I was thinking about this last night, and think it may help me alot. I really sat down and thought about how I have been getting WAAYYY to "technical" in the game, and focusing more on that then the game and execution and I think this is messing me up really bad. I was thinking about selling all of my equipment, except for my plastic ball, and just buying one strong pearl ball and a bottle of polish so I can polish it for lighter oil so I can get it to push a little farther down the lane and play deeper. Maybe something like the XXX, also I was thinking about trying a Lane #1, I really want to try them. Give me your opinions.
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15 years and still going strong! 15 years old that is! The names Warrior Princess, Xena..Warrior Princess
AM not A CHICK OF BOWLING but I wanted to be in Manda's clique And why would I "saw" pins in half, THATS A WASTE OF PINS! I'd rather blow it over with my storm, and 21mph ball speed on dry shots.

Uh, well if you sell your stuff, wait until the tourney is done, so we don't lose.

You know, I'm thinking of just bowling the summer league with plastic, to improve my accuracy and shot making skills.  I don't know, it depends on how the first couple weeks go.

Well, whatever you do, I wanna have a look if you buy the XXXL!!  Besides, it will fill a spare/dry lane ball category for the "ever so important" arsenal issue.  

If i don't use just plastic, I'm bringing one ball to any given time.
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-Andy

Man, why can't my house put up a THS?...

No see my problem is I switch equipment way too often and dont know what I should use for what, so I figure if I get one strike ball, and use it down and in on heavier shots, and deeper on more dry shots I should get my feel back. I personally think I did better with one ball, besides for spares but now I have a spare ball so thats not an issue. And then from there, after I get my "groove" back I can figure out what balls I need. Still want your opinions.
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15 years and still going strong! 15 years old that is! The names Warrior Princess, Xena..Warrior Princess
AM not A CHICK OF BOWLING but I wanted to be in Manda's clique And why would I "saw" pins in half, THATS A WASTE OF PINS! I'd rather blow it over with my storm, and 21mph ball speed on dry shots.

I would not sell my equipment if I were you. The best thing to do is practice with it, get an idea of what each ball does......and WHY you would want to switch. If you upgrade your equipment too often and do not really have an idea of what you have and WHY, then it could definately be detrimental. The purpose of having alot of equipment is to have more TOOLS in your toolbox. If you are using a flat head screwdriver and you need to be using a pair of pliers you are in bad shape!!! Go out, practice, do not worry about your scores, simply watch your ball reaction and the difference in each ball.

Without a doubt it can hurt your game if you think too much. I have done this in the past. What usually happened is I would start thinking.......and before I knew it the night would be over and I was in no better position than when I first started thinking. THINKING is good, don't get me wrong. But you need to think about the right thing.

FOR ME, what I would do once I realized I was thinking too much is just set my feet get into my starting position and go! No thinking, no self talk, nothing. This has brought me back many times when I started thinking too much.
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Owner/Operator
C-G Pro Shop

BK25,

I will say it again, keep your equipment.  The technical side of this game is okay to learn but you need the basics first.  I am not saying that you don't have skills you just need to refine the ones you have first.

My advice is this; pick a old or new (if you got the money) urethane ball.  Learn to bowl with it, I mean really learn to bowl.  Reactive resin gives you so much area, urethane will bridge that gap between reactive and plastic.  Urethane will still allow you a few boards of error, please don't think you will have to be pin point accurate.  

When you are practicing, think about what you are doing.  When you are bowling, tell yourself, "hey, I've taught myself to do this, relax and let it go".  During practice you are hopefully teaching yourself good muscle memory.  So, when the lights come on all you have to do is roll the rock baby.

Good luck to you,
Andrew

PS Learn your equipment.  Don't replace it until you do.  Learn which one will hook the most, least, earliest, latest?  You should be able to pick out any ball you own and hit the pocket with it the first time, provided you know the pattern.

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FUFU
"Act like you've been there before"

Well, guys he's not fed up or anything, he just wants to improve. Besides, we aren't exactly bowling on a THS (yes I know this)....

Well, I know 2 balls are light, his bruisr hooks way to early, and the slayr is too over/under, so i think that's his reasoning....2 useless balls, and 2 with bad reactions.

this reminds me of a thread I wanted to create...
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-Andy

Man, why can't my house put up a THS?...