AIRBENDER
03-24-2009, 07:24 PM
Hey everyone,
I am new to bowling (other than recreationally ten years ago). I joined a league this year and I am having a ball. I am learning a lot from reading stuff on the internet and came across this site. I started this year (actually the league started in Sept 08) as a straight bowler. Now, I can put a nice hook on it. I started out bowling with a score of 110-120 average straight bowling. As the weeks went by, I was increasing my scores to about 125 with a couple of high games of 150s. During the Thanksgiving break, I learned to hook the ball. It increased my strikes but I was not putting them together and I was missing my spares. As time gone by, I am better at controlling my hook in most cases and my average is 130 but I have had a high game of 195 and last week I hit a four bagger and scored a 185. Unfortunately, I am still not consistent. But lately, the lanes have been dry and I am missing the 7pin because of my reactive balls (see I have learned a lot (bowling lingo) since starting). Anyway, I am learning where to stand and what targets to use. My immediate goal is to get three consecutive games above 150 during league night. The balls I am bowling with are the following: Brunswick Maxxx (I bought this one for X-mas); Columbia The Beast (given to me); Storm Big Hit (also given to me). I am waiting on a Brunswick T Zone (my spare ball) to arrive. I am looking to get into some singles tournaments to just have the experience and the pressure but I don't know how to really go about that since I don't have a book average yet. Anyway, I look forward to reading all of the comments and advice. It helped me this past week when I bowled that 185.
I am new to bowling (other than recreationally ten years ago). I joined a league this year and I am having a ball. I am learning a lot from reading stuff on the internet and came across this site. I started this year (actually the league started in Sept 08) as a straight bowler. Now, I can put a nice hook on it. I started out bowling with a score of 110-120 average straight bowling. As the weeks went by, I was increasing my scores to about 125 with a couple of high games of 150s. During the Thanksgiving break, I learned to hook the ball. It increased my strikes but I was not putting them together and I was missing my spares. As time gone by, I am better at controlling my hook in most cases and my average is 130 but I have had a high game of 195 and last week I hit a four bagger and scored a 185. Unfortunately, I am still not consistent. But lately, the lanes have been dry and I am missing the 7pin because of my reactive balls (see I have learned a lot (bowling lingo) since starting). Anyway, I am learning where to stand and what targets to use. My immediate goal is to get three consecutive games above 150 during league night. The balls I am bowling with are the following: Brunswick Maxxx (I bought this one for X-mas); Columbia The Beast (given to me); Storm Big Hit (also given to me). I am waiting on a Brunswick T Zone (my spare ball) to arrive. I am looking to get into some singles tournaments to just have the experience and the pressure but I don't know how to really go about that since I don't have a book average yet. Anyway, I look forward to reading all of the comments and advice. It helped me this past week when I bowled that 185.