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    Default How do you shoot your first 600?

    ...do it all in the last game...right on the nose. I've had high/mid 500s off and on averaging 155-160. This winter league I've done some things like new high game 255 (twice). And series 570 something then 586.

    Started tonight as consistent as could be 176-176. Ok having s decent night. Ended second game with a move and some loft. Third game starts x-9/.After hitting the next 4 I give it some thought and think hey if I keep this up I have a shot. So after 6 in a row I know if I strike in the 9th I've got 600 in the bag....stone 8. Easy enoug except I haven't shot a spare in 20 minutes and nerves have started to set in, but I roll it nice and easy and knock it down. 219 with a spare. I know I need to strike or 9/ and strike to hit it. Thankfully nailed the first ball and left a 10 pin on the next shot and...missed it but was enough for 600 even lol.

    I'll say first two games I got a few jerseys (Brooklyns). But that last game was straight money. My third strike, in the fourth frame, was a tad high but still in the pocket enough. Everything else was 10 in the pit.

    After having a few apportunites and not finishing, this wasn't bad. After two 176s I literally didn't even think about the possibility until half way through the third game. And by then I felt so confident/dialed in I just figured keep doing ehat I'm doing and if they fall I'm good.

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    How do you shoot your first 600?

    Forget about the score and shooting a 600. Concentrate on your game and if you don't strike, make your spares.

    The 600 will come.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bowl1820 View Post
    How do you shoot your first 600?

    Forget about the score and shooting a 600. Concentrate on your game and if you don't strike, make your spares.

    The 600 will come.
    That's kinda how tonight was. 176-176 I didn't really think much. Just a decent night so far. And then they kept falling. Didn't really legitimately think about 600 until they all went down in the 8th frame of the last game

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    Consistency and spare shooting.
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    I still remember my first 600, a 656 at a center long closed now. I also remember my first 700. Neither time did I realize I was going to shoot either score. I kept striking and making spares and kept my head in the game. It'll happen. Just let it

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    Aslan... I wasn't asking why I couldn't shoot, because I DID shoot 600. I was half joking because I've had nights where I came close but didn't quite pull it off. One was one of those >250 with a 255 in the second game. Think I needed like a 170 last game and just couldn't hit anything and shot 130 something lol.

    While a few times with decent starts I've thought I could do it and came up short. This past Monday with a modest but decent (for me) start of 176-176 I didn't really think much of it. Really all I thought was hey I should be able to shoot in the 500s hopefully. Then I started the third game with a slight move and little loft. The line worked and I kept hitting my mark (inconsticany you mentioned is a problem for me at times). This was a time where 600 didn't even come to mind until I got my fifth strike in a row in the 7th frame.

    I just thought it was funny that I literally BARELY hit it. Like in the tenth I need x9 or 9/x to hit it. Struck first ball left a ringing ten second shot and missed the ten lol. Had I left that ringing ten on the first shot in the tenth and missed it I would have come up short. I actually didn't even get nervous until that second shot. All I could think was just keep it on the lane so I can get a 9 count or better on these last two shots lol.

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    You bowl a 600 series just like you pitch a no hitter in base ball. Throw a lot of "STRIKES"

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    you don't need a lot of strikes to shoot 600 series. Be a good spare shooter and you can shoot 6 with even 7 strikes
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    A double and go sheet with 9/ and a 9 count, OP does this 3 times, that's 603 series right there.. hahahaha
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    Apparently the thread asking "How do you shoot your first 600?" is by a person that already shot one...which is confusing...
    Confusing how?

    I was being Ironic about asking about 600.

    I've shot mediocre at best for me the past 5-6 weeks. After bewling every week for over two years I was starting to feel burnt out

    I've come close a few times at some point,This time I didn't think about it all night until close to the end. The point of the thread was I shot when I basically least expected it. Nothing through the first 2 would be enough for me to feel confident enough to do, but I did enough and got hot
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