U.S. Women's Open update

Kelly made the top seed again this year in runaway fashion, 100's of pins ahead of the rest of the field. Here are the details and a short video interview of the finalists.......http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7qg-6ZwkVo

2012 U.S. Women's Open

To anyone interested in watching the round of the top 50 they will be bowling today, Monday, June 25th at 3:00 pm Pacific time - 4pm Mt. - 5pm central and 6pm eastern. It will be covered on bowl.com's you tube channel.  Here is the link to make it easier for everybody...........http://www.youtube.com/bowltv

Kulick maintains lead at 2012 U.S. Women's Open

Kelly Kulick is doing what she always does at this tournament here is a link to the story and current standings and a video interview farther down the page once you click the link..........................http://www.bowl.com/news/newsdetails.aspx?id=12884904808

Proper Ball Drilling

In the last post I talked about how I had not bowled on the THS - ( typical house shot ) for several years other than as the occasional sub. So I no longer had any bowling balls drilled in the proper way as to give me an advantage on the THS. After I had a couple of balls drilled for the THS I started to score much higher and with much less effort. For the first time in over 3 years I have started in a THS and will finish this league, bowling a full season in a THS league, with not only the proper bowling balls for the condition but just as important having them custom fitted and drilled properly as well.
Proving my point, - Since I had those new balls drilled I have bowled a total of only 24 games ( that's 8 weeks of 3 games each ) in this one house ( Vestavia Bowl ) and have bowled the 2 series mentioned in the previous post and now the first 2 weeks of this new league have bowled a 758 and 707. Which included a 279 - 258 - and the first 300 in the league, with a current average of 244. I am sure, as I am human, I will have the inevitable bad week that will lower my average slightly. But it will be interesting to see where my average is at the end of this summer league.

So as you can see. There is a HUGE advantage in having your own professionally chosen and fitted bowling ball. So YES it is worth EVERY DOLLAR it will cost to have that done, as you can see by my experience above as well as going into the future.

Let me add one foot note : If you are new to the high tech bowling equipment or are short on money as we all are right now. You can purchase a good used ball. Most pro shops have a good selection of good used bowling balls.
Because ya see, the 2 bowling balls I had drilled recently for the THS are the Storm Prodigy, that came out back in June 2010 and a Storm Virtual Gravity that came out back in November 2008. Both of which I purchased off the USED ball rack at the Pro Shop.

McCorvey's Pro Shop

I wanted to thank Jonathan (Jay) Hester and Chris Felts at McCorvey's Pro shop in Lightning Strikes bowling center for the recent work they did for me. I had 2 new balls drilled up a specific way as to benefit me when bowling on the THS (typical house shot) also made a slight change in my grip as to make it more relaxed. Having a relaxed grip so I can use very little pressure to hang on to the ball thus allowing for quick release makes the ball rev more with less effort. It also puts less wear and tear on your hand if you use the proper grip as I have demonstrated on an earlier post. As for the drilling, I haven't bowled on the THS in 3 years except as an occasional sub, so all of my bowling balls were drilled to benefit me on sport bowling conditions. Which to say the least makes me have to work to shoot decent scores on the THS. But now all of that is solved, I am thinking about adding a couple more balls for the THS. Both balls performed as expected using both in 2 league sets so far and rolled a 718 and 696 for 3 games. Don't expect to shoot below 660 now that I have the correct drill pattern for the shot I am shooting on now. So if you need anything done bowling ball wise, these guys are very knowledgeable and get it right the first time.

 

The US Open Oil pattern.

Well how many ways can I explain this. The tech part of it is that the first 26 feet has over 60 units of oil (A FLOOD!) Then it continues down to 40 feet with slightly less. The same amount of oil is distributed basically even from gutter to gutter.

Now to describe it in a different way. For lefties or right handed, it does not matter. There is NO playable shot outside from the 10th board to the gutter. Corey Kistner, a fellow bowler said it best, "The 10 board IS the gutter!" That describes this pattern to a T. If it gets outside the 10 board it is not just out the window, it is off the planet. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING! will hook back to the pocket if it gets outside of the 10 board. So if all you know is how to play down and in from the outside on your home house shot.You are SUNK! Cause that won't play here.

The US Open oil pattern is considered to be BY FAR the toughest shot on the planet. Anyone who has ever bowled on it will NOT disagree.   

The US Open.

First day of competition at the US Open. This year I am not deathly ill. So things will be shockingly better. Bowling at 6:00pm eastern time. They still had not set up the camera's for Xtra frame yet as of yesterday. So I'm not sure if my lane assignments today will land me on one of the TV pair or not. My lane assignment today is, 17, 29, 43, 55, 69, 9.............Here is the link to the PBA if you want to follow the tournament also there is a link there if you want to sign up for Xtra Frame so you can watch the tournament live every day. They are streaming live now, the first squad started at 8:00am this morning.......http://pba.com/

Kelly Kulick Bridgestone commercials

There were 4 commercials made for Bridgestone tires featuring Kelly Kulick. You may have seen one of them already. But just in case you haven't, here they are.

1. The last word.

2. In this next video you can fast forward to the 3:55 that is where Kelly's part starts. Behind the scenes.

3. Kelly knows bowling.

4. Kelly hearts technology.

Crystal Boyer - Ohio State High-school woman champion.

 This is a video of Crystal Boyer shown on the local TV station. I was proud to have been able to coach  her this last year, she was eager to learn new things and be willing to put in the practice time to learn at a faster pace. She was able to improve to the point that this year she won the Ohio State High-School Championships. Which by the way was held at the bowling center owned by HALL of FAME bowler Wayne Webb.

  Here is a link to see her scores.
                                                                
  Here is another link to see all the women scores

  Here is another link to see the Boys scores
  You will notice that Crystal bowled the 4th highest series overall.

How to grip a bowling ball.

This video will explain the proper way to hold on to a bowling ball. If you have ever had your thumb hang in the thumb hole of your ball, this will solve that problem once and for all. I also mention the use of bowlers tape in this video. I will do a whole segment on bowlers tape in the near future.

Follow Kelly Kulick in the Pabcon Tournament

Sorry I have not been posting lately, I have been busy and dealing with some health issues.

I hope to be continuing my tips soon.

Thanks to all who visit and read my posts, God bless.

Fingertip grip, Video #1

The first video showing how a fingertip grip is better than a conventional or house ball grip.

The house ball

In the first video I use a typical house ball drilled with a conventional grip, and my spare ball, which is a house ball drilled with a fingertip grip. A house ball has no real weight block other than a small piece of counter balance weight at the point where the finger holes will be drilled. Rather than trying to explain that I have created a link to Columbia 300, they have a great graphic of my actual spare ball CLICK HERE. When you get there run your mouse over the ball and you will see what the inside looks like. Here is a link to show you one of my other balls that you will see on future video's so you can get the idea of how far ball technology has come CLICK HERE.

Advances in Bowling

Over the last 20+ years there has been significant advances technology wise to the bowling balls, lane maintenance equipment and scoring computers. The least known by the general public are the changes in lane maintenance and bowling balls. In the early posts I will be covering bowling balls.

The info that I will be exposing about the bowling balls of today will amaze most people who are not regular bowlers.
If you are still using a house ball you are really cheating yourself out of as much as 20 pins or more per game. Because these days there is a huge difference between the house ball and the new balls of today.