World Youth Championships 2008

I am now live from Florida and yesterday had unofficial practice on what the lane technician said were the patterns for the tournament starting Saturday with the boys singles.

I started on the long pattern with my Blast Zone and Ultra Zone (pin down) and found a few differences. My Blast Zone did not seem to want to read the mid lane and was struggling to make it back to the pocket which was noticeable from the 5 pin just laying in the left gutter and leaving me lots of 7 pins. However, my Ultra Zone was doing the opposite and was reacting really well. After a while I found that I could get deep and still carry which was great. Considering we only had a small-ish taxi between the lot of us I only had 4 balls with me so today I am looking to use the pin up Ultra Zone to see if i can redeem another ball just encase the pin down Ultra is not looking so good after 3 to 4 games.

On the short pattern I was struggling to get a consistent reaction and after speaking to Dom I put some surface on what I was using. At the time that was my Twisted Fury and Dry Zone Solid. This worked perfectly as i was getting a good hook-stop reaction off the dry and was carrying rather well bar from a few 10 pins due to being a bit to deep and a touch fast. However, today I will have my Avalanche Pearl to see if this ball will react any better.

Today will be unofficial practice again and I will be able to use all my balls that I have bought with me. Tomorrow will be official practice and opening ceremony which I am highly looking forward to, so until then I got sleep to catch up on due to jet lag.