After my last post, I went back and read all my old posts. It was really neat going through those memories and experiences again, I plan on using them.
So last year, opposite to my thinking (somewhat) I was good on medium, which I kind of foresaw, but was really bad on short and decently bad on long. Going in I was comfortable on long, but what happened is that whatever we practiced on in Edmonton was not the same so I think maybe that came as a shock to me and I couldn't rebound/get consistent.
Looking back, I guess I was a bit worried about the short as we didn't get too much practice on it, and safe to say I had reason to worry. What I remember from it (not my post) is that it played really dry. And it's funny because at the bowling alley yesterday I ran into one of the ladies that bowls in this tourney as well and she was saying to her friend who is going for the first time, that it plays really dry, so practicing on those dry conditions didn't hurt. She was saying to me "well you know, you've been there, it plays really dry!". I didn't know, I could not recall but I just said yeeaaahh... But now that these posts have refreshed my memory a bit, that is 100% true. I remember it was dry enough that I was trying to swing my ball in, like what I was doing yesterday, because nothing else was working, but neither was that line because it wasn't dry enough for that kind of line for me.
And now saying that, I realize that I didn't stick to the game plan. Game plan was, like I said, to "ride the rail", but I think I got uncomfortable with it and decided not too. So. This time around I am definitely not going to cast something aside that has proven to work. So that's a start for the short. I should definitely try and get a day of practice in on that shot, ideally one day for each shot.
It was also cool reading about my league stuff. Especially what my goals were for this year. I nailed one of them, average around 190. Well for quite a few weeks I was at 194, and ended up at 193! Booya! There was another: "win provincials or placed 2nd". Well.. the one I was looking like winning until the 2nd last game should have been 1st, then should have been 2nd after the strong surge by Chelsey, but ultimately ended up 3rd. And really, like I mentioned in a previous post about my health stuff, that's a pretty good achievement. Obviously not what I wanted, and had I been 100% health I would have that one for sure.
The there's also all the things that Dan and Ted have said that I've forgotten. I didn't receive nearly as much advice from them this year, maybe because I improved so much on my own, but then some of the things Dan have said never really came to fruition. But the one thing that I am looking at more seriously now that I am done youth bowling, is the two handed approach that they both were talking about. Now that there's really nothing on the line, I might look into it more. I'm not sure how feasible it is at this point financially, I'd have to get new stuff drilled for two handing, and I definitely won't have that kind of money. So more realistically might be in 2 years, once I'm done school and hopefully making decent money working. It'll still be something I should chat with Dan about.
But back to CNCs, hopefully this can give me a little edge going into the tournament, and I plan to keep this up, hopefully it'll payoff in future tournaments as well.
Oh technology!
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