Anyjone else have this SAME problem

[MICHAEL]

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746...but......................

The one thing that keeps my averages down is bowing like this one week, the doing a high 400 the next!!!! Yes I have gone that low after a great outing!

WHAT IS THE REASON? Is it the tilt of the Earth on its axis? Is it Solar rays? I can bowl with some of the best on a given day, even that 780 I had a while back, or I can sink to bottom of the pit!

Its not like I am not focused, or making adjustments... I JUST DON"T GET IT!!

This was last year, in October,,, just looking back to compare my bowling this year to last year!

[vdubtx]

All in your head....FOCUS...Michael-san.

I have my share of brain farts too.

[Jaescrub]

I wish that was a prob I had ;) mine look more like X-7-9/-8-X-6-6/ ha ha ha

[taxexpert2]

For me in part it has to do with getting used to the lane, and (due to age) getting limber enough to put the ball where I want it to go. We all have good days and bad days I think.

[mc_runner]

Playing the lanes week to week. You can be 100% locked in and running exactly where you need to (see scores above) and the next week that line won't be the one giving you the right motion or carry. It might be only a board or something... If I'm hitting my mark and its just not right after a few frames I'm going out in search of the playable area... but sometimes its tough to find depending on how you throw!

We can't all bowl 756 every week ;)

[got_a_300]

We can't all bowl 756 every week ;)
Yeah boy if we could all do that every week we would all
be on TV bowling and making some money.

[Mike White]

Yeah boy if we could all do that every week we would all
be on TV bowling and making some money.

Nope,

There is a guy in my area who has shot 900, and averaged 253 for a full season, and he couldn't make it on the tour.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsCd1gNGuhA

[Tony]

Yes, not exactly the same scores but the same general problem, most of the bowlers I know have that same problem, they are on fire and everything is working great and then suddenly it's not anymore and they can't find the solution to get it back. There are very few guys I know that are shooting scores like that every day, I can think of 2 or 3 guys around here that are in the 240's for an average.
The other 220's average guys still have the same problem, they just seem to adapt, recover, get the magic or whatever you call it, back better and faster than other people.

[MICHAEL]

Yes, not exactly the same scores but the same general problem, most of the bowlers I know have that same problem, they are on fire and everything is working great and then suddenly it's not anymore and they can't find the solution to get it back. There are very few guys I know that are shooting scores like that every day, I can think of 2 or 3 guys around here that are in the 240's for an average.
The other 220's average guys still have the same problem, they just seem to adapt, recover, get the magic or whatever you call it, back better and faster than other people.


The word you are looking for Tony is

The Gift

Some have it 95 percent don't, and are destined to being, poor, average or even good bowlers, but never The Best! Some bowlers just have that perfect combination of attributes, that puts them a head of the class.

Practice, 7 days a week, even take lessons form Rob, then let Mike White reprogram you after your lessons with Rob!!!

Read all the lengthy, long, dragging, prolonged, protracted dissertations from Aslan,,, and even if you survive all of the above!

Without the GIFT

YOU will never have the consistency it takes for a 230 or above average!

Shoot for the stars
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YOU WILL ALWAYS BLOW IT!!!

[MICHAEL]

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YES I do this stuff all the time, thus the average suffers! HOW IN THE GOD's name does one do so poorly in one game, then come back in the
other two?
Sometimes its the last game that goes to ... he##!!!

WHY!!!!

I think I know why,,,, I am just an average bowler, ( A GOD) but still average, and only a few steps up from Aslan!

BUT!!!!

On a given day, on a given set of lanes I can beat some of the Gifted, and that's what keeps me going, and gives meaning to life!

[Tony]

If it was usually the last game that fell short it would be easy to conclude that fatigue played a roll but certainly this is not the case, if''s it was always the first game you could conclude it's not being warmed up but that does not seem to be the case.

Could it be mental attitude or focus?

Bowled against a guy last year who bowled a 130's then a 300 followed by a 150's game and ended up not hitting 600 for the series..... he was definitely walking around shaking his head trying to understand that one !

I do the same thing bowling a sub par game mixed in with 2 good games all the time.

I attribute some of mine to overthinking the game and not just lining up and flinging it......

[billf]

It's in reading the lane. Both lanes of a pair are not the same, lane topography. Each lane is unique and each will transition differently with the same bowlers. So take that and add the fact that you bowl diffrent teams weekly and we are getting close. Now factor in transition. In the first example it clearly shows a choice beyween two option, 1. accuracy 2. transitioning too late
Reading your own ball reaction versus someone else's is an art form. I can easily see the needed adjustments for others and still for myself have trouble seeing the ball leave the pin deck. Pisses me off actually.

[J Anderson]

Reading your own ball reaction versus someone else's is an art form. I can easily see the needed adjustments for others and still for myself have trouble seeing the ball leave the pin deck. Pisses me off actually.

I'm glad I'm not alone in this. Part of my problem with this is that for about 30 years I was just a social/recreational bowler who would get up, throw a frame, and then sit down and resume whatever conversation was going on with my teammates. Until I began to take the game more seriously, I didn't realize how important it was to observe how the ball went through the pins. On really errant shots, I tend to not watch as closely and am only watching to see how bad the mess is that I have to convert. On good shots I tend to get distracted by the scattering of the pins and lose focus on where the ball goes. While I think I'm getting better at it, I doubt if I really track the ball all the way more than 25% of the time.

[bowl1820]

I'm glad I'm not alone in this. Part of my problem with this is that for about 30 years I was just a social/recreational bowler who would get up, throw a frame, and then sit down and resume whatever conversation was going on with my teammates. Until I began to take the game more seriously, I didn't realize how important it was to observe how the ball went through the pins. On really errant shots, I tend to not watch as closely and am only watching to see how bad the mess is that I have to convert. On good shots I tend to get distracted by the scattering of the pins and lose focus on where the ball goes. While I think I'm getting better at it, I doubt if I really track the ball all the way more than 25% of the time.


That's the thing about during league, it can be hard to post your shot. You can get feeling rushed for so many reasons, I've felt it too. You just got to remember, you own the lane till the ball falls in the pit.

And as for reading your own ball reaction versus someone else's, that's true too. I don't how many times I've watched someone else's ball going down the lane and knew exactly what it was going to do. But doing that for yourself is hard, That's why it's important to get a second set of eye's on it if you can.

Even watching yourself on a video can be hard, because sometimes you'll ignore watching something in your release, approach etc. which you wouldn't do if you watched someone else.