Send me some good thoughts to get me out ....

[foreverincamo]

of this stupid slump. Spare shooting sucks. Missing everything by an eyelash. Haven't been able to practice the last month and my game sucks right now. League night tonight. Got to beat this!!!

[Blomer]

You got this!!!! I went through my slump about 5 weeks ago. Broke through it and doing better than ever! Same will for you!

[foreverincamo]

168 the first game. This sucks. Three splits

[foreverincamo]

181 game two with two splits. Geez

[J Anderson]

181 game two with two splits. Geez

Looks like the infection has spread from spare shooting to not making adjustments soon enough.

[foreverincamo]

Clean game third game for a whopping 201. Converted one split. Haven't shot one game at or above average for 9 straight games now.

[foreverincamo]

I really need to get out and practice. It's really just a timing issue. It's really early but I need video to see what is off.

[Amyers]

of this stupid slump. Spare shooting sucks. Missing everything by an eyelash. Haven't been able to practice the last month and my game sucks right now. League night tonight. Got to beat this!!!

Looking at your scores looks like looking at mine the last few weeks. I'm not sure what's off with me the spare shooting has been good but I just cant strike and a couple of splits equals bad game. 178-165-187 last night maybe 6 strikes for the series. Then bowled a game after with my daughter and shot 237 same ball and same line.

[Jessiewoodard57]

Amyers that's usually how it works when not in league play I tend to bowl 40 to 50 pins over average but let it be during league and it all falls apart!

[JasonNJ]

For me, when I'm slumping I get way too analytical and I'm thinking about everything trying to figure out what's wrong and I think it just makes things worse. My swing gets tight and I lose my accuracy. So my suggestion would be relax, you know how to bowl just clear your mind and let your muscle memory kick in.

Also, it could be your equipment needs some refreshing. I remember one time I thought I was in a prolonged slump but it was actually my ball had died. I baked the ball and got about 2 teaspoons of oil out and like magic my ball reaction was back.

[foreverincamo]

I'm not posting my shot anymore. My balance is off. Speed is varying too much. Shots are spraying everywhere, including two first-shot gutterballs when I wasn't playing anywhere near the gutter. Annoying.

[J Anderson]

I'm not posting my shot anymore. My balance is off. Speed is varying too much. Shots are spraying everywhere, including two first-shot gutterballs when I wasn't playing anywhere near the gutter. Annoying.

Is your balace only off when trying to post a shot, or is it off all the time?

If it's only when bowling, either your timing has gotten out of sync or your slide foot is getting off to the side.

If you are having trouble with balancing on one foot, you might want or need to see an ear, nose, and throat doctor to find out if there is a medical or physical cause for the problem.

[larry mc]

stop over thinking it and just throw the damn ball ,,,, thats what helps me at those times

[jab5325]

stop over thinking it and just throw the damn ball ,,,, thats what helps me at those times

^^^Lol, that's exactly what I tell myself too.

Kidding aside, what helps me if I'm spraying the ball all over is to stand farther up (or back) on the approach until I get out of it/fix my timing. Timing is the root of all (of my) bowling evils.

[foreverincamo]

Haven't been able to practice. Now I'm stuck in bed sick. Hopefully I'll recover enough to bowl Thursday, but if not taking 30 off my series average would be my highest series in a month anyway. I've been watching a lot of release videos this week to see if making a slight change would help. Have to get over this cold first.