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SirAshley

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I Need Ya'lls help!!!
« on: March 30, 2005, 01:15:03 PM »
Okay this is happening to me every week and is really starting to burn on me...Here is my problem, I shoot great the first two games...then bury the last one... I shot 204, 236, 158, last week and shot 203, 208, 175, this week... It happens every week these scores are just fresh in my head.. I have tried everything from changing balls( I currently have 5 in my arsenal) to moving, and I don't know where I'm going wrong... Has this just become mental???... Any suggestions are welcome because I am getting so frustrated... Thanks guys
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SirAshley

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Re: I Need Ya'lls help!!!
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2005, 09:21:39 PM »
My problem seems to be with adjusting I guess... Once the oil begins to break down I keep coming up high into the head pin, and well ...split city... I switch to other balls that are geared towards medium or dry lanes and I just can't get it down... I would guess it's most certainly an adjustment problem... I'm just curious on what everyone else does to fix this...
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SirAshley

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Re: I Need Ya'lls help!!!
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2005, 09:24:40 PM »
okay... ball list...in order from most hook to least.. X-factor Vertigo (my go-to ball for the oil), BVP Goliath...almost as much as vertigo...Hammer real deal with top side drilled out to run long..beautiful ball on a medium shot.. Columbia ti-boss...love this ball and just can't give it up, and blazing inferno for light medium to dry...runs long and flips...also I have an Ebonite Xcel Particle which is getting drilled out tomorrow...Hope this helps
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guzmand19

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Re: I Need Ya'lls help!!!
« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2005, 10:33:35 AM »
Really what you are going to need to do is keep a notebook and write down  each adjustment you made with what ball (during leagues) and what the result was.  Really changing balls and keeping the same line is not going to work, as a lot of your equipment is pretty similar.  You need to explore moving your feet further left, and then throwing your shot and recording the result.  You may need to move a good ways left (5-10 boards) and move your target left, then take a more aggressive ball and carve out a new shot.  

Since we can't see exactly what is happening, a notebook will help you keep track of how many boards you should move, and with what ball you should change to.

EX:
3rd game, began coming in too high.  Moved left 3 boards, same target.  Ball slides too much.  Changed ball to (XX) and was able to get back to pocket.

Something along those lines.  Its nice to have quick reference right at your fingers

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BrentTehBowler

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Re: I Need Ya'lls help!!!
« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2005, 07:22:05 PM »
This same problem happens to me. Your story is just like mine. Avg in Game 1 - 188 2 - 190 3- 168
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SirAshley

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Re: I Need Ya'lls help!!!
« Reply #5 on: April 01, 2005, 06:48:57 AM »
I did it again last night...LOL...194,205,171...but last night's last game was a 7-pin frustration... my score looked like this X|9/|X|9/|X| then I just got frustrated and started missing... I absolutly hate that... The ball kills the pocket and the 7 pin stands there like a freakin blow-up clown laughing at me... Oh well...
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jimensminger

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Re: I Need Ya'lls help!!!
« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2005, 07:48:55 AM »
try this,...continue to move gradually through out the set, formulate a game plan. Normally with five man teams I'll fudge left on the approach/target at least a board every 3-4 frames AND especially in the tenth frame, that's free ball frame. I try and keep just left of the oil line all 3 games,..remembering that the oil line typically moves toward the center as the lineage builds up. Becareful in the beginning of game 2 and 3 for TWO reasons,...1. the break in rythm, tenth frames take longer, remember speed and firm in your opening frames. 2. Tenth frames increase the linage more than regular frames,..the most balls that can be thrown in a regular frame is 10, sometimes only 5,...so the line you are playing doesn't change much...but in the tenth frame, if 5 players all mark in the tenth, thats 15 shots on that lane,..possibly the equivalent of 2 1/2 to 3 regular frames....be aware of the transition,...it's like driving in front of an oncoming rain storm,...jim