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card79

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Frustration
« on: July 30, 2003, 11:19:45 PM »
This is going to be long winded and I am sorry for that.  I NEED HELP BAD.  I have become very frustrated with my game.  I have been working this summer on staying down at the line better and being more accurate.  The staying down at the line has not worked as well as I had hoped.  I have had my knees worked on quite a bit and honestly I am not sure it will get better.  

With the accuracy part I have just really been trying to free up my armswing and not muscle the ball.  It has made me a lot more accurate a good thing right.  NO NOT AT ALL.  Every ball in my bag is uncontrolable.  I realize that my ball speed has contributed a lot to this, but I seem to be getting a TON more revs on the ball as well.  My plastic spare ball is even hooking constantly.

I have tried coming up the back of the ball and things of this nature.  I have to be honest I think I have changed so many things at this point that I have changed my game right into a train wreck.  I video taped a practice session a couple weeks ago and man when I watched it I thought I looked a lot better especially compared to some of the older tapes I had of myself, but the results have been terrible.

I feel sort of desperate right now because honestly I have been a lot less interested here lately.  Haven't even been on here nearly as much as I used too.  Didn't even practice this week just went and played golf an extra day.  I love the game very much and I hate that I am going the other way.  Only light I see right now is I just got a hextreme drilled label with the pin in between the fingers and absolutely no side weight.  It has been controlable.  Our center just recently resurfed, but I was struggling before that.  I could keep going on and on but I will stop and hope for help.  Anything anybody else thinks might be important to know though just ask.
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Re: Frustration
« Reply #16 on: August 01, 2003, 12:24:21 PM »
Andy,

Muscle memory is important, it allows you to just go in and have fun.  But getting the muscke memory takes time.  Practicing on to many things at one time does not allow you to get the muscle memory needed and winds up being rather confusing and frustrating.  I watched you bowl and you have a ton of potential, but I recommend when you practice, work on one or two things t a time.  I try to get lanes on hour blocks and will work on my strike ball only for most of the hour, trying to hit the pocket on every shot.  Then the last game or two I'd play low ball and work on my corner shots.  Everyone has different practice stratagies, thats just mine.

Good luck and have fun.

V/R,
Nicanor
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Re: Frustration
« Reply #17 on: August 01, 2003, 12:55:26 PM »
Card,
   I'm glad things worked out.