like I bowl in practice!!!
Today was another one of those days...go to the bowling center this afternoon, after they've already oiled for league...this was kinda like cheating since I bowled league at 6 PM.
Got some extra time so I thought I would play with the coverstocks of my Xception and Untamed. Hit the Untamed with green scotch brite and give it a nice polish then hit the Xception with the blue scotch brite and posish it more so than the Untamed.
I get a lane with fresh oil and roll the first game with the Untamed...unbelievable reaction, unlike any I've had with it since I got it...roll 217.
Next game, I pick up the Xception...WOW! This must be what they meant when they said go long and snap!!! Nothing but pocket shots...roll 222.
Third game, I take turns rolling each ball...roll 228.
I'm thinking this could be a career night tonight...I've got great reaction with both balls and seem to be matched up perfectly!!!
We start our league practice session and I notice my reaction is not what it was in the previous three games...yes, this is a different pair of lanes but also same fresh oil pattern as the one I rolled on earlier. I'm kinda puzzled at this point and then league starts...and I become even more puzzled.
I only hit the pocket twice in the first game, both carried for strikes, and leave six opens in game #1...a season low 136!
Second game starts, and all of a sudden, the reaction is back! Nothing but solid pocket shots, even though they didn't all carry...a clean game...221.
Now I'm thinking I can still salvage an average night with a decent third game. Reaction hangs in there for about half the game, then it all but disappears very much like the first game. I struggle and fight to finish with a 177, and a series of 534, 12 below my average.
I still managed to average 200 for the six games despite the 136.
Only two more weeks of league...
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That which doesn't kill you will only make you stronger, that which doesn't make you stronger is a waste of time! Edited on 3/28/2005 7:48 PM
