I didn't sleep too well last night - there was a huge thunderstorm which kept waking me up ( Don't like it!! ) Then I woke up with the start of a stinking cold - blurgh!
I have to say, I felt much better after my tub of Lucky Charms though :o) We really need these again in England!!!
So finally I got to bowl. I was a little nervous going to the bowl today, I have the desire again and I want to do well so I get nervous cos of it! It's quite a nice feeling to have though - the want & the fight!!
I struggled to relax in practice this morning and I was having problems on the approach - they were really tacky and leaving scum on my heel so I was really inconsistent getting to the foul line. This carried on for the whole of the first game #NotFun I felt like I was throwing the ball O.K but wasn't making it happen.
When I moved to the next pair for game 2, it became apparent I was using the wrong ball. I thought the bad shots were me, when really it was because I didn't have the right match up. I switched to my Victory Road Pearl and automatically felt much more comfortable as I was seeing a better reaction on the lanes. I used the VR pearl for the rest of the squad and edged left gradually as they broke down more.
I felt like I played O.K today. I've certainly bowled a lot better during my career but I've also bowled a lot worse. I made a couple of bad shots each game and was punished with splits - usually in the 9th or 10th frame which lost me a lot of pins.
My games were 188 178 222 181 182 - 951. After both squads I'm down in 82nd which is a little disheartening but I'm only 37 pins from the cut to 64 and 61 pins from the cut to 48 so those numbers are makeable. Tomorrow we play on the second oil ( as B squad did today ) and the scores seem a lot higher on that oil. Hopefully I will match up better and get relaxed quicker...If I relax and make good shots I'm confident I can make up some pins! Fingers Crossed!
For dinner (Lunch) we went to Panda Express. This place is ace - kinda like Chinese fast food and it was delicious!!
When I moved to the next pair for game 2, it became apparent I was using the wrong ball. I thought the bad shots were me, when really it was because I didn't have the right match up. I switched to my Victory Road Pearl and automatically felt much more comfortable as I was seeing a better reaction on the lanes. I used the VR pearl for the rest of the squad and edged left gradually as they broke down more.
I felt like I played O.K today. I've certainly bowled a lot better during my career but I've also bowled a lot worse. I made a couple of bad shots each game and was punished with splits - usually in the 9th or 10th frame which lost me a lot of pins.
My games were 188 178 222 181 182 - 951. After both squads I'm down in 82nd which is a little disheartening but I'm only 37 pins from the cut to 64 and 61 pins from the cut to 48 so those numbers are makeable. Tomorrow we play on the second oil ( as B squad did today ) and the scores seem a lot higher on that oil. Hopefully I will match up better and get relaxed quicker...If I relax and make good shots I'm confident I can make up some pins! Fingers Crossed!
For dinner (Lunch) we went to Panda Express. This place is ace - kinda like Chinese fast food and it was delicious!!
After dinner we headed over to the USBC International Bowling Museum & Research Centre. It's the headquarters for the United States Bowling Congress and includes the museum, hall of fame, gym & 8 lane centre with state of the art coaching & research equipment. I walked around the place with my mouth wide open - I was so envious. I wish so bad we had somewhere like this in England. We can hope!!
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Me, Olivia & Jen went to watch a film at the Cinema to kill some time. We saw 'Cabin in the woods' - One word.....STRANGE! What goes through people's heads when they think up films like that?!?!
After the cinema we went to the Cheesecake Factory to get some Cheesecake - obviously! I chose pineapple upside down cake cheesecake. We came back to the hotel and ate it in bed and it was beaut! Soooo gooood :-) Mmmmmm
After the cinema we went to the Cheesecake Factory to get some Cheesecake - obviously! I chose pineapple upside down cake cheesecake. We came back to the hotel and ate it in bed and it was beaut! Soooo gooood :-) Mmmmmm 
I'm so tired, I don't think I've quite caught up on my travelling yet so I'm gonna try and get to sleep early again tonight. We're on the late squad tomorrow 1pm (7pm UK time) so hopefully get a lie in and chill out in the morning!!
Cross your fingers for me - I really wanna make that 64!
Until the morrow - Much Love
J xx
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