Wii Tournament Informer was able to catch up with Jamie a few weeks after his early exit from the inaugural tournament. If you recall, he narrowly escaped first round defeat at the hands of a new comer Chad Taylor. His luck ran out in the second round when Luke beat him handily in 2 games. We wanted to pick his brain and find out how he's doing and what he's been up to.
WTI: Jamie, have your recovered from the loss in the first tournament?
Jamie: Thanks for stopping by. I have recovered quite well. I will admit that I initially took the loss very hard because I was so heavily favored to win. I gave it my best, and in this case it just wasn’t good enough. So I hung my head a for a few days afterwards, but now I am more motivated than ever.
WTI: You seem to be in a very good mood. After such a humiliating defeat I expected you to be bitter. Are you not?
Jamie: Nope. I couldn’t feel any better even if I’d won the tournament. It’s about putting things in the proper perspective. You see if I’d won that tournament I never would have retooled my game.
WTI: Retooled your game? What do you mean? Wasn’t your high game a 279 with your current strategy? Some might say why mess with a good thing?
Jamie: (Laughs) Yeah, some might say that, but they would be wrong. You see with my “old” style I was very inconsistent. In fact I new coming in to that tournament that I wasn’t going to fare very well. I practiced horribly and I couldn’t depend on my throw. I had no idea what the pins were going to do. That’s all changed now.
WTI: Really? How so?
Jamie: Well I don’t want to go into too much detail, but lets just say that with my new style I know exactly which pins will remain standing if I don’t get a strike. Some might ask why this is important. Well, it allows me to practice picking up the spares that I will likely be facing in September. Splits are a thing of the past with my new style so I don’t waste my time practicing them any more.
WTI: I must say you seem supremely confident. Should the other competitors be worried?
Jamie: I will leave that up to them. I can only effect what goes in my house, during my practice sessions, and during my preparation. I don’t worry about them and I don’t care if they worry about me. My ball will do the talking.
WTI: There’s been a rumor that you are also throwing left handed. Is this true, and if so why?
Jamie: Who told you that? You got a spy or something?
WTI: Well, I wouldn’t feel comfortable revealing my sources, but I will say it’s reliable. So are you denying that you’ve been practicing left handed?
Jamie: I didn’t want this to get out so soon before the tournament, but the answer is yes. I have been practicing left handed throws, but it was more out of necessity than anything else. You see I have been practicing so much that my right shoulder, which is my natural throwing arm began to hurt. I didn’t want to lose the lane time due to an injury because I know my competitors wont. So I decided to try throwing left handed.
WTI: Wow. You rarely find such dedication. So how has it worked out for you? Throwing left handed I mean?
Jamie: (Chuckles) Well let’s just say that if I were to lose my right arm in some freakish bizzaro accident I would still win this tournament in September hand down.
WTI: “Hand down” that’s pretty clever. So you’re saying your left hand is just as accurate as your right hand?
Jamie: Yes.
WTI: Well what about picking up spares? Still just as accurate?
Jamie: Did I stutter?
WTI: I can see you’re getting a little aggravated, so I will leave you to your training. Good luck in September, jerk.
Jamie: What did you say?
WTI: Uh…Nothing. Nothing at all. Good luck!
Jamie: Yeah. Thanks.
NOTE: When our interview concluded, Jamie agreed to let us watch a few practice games. It was only minutes later that we would realize his awesome display of prowess as WTI witnessed first hand a truly remarkable feat. We sat by in awe as Jamie bowled the much sought after ‘300’ on Saturday morning. He is the first known bowler from the Invitational Series to hit the illustrious mark. We would be remiss to point out that this score was achieved with his left hand. This confirms what he told us about his left arm being as formidable as his right. Will he be able to carry this momentum into the tournament? Find out September 8th, at Retribution.
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