Higher Series vs Clean Series

[NewToBowling]

Which would be a bigger accomplishment for you:

1) A clean 540 series with strikes and a lot of 9/ spare conversions
2) 600 series with a lot of strikes but many opens and virtually no spare conversions

I'd go for 1

[mc_runner]

A clean series doesn't come that often and is pretty challenging to do. With that said, if you have a clean series that low you're doing something wrong lol.

[JaxBowlingGuy]

Is take the high series every time. It's not how, but instead how many.

[ep1977]

Without a doubt I would take the 600 series. All that matters is how many pins you knock down.

[JasonNJ]

I would be pretty disappointed with both actually because it would mean I was doing something wrong either way.

[manke]

I wouldn't be happy with either!

[RobLV1]

The clean series every time. It's much easier to get some coaching to learn to throw more strikes. More serious issues like timing and not understanding what is going on with the lanes leads to missed spares and splits.

[collinwho]

Assuming I'm in the pocket, clean series. Every time. It would be frustrating, though.

[Mike White]

Which would be a bigger accomplishment for you:

1) A clean 540 series with strikes and a lot of 9/ spare conversions
2) 600 series with a lot of strikes but many opens and virtually no spare conversions

I'd go for 1

This is a choice between two evils.

A clean series sounds good, but if most of the non strikes are 9 counts, then to get down to 540, there must be some really stinker counts in there.

Likewise a 600 series with many opens is also a stinker.

All things being equal, 600 series is more productive to the team.

[SAbowler]

The 600 series for sure. The higher the score the more likely it is that you will win your point. I love clean games, but what difference does a clean game make if you lose?

[1VegasBowler]

I'll take the series. It's easier to work on the spares/misses for the next time than to have the low scores.

[baker]

At the end of the day I would always take the higher series in a competitive setting, but it'd be far more frustrating than the lower clean series. With the 600 series you start looking at what could've been really quick, if you make half the spares you miss that 600 might be 660. With the clean 540 I'm more relieved my spare game saved me from what could've been a terrible night.

I'm going through it a bit right now, my strike % in league is higher than my spare %. It's frustrating to think what could be, but at the same time I'll take the better scores while I work on the spare game.

[fokai73]

I bowl in a (scratch) league with weekly pots and brackets....

so for money - a messy 600

fun league or other - clean series

personally, it's hard cause 600 isn't what it used to be

[dmet225]

I'd rather have high series. My last 6 series were as follows:

646 with 4 opens (no splits)
726 with 3 opens (no splits)
744 with 2 opens (both splits)
596 with 4 opens (1 split)
622 with 3 opens (no splits)
654 with 5 opens (2 splits)

In fact, I checked my Pin Pal app for the last 2 years, and there has not been a clean night. If I worked on my spare shooting, I'd be dangerous!

[zacks]

I'll take a higher series. This season I've ranged between 2 and 6 opens per series. Not sure if I've ever had a clean series, it would be cool, but scoring is scoring.

[billf]

Usually a clean series would mean a better scoring series but that wasn't the question. I would personally prefer a clean series but I'm sure for the team I would have to take the higher score.