Well last night was my 1st night back into the PBAx leauge after a 2 year break from it. I did A LOT of video watching and talking with the proshop operator over the last 2 years. I know where to play when fresh and had an idea on what to do when the pattern starts to break down. Here's my break down on last night.
I started warmups playing the 5 board with nothing good as a result. I then moved to the 10th board and noticed the ball kept going high. Practice was over at this point.
1st game I kept working on finding the line, I knew I was supposed to play the track area around 8-12 but finding the right ball speed was my issue for the 1st 6 frames. 7th frame I found a decent line standing on 26th on the approach, rolling the ball over 18th board at the arrows with a small belly, the balls break point was at 10th board down lane. My ball speed was softer then I normally play, normally at 18mph, I was playing 17mph on most shots.
My line didn't really change all night, I moved 3 boards left in the 2nd game. 3 seperate adjustments, 3rd frame, 5th frame and 9th frame with 1 board moves.
3rd game I made a 1 board left move at the arrows in the 2nd frame, 5th frame I made a ball change to a weaker pearl. Made the ball change too late but saved the night overall.
Game 1: 214
Game 2: 219
Game 3: 183
I'm very happy with the outcome of last night. 1st time bowling on a PBAx shot in a while. All I did was read on how to play the shot and watch several videos. No actual practice with bowling....
I normally average 205 on a THS, I'm starting out the summer PBAx leauge with a 205 average.
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Mike Zadler
"When in doubt, Pull out" - Rob Stone
Below, my stats from previous seasons:
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