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Title: Wish me luck... no, better a firm wrist ;)
Post by: dizzyfugu on June 13, 2008, 06:48:00 PM
Oh, nervous because I am about to leave for a tournament start (Nord-West Tour in Duisburg, Germany, with the big national amateur boys and girls from premier league, national team etc.). But that's not what gets me shaky. It is the fact that - for the first time in 2 years - I will try a tournament start without a wrist support.

I made this decision just 1 week ago (dumb, yes), but I was fed up withz the wrist brace. Additionally, I was able to practice on the tournament lanes and oil pattern with the new "setup", and except for some shaky spares (esp. 10 pin) I did not see any loss in reaction or exactness, if there is any . The hand/wrist seems to cope with this "new" situation well.

Uh, start is in about 2 hours. Better pack my bag...
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Title: Re: Wish me luck... no, better a firm wrist ;)
Post by: Moon57 on June 14, 2008, 04:36:40 AM
Good Luck Dizzy
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Title: Re: Wish me luck... no, better a firm wrist ;)
Post by: dizzyfugu on June 14, 2008, 09:37:16 AM
Whew, back from "work" - and a very good result so far. A very satisfying net 1169 (through 6 games, pattern was a 5.2 to 1 ratio, 38' long - not slippery but surely not much room to make errors or swing the ball ), and with some handicap bonus through my official league average it looks as if it could even be enough to make it with a gross 1259 into the TOP 32!!!

So far, only thing to be worried about are 10 pins without the wrist support. I missed 2, but so far I cannot complain

Looks as if I am in the finals tomorrow

Yahoo!!!
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Title: Re: Wish me luck... no, better a firm wrist ;)
Post by: DukeHarding on June 14, 2008, 09:55:55 AM
Good Luck Tomorrow...
Good bowling.

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Title: Re: Wish me luck... no, better a firm wrist ;)
Post by: dizzyfugu on June 14, 2008, 03:48:36 PM
I cannot believe it - currently (tournament still going, last qualification round) the overall 22nd place among 163 starters so far. What a success, and the right decision to go ahead without the wrist brace, stay confident and just "play well". Never expected to end up this high in the ranking - my "objective" had been top 100, but this is almost shocking!

If someone did some voodoo rites for me - they worked!
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Title: Re: Wish me luck... no, better a firm wrist ;)
Post by: charlest on June 14, 2008, 04:00:29 PM
Congrats, Dizzy!!
Good luck!!

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Title: Re: Wish me luck... no, better a firm wrist ;)
Post by: walley 3261 on June 14, 2008, 04:05:58 PM
Congrats Dizzy !!!
Nice Shooting.

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Title: Re: Wish me luck... no, better a firm wrist ;)
Post by: dizzyfugu on June 14, 2008, 04:23:33 PM
Thanks a lot!!! Still waiting for the results of the 5th qualification round, but even if I get passed to lower ranks, this is already a huge success for me and a nice confirmation that things still go upwards
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Title: Re: Wish me luck... no, better a firm wrist ;)
Post by: dizzyfugu on June 15, 2008, 12:37:22 AM
End result of qualification rounds is 30th overall place - still enough to skip 2 final rounds and start directly in the elimination rounds!

Let's see if I can make some noise again
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Title: Re: Wish me luck... no, better a firm wrist ;)
Post by: satwater on June 15, 2008, 12:55:49 AM
"Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right." Henry Ford

You'll do fine my friend.  Just think/concentrate on what you've practiced w/o the wrist brace.
Title: Re: Wish me luck... no, better a firm wrist ;)
Post by: dizzyfugu on June 15, 2008, 09:38:20 AM
Back again - ended up on overall 51st place. Lost in the eliminator rounds with a 387 vs. 407, but I must say against the better player.
First game was crap - I was uber-careful, played too straight ahead and went Brooklyn too often. Then I had some bad luck with spares (or is it lack of talent): twice the 6-10, in a row, and picking the 6 in teh fisrt and then the 10 in the next frame. Then add a 4-6-7-10 split for 3 open frames ina row, and that was it, more or less. Second game I became much more relaxed and somehow confident, beating my opponent, but it was already too late.

Well, neverthless a every positive experience, and the confidence that I do not need the wrist support anymore (Hurray). Even went home with some money that covers all expenses, so it was a good weekend

If you are interedted, you might check the tournament website www.nord-west-tour.de (German only, and final results will be published in 3 hours or so, final roundsa re still going on).

Thanks for looking and your support!
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