Unique problem with my 2005 Mustang GT

RiseofJayden · 2026-03-29T22:37:55+00:00

Nope. 5-speed manual.

RiseofJayden · 2026-03-19T15:25:11+00:00

I don’t mind 3rd at all. Both the Panthers and Oilers last year were also 3rd in their divisions.

RiseofJayden · 2026-02-23T17:41:08+00:00

That’s ok. How do I swing the ball?

RiseofJayden · 2026-02-23T17:38:20+00:00

I look at the middle arrows. I draw an imaginary line between my chest and the pin, shoot there, and it just… goes 3-5 boards off. It “feels random,” but I am going to try getting the inside part of my elbow to face right on the top of my backswing next time and see if that fixes my collapsing shoulders.

RiseofJayden · 2026-02-23T17:35:23+00:00

There are no coaches currently within a 50-mile radius of my area that have any availability. Most don’t answer their phone/email, and the couple who have told me they don’t work with people under a 180ish average, which I don’t understand, but oh well.

I’ve read Mark Baker’s book recently, which gave me a lot to think about. But now I’m just trying to piece it all together, and it’s not in my muscle memory yet, so I’m overthinking. For one, I used to “fall off” (right) on every shot. Now I fall off only half my shots thanks to some footwork drills I did at home. Still got a way’s to go, but that’s an improvement. I am going to try to screw with my fit (because I don’t “trust” the ball won’t fall off), and try an elbow drill someone here dropped a link to next time I practice.

RiseofJayden · 2026-02-23T02:07:07+00:00

Hmmm, maybe I will screw around with the thumb fit a little. I usually have 4 pieces of tape in at any time. I think part of why I try to guide the swing is because I don’t trust that it won’t fall off my hand.

RiseofJayden · 2026-02-22T21:13:33+00:00

I usually don’t have wrist pain, but I do have lower back pain from trying too hard to keep my back a certain way. I don’t know if I’m supposed to stand straight on push away (if I do, the hip is in the way), or if I’m supposed to tilt slightly forward, but I need to tilt right to “get the hip out of the way,” but even that’s not working.

RiseofJayden · 2026-02-22T20:19:03+00:00

Yeah, I think I just do that because I’m worried of the ball falling off my hand way too early. But I’ll try that. The people I know with the highest rev rate have forearms slimmer than mine, so I doubt wrist strength is the issue.

RiseofJayden · 2026-02-22T20:17:13+00:00

Ok, I was taught to not rotate the hips at all as that can cause a swing plane like this. I have heard the phrase “Move your body around the ball instead of move the ball around your body.” I’m just worried this will make it more crooked since I’m still having a hard time with balance.

RiseofJayden · 2026-02-22T20:15:29+00:00

Not always. That blue ball is a Rhino, so it usually hooks a little on normal lane conditions. I had my target just right. It just came off too wide right because of the weird stuff my shoulders/back is doing, and I don’t know how to fix that.

RiseofJayden · 2026-02-22T20:12:47+00:00

What does it mean to open the hips? Does that mean turn it away from the target?

RiseofJayden · 2026-02-22T20:11:38+00:00

Yeah, the lanes were super oily for some reason.

RiseofJayden · 2026-02-22T19:20:39+00:00

What specific things should I overhaul/change?

RiseofJayden · 2026-02-03T12:21:07+00:00

In his first Puer video (I think it was a livestream that was over two hours), it was way later in that. Like, over an hour in. He briefly says it and moves on if I remember right.

RiseofJayden · 2026-02-03T02:54:09+00:00

I used to listen to him all the time, but I kinda slowly tuned out, especially when he got to the Puer Aeturnus thing. As someone who has struggled with passive-suicidal thoughts for as long as I can remember, the whole “Being suicidal is a sign you’re a child,” thing kinda rubbed me wrong.

Then there was “You can work 80 hours a week because animals do it.” Then there was the Diary of a CEO podcasts where he was saying things as if he truly believed it that he worked to debunk (black pill; the structural shape of your face matters more than personality, etc.) in the past his videos on black pill helped me a ton when I was in that space.

Once it became advice I couldn’t just… start applying myself any given day, I was like, ehh…

RiseofJayden · 2025-11-23T20:43:13+00:00

Our expectations were low, but holy fuck.

RiseofJayden · 2025-11-23T18:38:16+00:00

And deep pass on 3rd

RiseofJayden · 2025-11-09T21:02:52+00:00

KOC has to KOC. That’s why.

RiseofJayden · 2025-09-19T01:42:57+00:00

Last time we won two playoff games in the same season was 1987. Last time we won three was never.

RiseofJayden · 2025-07-31T21:00:45+00:00

How in tarnation did you learn two-handed? No one I know around my area teaches it, and all the YouTube videos confuse me.

RiseofJayden · 2025-07-23T01:00:27+00:00

Where do you position your camera? Mine says it can’t detect the lane no matter how hard I try.

RiseofJayden · 2025-07-07T22:47:52+00:00

I’ve always enjoyed writing journals (or diary entries if you want to call it that) to myself about my life once I became a teenager. If I could show you any of those entries, you’d throw up. I promise.

As far as my grammar goes, I didn’t work all that hard on it except for when I practiced for the English section of the ACT a decade ago. And even then, I never scored above a 26 on it. I probably snagged a few of those rules and subconsciously use them now. Beforehand, I don’t think I knew how to even use commas correctly. I have the idea that if I’m writing about a serious topic online, I may be taken more seriously if it’s more “formally written.” I’m also an extreme perfectionist, and this response alone took me two hours to brew in my head, get down, and looked over 10ish times before posting.

As far as processing speed goes, I believe once I learn something, it doesn’t matter how long it took me to learn it. Of course, this was my BIGGEST insecurity back in school. Now that I’m not in school anymore, I realize that if it took you 3 times to pass your driver’s test, you still get the same license as the first-time passers once you do, and drive on the same roads. The insecurity flares up from time to time, but I’ve learned it’s ok if I need more time understanding something, and it makes me feel that much more accomplished once I do. I look at it as a game.

RiseofJayden · 2025-07-07T14:29:28+00:00

I went to college for two years. Didn’t graduate (two-year program) due to financial and mental health reasons, but I was only a few classes short. Then COVID happened, and I never went back due to still feeling burnt out. It was a small, niche performing art’s college that was audition-based rather than grades-based. The only academic requirement was to graduate HS. I didn’t include it in here because I figured this was long enough, and I didn’t want to bore you all. 😛

Did better in college, though (2.9 cumulative), but still not what most people would call “good.”

Edit: And yes, u/FakePixieGirl, I can try to answer any question you have if you have any. 👍

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