To Another Bowling Season

I haven't posted much about bowling since the Baton Rouge debacle that almost made me retire.  Not even sure I posted at all about it.  But it's a new season, and I'm off to my best league start (for 6 games) ever. It may be nothing, but after Baton Rouge, I vowed to make some changes in my game.  Namely:

1. Come from behind the ball better, instead of around it
2. Improve timing
3. Increase ball speed by about 1 mph (success in #1 and #2 should make this happen, or at least much more easily)
4. Improve spare shooting: throw a straight ball at the vast majority of my simple spares (went 11-for-11 in week 2)

One way I plan to make such improvements is to work with an old friend who happens to be a local pro.  He's a guy who seems to enjoy talking bowling as much as I do, so I'm looking forward to picking his brain.

Oh, and about that switch to the Del-Ballard-Style I wrote about last year: it didn't last. I can sometimes get success with it, but it limits my already shorter-than-average back swing, and in today's game, that isn't going to cut it.