Thursday morning I subbed in a women's scratch trios league.  My focus was on the swing plane and it was good.  During warm-ups I tried the usual suspects (Black Widow and Total NV)  neither was horrible, but they weren't quite right either.  I pulled out the Whirl Wind, which hasn't seen a lot of action lately.  It had the reaction I was looking for.  At the end of warm-ups I wasn't quite lined up, but close. 

It came down to the 10th frame and the only way we could take the game was I needed a double and count.  I came through with the first one and the second ball was in the pocket for a ringing 7.  We lost the point by 7, I shot exactly average 170.

Game 2 the armswing was right on and I had the line.  No need for anything in the 10th, but I got a double and 8 for a 212.  Game 3 I was a little slow fine tuning the adjust for the lane transition.  The ball was breaking early and I made a 2-2 move right to get back into the pocket.  It took a little more adjusting to get the strikes.  It was almost a repeat of game 1, but since I struck in the 9th, I only needed the first one and count.  I nailed the first one.  The 2nd one was again in the pocket, but left a solid 7.  I converted the 7 for the point and a 169.

I was pleased with the process.  The armswing was in line 85% - 95% of the shots.  I went home got lunch and relaxed before heading back for a practice session.

I only took the Black Widow and my spare ball to the lanes.  Game 1 was a warm-up to get lined up and loose.  Three opens, a couple strieks and 5 spares was not bad. 

Game 2 was focused on armswing and target 4 opens (1 7 pin, 2 - 4-7s, and a 2-4-7) I picked off either the 4 or 7 frome the 4-7s and the 2 off the 2-4-7. 

Game 3 I took the forst 3 frames and lined up the 7 pin.  The rest of the game and game 4 were the same as game 2.

Game 5 I decided to go out and target 3 board.  I dumped the ball in the ditch in the 2nd frame and got 9 on the next shot.  Aside from that it was a clean game with a double in there.

Game 6 I decided to use just plastic.  One open and a double were the result.  This was a true test of the armswing and targeting.  Not that they are improtant in practice, but the scores were 155-181-179-194-177-186.  Consistent and a reflection of the consistency of the armswing.

A good day over all!