I was at this sport shot tournament with BMM and I struggled a bit, but I managed to play safe and "close" for most of the day even though I missed about 6-7 easy spares which was completely unacceptable, and I went the whole 2nd game without striking for a 136. That pretty much ruined my day. The games I did eveything right with my release and launch agle, I felt pretty good about my performance.
Just a few notes I'd like to put out there for people are for 1:
The shot was 39 feet with not much buff area(4ft buff to be exact), so 35 feet of oil with no buff can appear to play as long as a 41 or 43 since there's no drop off in the pattern until late. It's not like a house shot 39 ft where there might be oil for 27 feet then a buff to 39. It was fairly difficult to get the ball started in the midlane if you could get your release right up the back of the ball(something that BMM and myself both have a problem with) so that made the shot play even longer for us. I have a high rotation, and he has a high tilt. Both were deadly in trying to play this pattern.
Some notes on the people that were scoring, they were using aggressive coverstocks with weak pin drills(a common occurance on sport shots IMO). The people bowling exceptionally well were using Big Time, Paradigm, Ultimate, Original Inferno, Threshold, Agent, and a few Morich pieces here and there. I think BMM lacked a ball strong enough with the proper layout to attack this pattern. I had a fairly good look with a Radar Lock 3 1/2" pin to PAP, MB under thumb, I just had my moments where I'd throw the ball through the window, or squeeze the ball at the bottom since the mark I was trying to hit was so close to me(I pulled my mark all the way back to the dots).
His aggressive Rotos were drilled too weak, and his control pieces by nature were drilled too strong. Nothing he had really gave him a good read. He had a decent look deep inside with the Venus but when you have 1-2 boards to hit at 40 ft in order to strike, it becomes a pain trying to hit especially when you're not comfortable. He didn't really have anything that matched up or read well enough to play the angle that everyone was scoring from.
So in conclusion James, Rico1 drilled Sonic X.....never leave home without it!
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