Ok so the season is now more than half over and I'm still subbing in a league at Eastpointe lanes, won't go back there ever and I would like to find a new home for a while. So if any of you Michiganders know of any good leagues in the summer or winter season or need a sub send me a reply with some info. I'm looking to stay in the Northern suburbs area of Detroit. Just looking for some friendly competition and camaraderie
I've been rolling on PBA / Sport patterns at the training center and want to find a sport or PBA fantasy league to test the average/ skill out under normal bowling environments.

I started to bowl on a tweaked version of the USBC national patterns getting ready for a late June

 appearance with team , hope to start a team/ double concepts matches so that we all have a plan of attack and setup the lanes to our liking in Reno.

    This also seems to be the most asked lessons programs that we offer this month at .

    For all of those that are gearing up for the USBC National, Good luck to all of you who are going and have fun in Reno.

Coach Lou M 

 

      After having some thoughts about bowling in this league again after my last episode, I agree to sub again for my friend's team.
     I travel on down to the bowl and meet my team and warm up before practice, the usual stretching routine legs, arms, wrist, torso and back. I meet the opponents and do the meet and greet thing, hand shakes and the like. A much better start than last week!
     I feel good and roll a few shots to get a read on the oil pattern. Check for length front to back at the foul line, friction from left to right. Start off rolling a few shots with my medium speed and benchmark ball up the 3 different tracks on the lane (4-6, 9-11and 14-16) going parallel up the boards then shooting diagonal across the track zones. . I make a few more moves in practice and try to find the two pin leave so that I can then move right 1and 1 and follow the oil pattern. I settle in on middle to out side track a 9-4 trajectory with medium revs and a more forward rotation with the release "the back ends are very clean and snappy" and have to make sure that the ball doesn't jump only arcs.
     League starts and off we go, I make a few moves 1-0, 2-1 in game one, no opens, clean...237.
    Game two, lanes start to develop carry down and makes the backend push longer, I soften up and move in 3-1 and go around the carry down and change rotation, better look ...247
    Game three, lanes continue to breakdown in the heads. Left lane is on fire and the right stays on pace with my last moves from game 2 ...Ouch. Got to stay focused!
I make a few moves on the left, total amount is now 14 boards (approach) from where I started the night and 4 with the breakpoint. Right lane is only 6 left on the approach and 2 with the breakpoint. Get to the eight frame, left lane..... Strike. Get up in the ninth, right lane ......Strike.  Now I'm thinking about another good set for the night.... no opens, get into the tenth, left lane and I pure this one off the hand,........ Sweet....... feels great in the bones ...............

Through the face :( and I leave the 3,6,10. Get my spare ball out and make the shot...... oops chop the 6-10 off the fence.....214.

Well better luck next time. Plan to work on my game (new year's resolution) getting ready for nationals and few other events this year and have committed to start with spare making. Lesson learned.....LOL