The season is about to start so set your goals

[noeymc]

new season new goals

ill go first and heres mine

1. 200+ avg at one house atleast

2. add 10 more tournaments to my year

3. see my coach 4 more times

4. improve on the basics and have atleadt 6 ahhh moments

and bowl a 900 series aim big or go home lol

[dnhoffman]

1. 210+ average
2. 300 game
3. 750 series
4. Bowl in 3 tournaments here in MO (first time) - place in top 5 in at least one
5. Get bronze certified

[SouthpawTRK]

My goals for the Fall season:

1. Increasing my average to 190
2. Bowl a handful of 600 series
3. Bowl a 300 game
4. Enter a few tournaments
5. Take a few more lessons from my coach
6. Volunteer to help out with my home lanes
7. Volunteer to help out with the my home bowling organization
8. Pick up some new equipment

[striker12]

my goals for the 13/14 season.

-avg 170-200 for whole season.

-throw a 300 game.

-throw a 700 series.

-throw a 800 series.

-win all house round in my YBC league.

-win the zone round in a few of the turnnys.

-try to make it to the national in the 4 steps to stardoom to represent south ontario.

-and last have alot of fun doing all of it.

[Gunz1911]

1. Get on a decent team
2. Get my wife to do a mixed league with me
3. Bowl a 600 series
4. Beat my friend to a 300 game!

[HughScot]

I just hope to get to a 160 average and a 600 series.

[Jaescrub]

1. Bump the wife and My avg. up to 175
2. Buy/win at least 2 more balls for the wife and I
3. WIN FALL League

[mike_thomas93]

Join a league and or bowl a tournament
Looking for my first 600 series and above.
Having a great time throwing DV8 equipment for the first time (:

[J Anderson]

Join a league and or bowl a tournament
Looking for my first 600 series and above.
Having a great time throwing DV8 equipment for the first time (:

You really need to join a league so you'll have an official average before bowling any tournaments. I think most tournaments treat bowlers who don't have an average from a sanctioned league as scratch bowlers with 0 handicap.

[stumblintowards100]

1) Have a Damn Good Time!!
2) Maintain 200 avg through whole season (made it through 24 of 35 weeks last season)
3) Get that elusive 700 series (698 my current high)
4) Have a Damn Good Time!!

[The German Shepherd]

Since I missed my goal of a 220+ average this Summer (actually ended with a 219.64), I will make that my goal for Fall 2013-2014. I also would like a sanctioned 800 (Haven't had one in eons) and a 300...

Jay

[e-tank]

-200 avg (so close!)

- bowl in a tournament

-score top 5 in the end of the league sweeper

[30 Clean]

My main goal: have fun!

After that, I'd like to average over 200. If I shoot an honor score, that would be cool but whatever happens... :)

[vdubtx]

My Goals for 2013-14 bowling season.

1. Maintain a 220 average and get closer to 230.
2. No below 600 series.
3. At least 1 more 300 so I can have 1 ring for each finger on a hand.
4. Bowl a first 800 series.
5. Bowl 2000+ All Events at Nationals.

[mike_thomas93]

So are you saying league for sure?

[Perrin]

I would like to maintain a 200+ average in more than 1 league.

More 700 series.
Work more on spares. (90%+ on single pin) including the bane of my existence the 10


I wouldn't say no to a 300 either :D

[Eternal Bowler]

My standards seem low compared to the rest of you as I'm just a newbie in comparison. :P

Mine are:

1) Improve my average from last season by at least 20 pins (so end my league with at least a 140 average)

2) Have a better showing in tournaments than last year (last year wasn't bad but I'm not settling for how I did last year)

3) Fill more frames; work on spares and avoid splits.

4) Get more accurate and consistent.

5) Figure out how I'm going to convert my spares with a spare ball once I get it drilled, haha.

6) Possibly sign up for more tournaments if possible. I did two this past winter/season, so maybe if I have a better showing I can go to more. :D

[J Anderson]

So are you saying league for sure?

If you're interested in bowling in tournaments, you will need a USBC sanctioned average. Most of the time people join a league and pay the USBC membership though that. You can become a USBC member by signing up at Bowl.com, but you still need to bowl in a sanctioned league to get the average.
Most tournaments want to use your highest average from the previous full season. If you don't have a previous years average, they will take a summer league ave. If You don't have one of those either they will take a current season's average, as of the date you enter the tournament, as long as you have bowled at least a certain number of games, ( possibly 21 )

If you can't get onto a regular team, see if you can join the league as a floating sub. It might take a bit longer to get the minimum number of games, but you'll get there eventually.

[mike_thomas93]

I haven't done a league since last year when I did a youth sport league in June. Before that, I had done a youth scholarship league started in January, and my final average that time was 175

[J Anderson]

I haven't done a league since last year when I did a youth sport league in June. Before that, I had done a youth scholarship league started in January, and my final average that time was 175

So any averages that you have are from seasons that ended in 2012?
Its probably up to the tournament director as to whether one of these averages can be used.

[MICHAEL]

Bowl a 800
I have compledted all my other goals!
But most importantly, my number one goal is
2 have FUN!!!

[dnhoffman]

I bowled a 151 to start the season....(195 average over the summer!) amd finished with a 185 average. Ugh. The journey of a thousand steps.

[mike_thomas93]

I honestly don't mind which way it goes. I just would like to get myself in a league. But I feel like I'm nowhere ready for it since I'm just getting back into practicing. I still have work to do on my release, since I'm just coming out from full roller into semi roller. I'm still a little rusty. :/

[Hampe]

My biggest goal this season is to get my wife interested in Bowling :).

I might be making some big changes to my game soon, so I don't want to set a bunch of performance related goals for this season just yet. My buddy was at a Slowinski camp in Poland last week (I would have gone too, but I couldn't because I already used up all my "days away from home because of bowling" playing in different tournaments this year) and he will be showing me what he learned there soon. I'm hoping that Joe does another camp next year, if he does I've already made a deal with my wife so I can go.

[J Anderson]

I honestly don't mind which way it goes. I just would like to get myself in a league. But I feel like I'm nowhere ready for it since I'm just getting back into practicing. I still have work to do on my release, since I'm just coming out from full roller into semi roller. I'm still a little rusty. :/

I little rusty or completely new is the best way to start a league. Your average has almost nowhere to go but up!

[dnhoffman]

Got my level one done this morning, probably the only goal ill accomplish this season but hey, I got that done at least.

[e-tank]

I little rusty or completely new is the best way to start a league. Your average has almost nowhere to go but up!

i second that. I joined my first league before i even had my own ball lol

[Keithalw]

To win the league. Been so close numerous times.

To average 200 (183 now)

Shoot first 700

[Stormed1]

1. Get my foot healed so I can bowl!!
2. Have my health let me get through the rest of the season when I get to start back bowling,

NOW FOR MY BOWLING GOALS
1. Get my average back where it was before my foot problems started 10 years ago 215+
2. Shoot 300
3. shoot another 800

4. HAVE FUN !!!!!!!

[Aslan]

My Goals for this season:

1) Join my first league.
2) Take a lesson or two.
3) Improve my average to 170+.
4) Have a series average of 525+.
5) Bowl in 1 amateur tournament.

#2 is already complete. Working on #1.

[backlasher]

I had a total left hip replacement Dec. 28th. and haven't bowled very much since then. I started back with 1 game then waited a month. Bowled another, all of this was this summer. Our league starts tomorrow and the hip/leg still hurts so my form will be lousy. My goals are to not hurt and to have fun. That ought to be simple enough.

[MICHAEL]

My number 1 goal is work on my Cosmic bowling game! Its the weakest part of my game... Iceman

[J Anderson]

My number 1 goal is work on my Cosmic bowling game! Its the weakest part of my game... Iceman

Maybe the purple people eater will help you out;)

[MICHAEL]

Maybe the purple people eater will help you out;)

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I never even gave it a thought???? Wow ,,, not you got me thinking, which can be a dangerous thing1!