motiv stuff and from what I have seen its great but maybe you should look to add something a little less strong to your line up might give you more flexibility than you currently have

I was sitting here thinking apex when I was typing this but I figured you were already thinking about it