Reply With QuoteI'll even pay $45 hourly fee to bowl with such two greats.
Oh....okay...so you want a rematch in Brooklyn?? Ughhhh...those DO look awesome!! But man...that's a long, long flight....ughhh.Originally Posted by Mike White
I'll even pay $45 hourly fee to bowl with such two greats.
Oh...it's usually VERY entertaining. Ask ZDawg. Where's ZDawg?
O7/09
Better outing today,
142, 187, 156, 123, 171 779
Caught a break when I handed by accident my league card, instead of daily pass, unexpectedly the card had 2 extra free games on it.
8.15 first ball average, only one first shot went into the gutter.
16 strikes
14/34 spares
5/10 on single pins, missed 6 twice, ouch, I'm left handed btw. If I went 7/10 would of been outstanding outing for me. I was constantly shifting on left side, ended up being on 39 board, never been that far left.
Being left handed, you are allowed (and expected) to count the boards from left to right, with the 1 board being nearest the left gutter.
O7/14
League night
132, 157, 121 410
In the second game threw 4 strikes in a row, but left the other 6 frames open. In game 1 had double gutter frame, and 0,1 frame. We got swept today, my teammates didn't have it today, I was the high scorer on my tea for the 4th time in 5 weeks, though I remain lowest scoring average on my team due to sub 300 in week 1. Before I was content with a 400 series not today, missed too many spares.
Struggle continues
07/15
145, 133, 201 479
Game 1 Did not hit any strikes, made 5 consecutive spares to end the game.
Game 2 Poor spare shooting
Game 3 Left 1,3,7,9 on the first frame, could not pick up 7 pin, my only open frame. Spares were easy this game 5 on the second frame, turkey on third to fifth, 9 on the 6th, 5 on the 7th, 1,2 on the 8th, 1,3, 6 on the 9th, so my spares were manageable even for me. Strike, followed by 7-10 on the last frame, picked up the 10.
I'm excited, my second 200 in the last 12 days, however until I pick up 7, 10 spares with great frequency, it be a rare occurrence.
Nice shooting! The 200s will come more and more - practice at those spares, the strikes will come.
Totally agree. I've experienced this first hand. Late 2013 I was in the EXACT same place NYMIKE is. I practiced a lot, sometimes I'd get a huge score, sometimes barely break 120.
But then...I bought a spare ball (due to some missed 10-pins in the now apparently defunct BB.com Virtual Bowling Tour). Started working with the same coach every few weeks and developed a very specific spare shooting "system". And NOW....fast forward about 2 years...it's rare, rare, rare that I don't break a 450 series....and about 3-4 times this year I've actually knocked on the door of 700. Threw my first (non-sanctioned) 300-game earlier this year, and was able to get my first 8-bagger (front 8) last week.
But until you have a solid spare shooting system...you're going to initially see a very significant variance in your scores. Once you start getting better at spares...you'll start to see that variance game-to-game reduce. And once you have spare shooting down...then you'll need to perfect other areas that may currently be keeping your scores low...like pocket percentage, strike rate, pocket carry, etc... That's where I am right now...two years later. I've now graduated to fixing stance, approach, timing issues....and actually starting to look at the NEXT level items such as pocket carry and where the ball exits the pin deck...and using that information to change my starting point and/or target....and starting to look at ball speed variance shot to shot.
In some ways, to be honest...although I hated it when it was going on....having a low (20%) strike rate early on was actually a blessing in disguise. It gave me a LOT of practice shooting at spares. I'm not at the VDub level of spare shooting where a miss on an easy spare is the same probability as winning that night's 50/50 drawing....or the Pros where single-pin spare misses are so rare that they're exciting to see...but I can tell you 80% (ish) is a LOT MORE FUN than 50% was...with a LOT MORE stable scores and a LOT MORE 500+ series and 200 games.
In Bag: (: .) Zen Master Solid; (: .) Perfect Mindset; (: .) Brunswick Endeavor; (: .) Outer Limits Pearl; (: .) Ebonite Maxim
USBC#: 8259-59071; USBC Sanctioned Average = 192; Lifetime Average = 172;
Ball Speed: 14.7mph; Rev. Rate: 240rpm || High Game (sanc.) = 300 (268); High Series (sanc.) = 725 (720); Clean Games: 198
Smokey this is not 'Nam', this is bowling. There are rules. Proud two-time winner of a bowlingboards.com weekly ball give-away!
Right now I be ecstatic with 50% on spares, probably be a 150 bowler right away. I think part of the problem of my spare shooting is once I miss first spare throwing hook like my coach tells me, I begin chugging straight fastball. Seems when my coach is there I make a lot more of 7 pin spare shots.
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