kcharles, you will improve more and more you play, though i am not sure whether you would want to do it eventually. Last year was my first cup - I chose Shenkuu, and during first few days, I used to not get any reasonable scores at all. But gradually I started getting better. On week 4, I got my first 9-0, and in the final, I finally managed to score more than 9.
This year I started early, I even practiced 100-125 games.That made me better, but even now when I start a session, I do not score more than 7 or 8. But once I get the hang of it, I can score more. So, switching between YYB and side games during a session generally does not help. Also try to remember how you scored the last goal with tha ttype of yooyu - if you repeat that next time, generally it works (except for mutant yooyus).
Everyone, 16-0 glitch is still there BTW(stupid me, should have kept an eye on the score) and the old ones have not been awarded to me yet. And it was not a lost score, because I played another game after that in the same session, scored less than 16, and the score got accepted.
And I had a crawling goalkeeper once, made scoring with snow ball virtually impossible. I think it was timed or maybe programmed wickedly, I closed the window and reopened another session, but it did not go.
TNT. But now I find it very amusing.