The Gang of Five

Beyond the Mysterious Beyond => Hobbies and Recreation => Sports => Topic started by: Petrie. on October 05, 2007, 08:14:05 PM

Title: Eh what the heck?
Post by: Petrie. on October 05, 2007, 08:14:05 PM

I usually keep my bowling videos to myself since I use them for self-coaching, but I figured I'd show that I did manage a 288 game during practice today.  Yes, I'm a drawl and not very exciting, but I know what I'm doing. :P: ;)  Oh, and the soccer ball I used on that final shot isn't mine, and it didn't fit properly (no idea why I did use it on an otherwise good game).



http://download.yousendit.com/02EF1BBB393A173F (http://download.yousendit.com/02EF1BBB393A173F)

Title: Eh what the heck?
Post by: action9000 on October 06, 2007, 01:27:07 AM

Well that's just dandy, Adam! ;)
288, nothing to sniff at at all, no no no! :D  Congrats! B)

Title: Eh what the heck?
Post by: Nimrod on October 06, 2007, 05:34:35 AM

:blink:  :blink:  :blink:

That¥s so great!! How long did you practise for that???^^

Title: Eh what the heck?
Post by: Petrie. on October 06, 2007, 08:13:28 AM

Well for that day, I only took five practice shots before I started the camera (four of them didn't strike and left one pin), and I only do this to later watch and coach myself how to get better...I never record and hope for perfection...it just came that day.  There's always something to analyze and I saw a couple of interesting things. :)

You also need to realize I've bowled regularly for ten years now and I know a lot about oil patterns, equipment, speed, etc.  Like I said, in those five pracitice shots I figured out where not to stand and changed it right after I hit record and it was a good move.  Then its just repetition until you leave something. ;)

Title: Eh what the heck?
Post by: Nimrod on October 06, 2007, 10:31:20 AM

Cool, my fathere bowled for some years. I learned a lot from him. And bowling is one of my favourite sports^^. Mayby I¥ll be some day so good like you :lol

Title: Eh what the heck?
Post by: Petrie. on October 06, 2007, 10:52:09 AM

Just to verify, I messed up on the scoring. :slap It was only a 267 game.  The electronic scoring was in the middle of a game and I just miscounted how many in a row I actually had. :P:  Still decent.

Nim, takes lots of practice indeed.  Start with balance and timing, then your release of the ball, then worry about throwing hook shots. ;)

Title: Eh what the heck?
Post by: Nimrod on October 06, 2007, 11:42:49 AM

Hey, thank you for the good tip. Want to try it next time :)

Title: Eh what the heck?
Post by: Littlefoot1616 on December 12, 2007, 10:04:12 AM

Aww man! The link expired before I got a chance to see it Petrie!  :( Reckon you could renew it so I could have a gander at your bowling expertees  :D

Mind if I join ya in a little show and tell of sporting achievements?

I'm a fan of the all ever-exciting (and sometimes down right dangerous) sport of gymnastics and trampolining. It's the only sport I can say I've ever really stuck with. I've got a couple of videos posted up online that I wouldn't mind showin' you guys if you're interested... the link's below. It's just a few vids of me doing my trampolining routine, my first attempt at a vaulting move called a Tsukahara (pronounced sue-ka-harrr-ra), and a quick lesson in "what happens when you apply too much rotation to a back somersault"...

My Gym and Tramp Vids - Enjoy! (http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.showvids&friendID=110034222)

....oh! And if that doesn't interest you. I've randomly got the Kingdom Hearts 2 Opening video in Japanese, if you wanna polish up on your Japanese Pop career  :lol

Title: Eh what the heck?
Post by: Petrie. on December 12, 2007, 11:29:08 PM

For Littlefoot1616...I reuploaded a small piece of the original file.  My connection is being very unfriendly to the upload and its crashed on me once already.  You'll get to see two shots.  I was taking it pretty seriously that day.  I'll usually at least talk to myself. :P:

http://download.yousendit.com/2795322209C253B5 (http://download.yousendit.com/2795322209C253B5)

Title: Eh what the heck?
Post by: kjeldo on August 18, 2008, 08:38:21 AM

ah... bowling something i call a lazyman sport, the ball roling over the wood, avoid 1-5 pitches or something... :)