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TV Results - Company Results - Speed Results - Rev Results - Speed/Rev Ratio Results - Angle Results - Lefty/Righty Results - Pattern Results - Good Strategy/Poor Strategy Results - TV pressure Results - Bad Shot Results - Good Luck/Bad Luck Results -

Do the Results mean anything? That is for you to decide. I have charted the TV results to provide a little more interesting look. Keep in mind that the TV environment is different than the match-play environment and the match-play environment is different than the qualifying environment. The conditions the bowlers compete on are affected by many variables with the largest influence being the strategy of the field that is competing. Pay special attention to how the players are effecting transition see if you notice the strategies being used by the players. Equipment changes and drastic moves on the lane are easy to catch but if you watch very closely you might be able to catch subtle changes in a players physical game. Not all bowlers have or use the same tools.

The most common transition tools are:

Ball Speed
Angles
Hand or Wrist Positions
Ball Choices

Not as easily noticed are individual techniques that players develop looking for an advantage, these techniques are directly related to what defines a bowler. Bowlers are defined by their transitional moves. What do you do when you leave a 4 pin or a 10 pin? Those moves define you as a bowler. Watch the best in the world they don't all make the same transitional moves. Are you being limited by your transitional moves?

 Bowling is always about following transition. The one that follows it the best is usually the one that wins

 

 

Tournament Show Results
 

The names are colored codes to indicate the company ball choice of the player. Lighter shades of the same color indicate the company that manufactures the company balls.

Brunswick - MoRich - Lane #1 - Elite

Columbia - Track - AMF

Ebonite - Hammer

Storm - Dynothane

 

Champion 2nd Place 3rd Place 4th Place

Tulsa Championship (Tulsa,OK)
Tommy Jones Wes Malott Chris Barnes Mike Wolfe

Mile High Classic (Lakewood,CO)
Wes Malott Mika Koivuniemi Patrick Healey Jr Patrick Allen

Greater Omaha Classic (Council Bluffs,IA)
Mike Machuga Bill O'Neil Wes Malott Dave Traber

Miller High Life USBC Masters (Milwaukee,WI)
Mike Scroggins Norm Duke Art Brown Ken Muscato

Chicago Classic (Vernon Hills,ILL)
Jason Couch Joe Ciccone Parker Bohn III Norm Duke

BowlersParadise.com Classic (Hammond,IN)
Pete Weber Ryan Shafer Brad Angelo Tommy Jones

Keystone State Classic (Mechanicsburg,PA)
Patrick Allen Tom Baker Mika Koivuniemi Mike Scroggins

Empire State Classic (Clifton Park,NY)
Mike Wolfe Chris Collins Mike Scroggins Jack Jurek

Earl Anthony Medford Classic (Medford,OR)
Brian Himmler Mika Koivuniemi Tim Criss Ritchie Allen

Dick Weber Open (Fountain Valley,CA)
Jason Couch Parker Bohn III Norm Duke Mike Machuga

Phoenix Classic (Phoenix,AZ)
Ritchie Allen Del Ballard Jr. Mike DeVaney Brian Kretzer

Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Classic (Trussville,AL)
Brian Voss Steve Wilson Chris Barnes Patrick Allen

Atlanta Classic (Norcross,GA)
Tommy Jones Mike Scroggins Michael Fagan Patrick Allen

West Virginia Championship (Parkersburg,WV)
Sean Rash Mike DeVaney Mike Scroggins Patrick Healey Jr

US Open (North Brunswick,NJ)
Tommy Jones Ryan Shafer Mike Fagan Robert Smith

Geigo Championship (Cheecktogwa,NY)
Name      

Pepsi Championship (Fairlawn,OH)
Name      

Ace Hardware Championship (Taylor,MI)
Name      

Denny's World Championship (Indianapolis,IN)
Name      

Great Lakes Classic (Wyoming,MI)
Name      

Dexter Tournament of Champions (Uncasville,CT)
Name      

 

 

 

Company Results
 

 

                                                                    

17

Brunswick

1sts

2nds

3rds

4ths

 

3

6

5

3

 

                                                                    

2

MoRich

1sts

2nds

3rds

4ths

 

 

 

 

2

 

                                                                    

ttls

Lane #1

1sts

2nds

3rds

4ths

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                    

1

Elite

1sts

2nds

3rds

4ths

 

1

 

 

 

 

                                                                    

8

Columbia

1sts

2nds

3rds

4ths

 

1

2

4

1

 

                                                                    

5

Track

1sts

2nds

3rds

4ths

 

1

1

1

2

 

                                                                    

ttls

AMF

1sts

2nds

3rds

4ths

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                    

11

Ebonite

1sts

2nds

3rds

4ths

 

5

1

1

4

 

                                                                    

ttls

Hammer

1sts

2nds

3rds

4ths

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                    

5

Storm

1sts

2nds

3rds

4ths

 

2

2

1

1

 

                                                                    

ttls

Dynothane

1sts

2nds

3rds

4ths

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Speed Results
 

Tournament Slow Medium Medium Fast Fast Extreme Fast
Tulsa       Tommy Jones
Wes Malott
Chris Barnes
Mike Wolfe		  
Lakewood   Patrick Healey Jr Mika Koivuniemi
Patrick Allen		 Wes Malott  
Council Bluffs       Mike Machuga
Bill O'Neil
Wes Malott
Dave Traber		  
Milwaukee   Mike Scroggins
Norm Duke
Ken Muscato		 Art Brown    
Vernon Hills     Norm Duke
Joe Ciccone		 Jason Couch
Parker Bohn III		  
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           

Rev Results

Tournament Low Medium Medium Medium High High Extreme High
Tulsa     Chris Barnes
Mike Wolfe		 Tommy Jones
Wes Malott		  
Lakewood   Patrick Healey Jr
Patrick Allen		 Mika Koivuniemi Wes Malott  
Council Bluffs Dave Traber   Mike Machuga
Bill O'Neil		 Wes Malott  
Milwaukee Ken Muscato
Mike Scroggins
Norm Duke		 Art Brown      
Vernon Hills   Parker Bohn III
Joe Ciccone
Norm Duke		   Jason Couch  
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           

Angle Results

Tournament Out to In Straight Less then 5 boards of belly 5 to 10 boards of belly More than 10 boards of belly
Tulsa       Chris Barnes
Mike Wolfe		 Tommy Jones
Wes Malott
Lakewood       Patrick Allen Mika Koivuniemi
Wes Malott
Pat Healey Jr.
 
Council Bluffs   Dave Traber Mike Machuga Wes Malott
Bill O'Neill		 Mike Machuga
Bill O'Neill
Milwaukee   Norm Duke
Mike Scroggins		 Art Brown
Ken Muscato		    
Vernon Hills     Parker Bohn Jason Couch
 		 Joe Ciccone
Norm Duke
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           

TV Results - Company Results - Speed Results - Rev Results - Speed/Rev Ratio Results - Angle Results - Lefty/Righty Results - Pattern Results - Good Strategy/Poor Strategy Results - TV pressure Results - Bad Shot Results - Good Luck/Bad Luck Results -

Tournament Winner Second Third Fourth  
Tulsa Tommy Jones
High Speed/High Revs		 Wes Malott
High Speed/High Revs		 Chris Barnes
MH Speed/MH Revs		 Mike Wolfe
MH Speed/MH Revs		  
Lakewood Wes Malott
High speed/high revs		 Mika Koivuniemi
Med high speed/ med high revs		 Patrick Healey Jr
med speed/med revs		 Patrick Allen
med speed/med revs		  
Council Bluffs Mike Machuga
used to styles
high speed on both. lower rev rate in one game and higher in the next		 Bill O'Neill med high speed/med high revs Wes Malott
Med High speed/high revs		 Dave Traber
High speed/ low revs		  
Milwaukee Mike Scroggins Med speed/ low med revs Norm Duke Med Speed med low revs Art Brown
Med high speed/med high revs		 Ken Muscato
med speed/med low revs		  
Vernon Hills Jason Couch
High speed/High revs		 Joe Ciccone
med speed/med revs		 Parker Bohn
high speed/med revs		 Norm Duke
Med speed/med revs		  
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           

 

Lefty/Righty Results

Left hand Tournament Right hand
0 Tulsa 4
1 Lakewood 3
0 Council Bluffs 4
3 Milwaukee 1
2 Vernon Hills 2
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 

 

 

Pattern Results
 

Cheetah Shark Viper Scorpion Chameleon Majors
Tulsa Championships
4 right handers
on the show.
Tommy Jones beat Chris Barnes in game one. Wes beat Mike Wolfe in game two. Tommy Jones beat Wes Malott for the title. Tommy and Wes hooked it. Chris and Mike played further to the right and more up the back of the ball. Tommy and Wes did not seem to have the same transition issues they had during the week. I expected there ball to see more oil transition at the end of the pattern. Mike and Chris had good looks with the right lane playing tighter down lane. The early hook spot they were trying to play actually bounced harder. That combination created a more sensitive length wise window. 		Mile High Classic
Played very tight down lane. higher rev to speed ratio was an obvious advantage. 		  Chicago Classic
Played different from practice day to qualifying. Once Qualifying started they remained consistent. The low end of the house was lower scoring. The lane to lane was pretty different on the low end. One lane would provide much earlier friction than the other and it was compounded because the backends played tight. Slower speed was actually a tool and the players could open the lanes up more than they normally can but you had to have the speed or rev rate to do it. Physical match-ups were more important than ball choices. The strike Zone and the Vapor Zones both looked good. Used a lot of 5 1/2 inch or weaker pins and 55 degree twists and only small holes. Surfaces were around 2000 Aberlon. Alot of players were using masses closer to the axis than I felt the need to. The TV pair was 7-8. Eight hooked alot earlier than 7. Both lanes player tighter down lane than they had all week. Parker used a Vapor Zone all week but was too weak on the show. I would have liked to see a stronger mass with a hole in a Vapor and more overall surface on the balls he used during the week.		 Council Bluffs
Played totally different than any other Chameleon pattern we have bowled on. It resembled Cheetah more than Chameleon but you could not play it like Cheetah because of transition. Carry was the biggest issue. It was easy enough to get to the pocket but hard to catch up if you got caught hooking it too much too long. Hand needed to be up the back. firm speed a big advantage. Rev rate was not as big an issue as the first two tournaments of the year. Angles and roll were the biggest factors
 		 USBC Masters-
The scoring pace was a higher than many majors. The left had an lane to lane advantage most of the week. The right had to fight more transition. Had to pay very special attention to angles. The middle part of the lane played much drier in match-play as if something was changed. The low end of the house was much tighter than the high end. Vapor Zones and Strike Zones looked good.

 

 

Tournament Winner Second Third Fourth  
Tulsa Tommy Jones Wes Malott
 		 Chris Barnes
 		 Mike Wolfe
 		  
Lakewood          
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           

 

   
 

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