Whew, here we go. I taped the show, and am now going back and analyzing the games, and my categories will show:
Board at the Release
Board at the Arrows
Boad at the Breakpoint
Pin Count Results
I'll be doing these in 4 parts, each part being a game, as they take forever to go through and look at. Vcr has a slow function, which helps, but the only super accurate stat I'll post is board at the arrows, because it's pretty hard to see release and breakpoint boards, BUT, while the board might not be correct, the distance between the boards will be fairly close, as there are a few darker marks on the lane for me to go from. If anyone else has taped it that is perhaps more experienced with board by board counting (as I'm more of a feel player), feel free to do your own analysis and correct mine.
Kulick-Barrette
Kulick
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
R 30 28 30 28 31 28 31 26 30 27 28 N/A
A 23 19 21 20 22 19 21 19 21 20 19 N/A
B 12 10 11 10 14 9 12 13 11 10 9 N/A
Re: NJ X X X 6-9 X 4 4 X X 10 -
Barrette
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
R 18 ? 23 22 24 23 23 21 23 24 N/A 23
A 13 18 17 16 17 19 16 17 17 18 N/A 17
B 5 12 10 12 15 15 11 13 11 16 N/A 12
Re: WO X X X 9-10 X4 7 X X 6-10 N/A 10
Key:
R=Release board
A=Arrows board
B=Breakpoint board
Re=Results
WO=Washout
NJ=Nose Job
X4-High strike, trip 4
Numbers=Specific pins left
I'll get to sudden death in a moment. With Kelly, you can see a pattern, the left lane was hooking more, so her release was further left. They both made horrid shots in the first frame, Leanne's moreso than Kelly's, but Kelly was using a polished V2 Particle on the first shot, then switched the Jungle Green Predator. Leanne was using the Apex Addiction. Leanne was more erratic at the breakpoint, but the arc of the Addiction helped her get to the pocket, as she seemed to be playing the same line on both lanes, although she was fairly consistent at the release and arrows. Kelly is consistent lane-wise, as far as her slightly differing approach to each lane. Again, like I said, my records as far as boards at release and breakpoint are not super accurate, so they may vary a few boards each. The difference between shots seemed mostly to be speed issues, which I can't measure, so although they seemed to be accurate as far as boards go, the lack of speed or abundance of it caused backend reaction to be ultimately the deciding factor, as they looked to be partially strong. Kelly's missed 10 caused sudden death, and although it looked good at 30 feet, the ball found the channel about 5 feet in front of the 10. I believe it was Jan that made the comment about the shot looking good, but Kelly just overthrowing it, and she was very correct. Kelly's reaction I thought was rather funny. It was a pressure situation that she blew, essentially, and instead of being upset, she knew she still was in it because of the tie, and I think was trying to keep herself calm more than play to the crowd with her humorous sarcasm. Great ice-breaker.
Sudden Death
Kulick
9 10 11 12
R 31 27 N/A 28
A 21 19 N/A 20
B 12 9 N/A 11
Re: X 2-8 N/A 4
Barrette
9 10 11 12
R 22 23 N/A 24
A 17 19 N/A 18
B 12 14 N/A 11
Re:4-7 3-6-9-10 N/A 10
Now I cross my fingers and hope that posting this doesn't screw everything up. Anyway, Leanne had some speed and rev issues in the sudden death. She hit the first two too hard, and the last ball not enough. Kelly threw a great shot for the first one, and I believe she let up on the speed just a tad the second one. If anyone sees something I haven't, or sees something that is wrong, PLEASE correct me so I don't spend 3 more hours doing the next three matches wrong. Whew, that took a while. Maybe I'll do the next three in a few days. Bottom line is that Kelly looked far more controlled with her movements, even though Leanne supplied the best competition that Kelly saw in the finals. Comments, questions, suggestions?
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I know Kung Fu!
I am the one, the one that will bring balance. All the pins shall be destroyed!
P.S. Posting it erased all of my spacing, which makes it harder to read, but you can still follow it, right?
Edited on 6/3/2003 4:45 PM
Edited on 6/3/2003 4:47 PM
