Dave's Scores

[Florida Bowler]

I'm getting back into the game and will be joining a league in the fall. So this summer I got a summer pass and I'm going to try to go 3 times a week. For now, all I have is a plastic ball, but I'm getting a bit of hook on the dry lanes.

Yesterday was the first time that I felt right. I bowled a 131-118-134 series and I'm pretty happy with it. I need to work on my spare shooting, but that will come back. I was hitting my mark much more consistently which led to hitting the pocket more often.

[Timmyb]

Where are you bowling in Milwaukee?

[Florida Bowler]

Bowlero in Wauwatosa.

[Timmyb]

South side guy here. Both Classics, and the Arcade.

[Florida Bowler]

I used to be a south sider as well. Root River Lanes was my house in high school. I remember when Olympic Lanes on 27th first got the automatic scoring machines.

[Florida Bowler]

I did ok today, other than leaving the head pin. On both balls. Nine times. I'm having trouble uploading images, but my BowlSK shows 3 times in each game where I left the head pin standing. I hang my head in shame and accept the flogging.

I bowled a 145-123-144-412. When I stopped bowling, I never would have considered this a successful series, but I'm happy with it today.

[Florida Bowler]

I had some major changes to my schedule when my professor changed a deadline from August 5 to July 22. We haven't even gotten to the material that will help us with the project and it was graded rather harshly. Oh well, enough ranting. I finally got back on the lanes today.

I still left the head pin standing in 6 of my 11 opens, but I did a better job on my other spares. I nailed every single 7 and 10 pin spares, though I missed a 4-7 and a 6-10 among others. I finished with a 180-126-159-465. I had my best game of the summer and my best series of the summer. I think I'm on track and will be ready for the fall leagues.

[Florida Bowler]

OK, I think I have the image thing down. Here are my last 2 sessions:

7/13/18
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7/25/18
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[Florida Bowler]

I went yesterday, but I focused on my spare shooting, so I'm not posting scores for that session. I was trying to pick up the 10 then 7 pins on each frame. I only guttered a couple of times, and I only knocked down more than 3 a handful of times. Fall leagues start up in about a month and I think I'll be ready to come out with a 160 average or so, as long as I can pick up my spares. Tomorrow I'm planning on rolling for score.

[Florida Bowler]

Man, these summer classes have been kicking my butt. I finally got back to the lanes yesterday. The first game felt so rusty, it felt like a lot more than a couple of weeks off. I didn't get a strike until the third game, but I did start picking up my spares a little bit better. I picked up about 41%, including 75% of single pin spares. I'm happy with that. For now.

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[Florida Bowler]

Wow, what a day! I bowled my 3 highest games of the summer, and my highest series in I don't know how long. I was hitting the pocket hard, picking up spares, and I tied my best with 5 strikes in a row. The first three were in the 10th of the first game, so it didn't help my score as much, but it was still 5 in a row.

I picked up 61% of my spares, including 73% of the makeable spares. I had 16 strikes and a first ball average of 9. This is the kind of bowling that I used to do. It's so good to be back.

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[Florida Bowler]

Well, today sucked. I didn't even finish recording the scores. I could not find the pocket. My ball seemed to either roll out and miss right or snap and miss left. There was no in between. I tried moving inside, outside, more hook, less hook, the only thing I didn't try was straight. Maybe I should have tried that. Oh well, better luck next time.

[GrumpyCatFace]

Check your timing. That seems to be my cure-all when my game falls apart.

[Florida Bowler]

Check your timing. That seems to be my cure-all when my game falls apart.

I'll play closer attention to my timing. I was happy with everything that day except the final reaction. I was hitting my mark, the ball was breaking where I wanted it to, it just did not want to hit the pocket. It either rolled out or snapped past the pocket.

[Florida Bowler]

Had a great day today, very consistent and I was happy with my spare conversions. I quickly realized that I needed to move outside and I ended up going straight up the 2nd arrow most of the day. I had a great third game, staying clean until missing a bucket in the 6th.

Overall, I converted almost 60% of my spares, including 71% of single pin and 65% of makeable spares. I hope to go a couple more times this week as league starts next week. I will be at the meeting tomorrow, and hopefully one of the teams needs a bowler.

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