USBC Open Championships 2009 Doubles Event - Brian Mounts Bowling

The Doubles event was by far my best of the three sets. Between day 1 and 2 I had the on-site Brunswick staff tweak my finger holes on my Fury Pearl so that it fit me better. The poor fit was getting into my head a bit too much during Team competition; I shouldn't have let it bother but I did anyway, shrug. After the fix my mind was more at ease in the Doubles event as I was a bit more comfortable with my grip. This was fortunate because the team that bowled on the par ahead of us broker down the a lot more than our team did the night before. The break point down lane was very defined and I was able to keep my speed up without sailing through it. I also was fortunate enough to not have to manufacture hook; I just let the ball come off my hand clean. I'm sure this helped with my accuracy. Anyway; this set saw a couple bad shots by me. I missed a spare or two and threw a couple untimely washouts but overall I was quite please with my results. I shot 195, 215, 247 for a 657 series. My partner Mike ended up shooting about minus 40-50 or so and we ended up over 1200 for the set; easily enough to cash. It was a lot of fun. Watching the video you'll notice that after a while I eventually switched balls from the Fury Peal to the Twisted Fury. This was because I felt the back end was starting to hook just a pinch early though I was still hitting pocket. Wanting to stay ahead of the transition I made the switch as the Twisted pushes further through the oil before reacting to the down lane friction. This allowed me to maintain my trajectory and conserve energy for the pocket rather than let it burn up early in the heads. Generally speaking though; I was lucky to bowl on this pair because it was broken down when we arrived and I didn't have to think; I just naturally matched up with it well to my good fortune. Unfortunately the angle of the video is a bit off to the side so it's tough to see where I was playing. I was generally at about 27 at the foul line with a break point around 9 at 45'.

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[ttdrider06]

Have you seen any other two-handed bowlers out there buddy?

[bcmounts]

I rarely see any other two-handed bowlers. I didn't see any out at Nationals this year but hope to meet up some others sometime in the future.

[irishpogi]

Was this on the fresh Brian?

[bcmounts]

irishpogi, no this was on games 4-6; they were broken down a bit.

[i3enthebowlerkid]

i am also a two hander check out my vids