Tryouts!

Apologies for the lack of commitment to this blog and the both readers but I´ve been really busy.


Since my last post I´ve been robbed, sunburned, traveled a shitload and started school.

A week ago a process started that is part of the Wichita State bowling program, known as tryouts, which determines which players are selected to represent the school´s collegiate bowling team. The tryout process is basically a fitness test and 33 games of bowling over 3 weeks on 10 different oil patterns. The first two weeks are split down to four 3 game sessions bowled on the so called "dual" patterns(which is basically the pair you play on has a different pattern on each lane) which is really hard and requires much concentration, not to mention that all the patterns we play on are extremely difficult, they say compared to the patterns on the professional tour, that they are easy in comparison to what we´re playing on in this tryout process. In week 3 they mix it up a bit and we have three sessions of 3 games on 6 different pattern(which is going to be very difficult) and then one session of a so called "skills test" where we have to hit targets out on the lane in order to get points.

The first week I didn´t really bowl that well, my stats are not good but my score has been consistent although I need to raise the bar a bit to have a shot at making the team.

So right now I´m somewhere in the middle but hopefully in week 2 I can better my stats, and score

well that´s all for now

:)

tata