Just kidding lol. Anybody else's season start off rough? 4 sets in, high of 607 . . first week I forgot how to bowl, second week I discovered my mechanical tweaks have changed my ball reaction more than I thought. Plus both houses made the switch to Defy and haven't dialed things in yet. The guys that run both houses know what they're doing, so they'll keep at it hard until they figure it out, but this stuff is pretty problematic so far. First, it plays dry. Second, it doesn't hold up near as well as Ice, and carries down worse. The dry part of the lane plays drier, and by contrast, the wet plays wetter. It's like the oil follows the track, so when you go to move, you really can't. So far, small moves don't work. When you move, you've got to get completely away from where you were playing.
Having to relearn some things. I didn't used to get the ball off my hand super clean so I'd have to play bigger angles because I've never had trouble getting the ball to roll heavy. I've got it to where I've relaxed my arm a lot and so I'm getting out of it a lot cleaner. Rev rate and speed have gone up, but having trouble getting the ball to roll now. My touch is still pretty good, so it's not like I'm flat flagging stuff, I've just got to tighten my angles up and learn what it all feels like. Exciting though, will be better once I figure it out. My "arsenal" was made up of a lot of lower hooking stuff, so I'm having to drill a few new balls, no complaints there lol. Hyroad Solid is both better and worse than I thought it'd be, it doesn't hook near as much as they say it does, but man, if you're in a tournament, have to get deep and have some consistent burn through the middle or are on a flatter medium pattern, it's so continuous and retains energy so well with a little polish on it that you'll have a look nobody else has for a long time in an area nobody else will be able to play. My Sinister should be waiting at the shop for me, so I'll drill that here in a bit. Business in the shop is going good too, so busy I haven't had time to enter new drill sheets or clean much in the last month, but I generally accept that as a good thing. Hope everybody else's start to the bowling season has been good!
