1/9/2013

"OLD SCHOOL" Team Review

Preview: We are in our 17th week in, and we're placed 5th with 36.5 wins and 26.5 loss record. As of now we are 4.5 games back from the 1st place team. Note that I made a mistake last week stating it was our 17th week, but it was actually our 16th week therefore this week is our 17th. Also, last week we lost 3 games to a tough team, which leads to the big question, "can we rebound?"

Summary: This week was not easy at all. In fact I would have to go as far as saying we came from behind and finished strong while holding the lead, winning it 3 games to 1. Not bad at all.

June Wei (Avg: 107)
Scores: 75, 114, 109
Overall Grade: B-
Review: Best way to summarize June's performance: Hands-me-down of Roum's. Because last week's performance was June's best thus far, she has a lot to work on and her inconsistencies show, which is why she got a "-" and not a B. Towards the end of game 3, she started to add little spin to her throw as seen below's vid (sorry about the bad quality, might use Russ's phone next time if he has the slow motion feature). Overall, lots of potential, high-ceiling, which helps because once she has it all down, let's just say she can definitely enter the women's sweeps with a high chance of winning especially with her HC.

Russ Overton (Avg: 157)

Scores: 179, 159, 194
Overall Grade: A+
Review: What can I say about the star of the week? Albeit, there were a few spots Russ can really work on like hitting those easy spares in the second game; other than that, amazing performance and something we should all imitate, embody, mock, etc (you get the picture) as much as we can. The only and I'm really stressing "only" part Russ could really work on for his game is doing better during the middle of the games that is best put, mediocre.

Henry Wei (Avg: 153)
Scores: 137, 148, 181
Overall Grade: B-
Review: Terrible start, mediocre 2nd but strong 3rd. Again, I had a hard time finding the lanes, but once I found it, I was able to hit my strikes (5 in a row in the 3rd). For some reason, I was not able to focus in the 1st game and needed buckle down and really try hard in order for me to finish anywhere close to my average (minus 16 pins). Focus is key to helping me either reach or better my average, which is something I'll be working on next week. I gave myself a B- instead of a B (even though I got 2 pins above my average) due to the fact I under-performed compared to last week.

Roum Evangelista (Avg: 168)
Scores: 136, 181, 169
Overall Grade: B
Review: "Rocky" Part III. Scores might not reflect it exactly; however, just like in the movie, Rocky was down in the beginning, but he came back and won it. Roum took a beating in the 1st game with a 136 score, but he came back with 2 great games, and must I add, helped hold the lead at the end of the 3rd game to fight off Jumanji's comeback. STILL, the first game hurt his average, which leads me to give him a B and not an A. Needs to really work on finishing off the 2,4 spares and the 6,10 spares. STOP dropping the ball! Much better performance this week than last, 2 thumbs-up Rocky!

Team's Overall Performance: Between B+ and B
I'm having a hard time deciphering what grade to give either a B+ or a B so I decided to give between there. I'm definitely proud of the way we bowled; in fact, I'll be honest as saying I thought we were going to lose all our games based on how we bowled our first. But, we stood our ground, bowled decent in the 2nd with the help of the opponent not getting their spares and strikes. It's really our 3rd game I'm most proud of; we held off not one but 2 (!!) bowlers who happened to score above 200. In our history, we were never able to do that, and for us to do that today, better now than later. Still though, we all need to find our lanes and stick with it. Can't lose focus otherwise we'll be in a deep rut and that's something I don't want us to be in. It's easier and puts less pressure on us trying to hold a lead than coming back let's say 100 pins down. Can't say enough on how proud I am of our team, great effort guys.

Post Notes: I like the lineup change, I think it was long overdue, but for some reason I really thought the first lineup could pull through (gave way too many chances, just way too many). Russ and I will continue to be aggressive while Jiyoon will keep learning to spin the ball. As for Roum, he needs to be a better anchor; in game 1, Russ was our anchor more than anything =P. Next week, we will be going against the last-place team. They only have 3 bowlers with a total HC of 247 (not including this week's scores). Based on our avg of last week, our HC is a combined total of 215 so right there we are 32 pins down if both teams HCs stay the same. So be prepared and let's go kick some @$$ (mind the swearing but I'm pumped).