Pattern number 4 of 4 came in my sport shot challenge league. 50 feet of oil tonight- a flat pattern with 60 units from gutter to gutter. I've never seen so many long faces as the games went by. I knew my Animal would be the best ball in my arsenal to use, and after trying out the deep inside line to up and down success (3 strikes, 4 pin, 4-6 and a pocket 8-10....from a lefty yes) I decided to move to the outside and play a slow frozen rope off the 9 board, angling to hit the 1-2 pocket as best as possible. For the following 25 shots, I had 1 count below 8 (a 4-7-10 in the 10th frame of game three), 1 8 count, 16 single pins and 7 strikes. The Animal kept me around the pocket and while others may have had more strikes over the course of the night, my 192-182-192= 566 series was I think the second or third high in the league out of 48 bowlers.
So far I've bowled on three of the four patterns in this league (34 feet with 80 units from outside 10 board, 65 units inside; 45 feet with 28 units outside of 10, 45 units inside; and tonight's 50 foot flat pattern) and feel confident that I can use either the Animal or the Slash to naviagate these patterns depending on what pattern is put out from week to week. I may bring my Rule with me to see if I can get a better look on the 34 foot pattern (it's more of a slower speed sensitive shot, not necessarily my A or B game), as that series was my lowest to date (500), as I have a 560 on the 45 footer to go with tonight's 566.
If I do plan to get a GP2, which of these patterns do you think would be best served for its use?
Matt
Edited on 6/10/2005 3:32 AM
