| I am setting up
office in the lounge. I have found an out of the way place with
and AC outlet. Players will be able to find me here and I can
get some website work done. I have no more got set up and
bowlers are coming in now. This week we also have several of our
Product Specialist showing up. Two live in this area one is
bowling and now that Johnny Petraglia has new responsibilities
at Brunswick he will be bowling the tournament as well. Johnny
will be part of the Bowl-Fest the USBC is putting together for
the fans at the arena setting the night before the show.
I will get to spend some time with friends and co-workers Ron
Bragg, Frank Maresse, Larry Verble, Johnny Petraglia and at the
end of the week Tony Mendiola and Jim Panici are coming over for
the show. This should be a very busy and fun week.
I might as well let you join in on some of the conversation
going on right now. We are sitting in the lounge and bowlers are
stopping off to talk about their first round of competition.
They have just completed A Squad. There will be 3 more squads of
5 games today and then come back and do the same tomorrow. They
strip and re-oil after the second squad. The second day they
flip the squad they are bowling on so they will bowl one on the
fresh and one on the burn. The top 116 bowlers will come back on
day 3 to bowl another 5 games on the fresh before the make the
cut to match-play.
Brad Angelo's first comment
after the first round of qualifying.
One guy on our pair did not show up. I guess that is to
explain why he was done so fast. Looks like he got off to a good
start.
What were you using? An Ultimate Inferno. The last game I
switched to the Smokin Inferno and moved left. I had to get it
rolling. When my hand got around it I had no idea where it was
going. The 4th game I shot 230 and I was just trying to knuckle
it up the lane almost like a backup ball. My recognition skills
were much better today. I quit thinking of my physical game and
was seeing shapes instead of trying to be perfect.
Brian Waliczek is here with us right now telling us that he
is going to be a daddy. Brad is giving Brian fatherly advice
right now. Brian says can't you find more exciting content than
this. Sean Rash just came in the office and is
telling us about his block this morning. He was 115 over with a
142 game. Our first question was quite obvious. What happened?
Bad bowling to start Bad ball choice next then I changed balls
again and got close and that was still wrong. I was on a cliff
if I had been in a different zone I would have been alright.
Then I got to use the new ball I drilled the night before. Here
is the order I went through. 1st - I had a 6 inch Vapor
pin down/hole down. Mass is in a strong position
2nd- I used a 5 inch Vapor with a hole. Mass at 70 degrees. Pin
above the fingers with a huge hole on the axis.
3rd - Then I found the right ball in a 5 1/2 inch Vapor with no
hole. The mass was at 55 degrees to my axis point. I was able
to use the 3rd Vapor the rest of the block, it made it
feel like I was bowling on league. Now the discussion has
shifted to tomorrow. He is looking for advice.
I probably shouldn't give away too many secrets but who cares
because I don't know anybody else with his speed/rev ratio that
reads this site. The obvious is the same core (because of his
rev rate) with a cleaner cover. The answer is the Classic Zone.
So we will go and make sure that is in the bag. Next I want him
to bring in a stronger cover with a lower diff so he can square
up to the lane if he has too. The answer to that is a special
drilling Ultimate where we drilled out the diff in the ball by
using really large holes as deep as we can (for the thumb and
finger holes) to drill out as much of the core as we could. We
would then use thumb slugs (bottomed out so they would not sink)
and then drill the ball out to fit.
I don't like the idea of shine so leave the polish in the
bag. I suggest leaving the surface at about 1000-1200.
Let the numbers speak for themselves The split after
Day 1
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Top 116 |
Squad |
Numbers |
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A |
25 |
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B |
25 |
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C |
28 |
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D |
38 |
|
|
Top 64 |
Squad |
Numbers |
|
| |
A |
14 |
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B |
15 |
|
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C |
13 |
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D |
22 |
|
|
Top 20 |
Squad |
Numbers |
|
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A |
3 |
|
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B |
4 |
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C |
4 |
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D |
9 |
|
|
Top 10 |
Squad |
Numbers |
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A |
0 |
|
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B |
2 |
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C |
3 |
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D |
5 |
|
The split after the second round
|
Top 116 |
Squad |
Numbers |
|
| |
A |
24 |
|
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B |
25 |
|
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C |
33 |
|
| |
D |
34 |
|
|
Top 64 |
Squad |
Numbers |
|
| |
A |
15 |
|
| |
B |
13 |
|
| |
C |
20 |
|
| |
D |
17 |
|
|
Top 20 |
Squad |
Numbers |
|
| |
A |
5 |
|
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B |
5 |
|
| |
C |
4 |
|
| |
D |
6 |
|
|
Top 10 |
Squad |
Numbers |
|
| |
A |
3 |
|
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B |
2 |
|
| |
C |
3 |
|
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D |
2 |
|
Looked a little lopsided the first day but that is often the
case. A squad is usually the guinea pig squad. Everybody learns
off them. B squad usually has to deal with what is left over
from A Squad. With bowlers not knowing where they want to play
the lanes are rather challenging pair to pair. By the evening
rounds bowlers are more settled in where they want to attack and
the lane transition better for D squad. It doesn't hurt early in
the week that the second strip and re-oil plays a little more
blended. On to Round 3 where the top 116 bowl at the same time
so there is no reason to be concerned about the splits. |
