SouthpawTRK's scores

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After cooking a family breakfast, spending time with loved ones and opening presents; I decided to enter a 6 gamer tournament at a local center that has their annual Christmas night tournament. There were a lot of people that showed up and a lot of good talent rolling the rock. I felt completely out of my element, but I wanted to gain the experience of bowling a 6 gamer under non league conditions. I still had the usual problems of missing my mark, throwing out my chicken wing, and not converting spares, but I got a good sense on trying to keep my head in the game and not totally lose it. Here's what I shot for the night:

135, 153, 159, 166, 167, 163

The first game was a lot of nerves and a lot of open frames, but things got progressively better as I learned to relax. There were some moments where I actually felt like I threw it pure; overall a good time was had.

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League at my home lanes had a lot of things going on. I ended up bowling one decent game, one good game and one poor game; here are the numbers for the night:

152, 188, 132

I decided to bowl after league was over; just wanted to practice on trying to hit the pocket and work on my spares. One of the league members that coaches junior bowlers worked with me for over an hour on some of the basics; it was really appreciated and I definitely learned some valuable tips.

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I took a lesson today from a USBC instructor at my home lanes. I really enjoyed the lesson; he provided excellent feedback, ways to improve my technique and a game plan for shooting spares. I ended up bowling a total of 9 games; the first 3 or 4 were part of the lesson; so score was not really being monitored. After the lesson, I bowled some more and ended up shooing a six hundred series in the last three games (201, 216, 190).

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Ended up getting sick before the start of the New Year, so today's practice was the first time I rolled the rock in 2014. I ended up going to my home lanes and bowled with some guys from work; just for fun and some bragging rights. We bowled one practice game and then a series. Here's what I shot:

139, 168, 156, 160

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First night at league with a new member on our team and we had a great night! Took all four points and everyone bowled above their average. My consistency is getting better, but still need to convert more spares. I was pretty stoked to bowl a 500 series! Here's what I shot for the night:

158, 194, 161

[SouthpawTRK]

League at my home lanes is the best because of all the great people that I get to bowl with on a weekly basis. Having a large group of people that are like family, try to help you out when possible and compliment you on your progress. They are my family away from my family and I look forward to bowling with them each and every week. While I love bowling with them, I am even more concerned for them. I took off one week from league since I was sick and did not want to get anyone on my team or in the league sick; they mean that much to me. I struggled tonight in the first game, but did somewhat better in games two and three; still too many open frames. Here's what I shot for the night:

148, 170, 174

One highlight of the night is that one of the other league members complimented me on how my game has improved; the words were both kind and encouraging. There are times when I feel that my bowling is not progressing, but at many times I'm my own worst critic. On a lesser note, I was 8 pins away from a 500 series. My goal for 2014 is to raise my average, shoot nothing lower than a 500 series each league game, bowl a few 600 series and have more clean games.

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I'm glad that I made a point to make it to my home lanes for some practice; wanted to work on getting comfortable/repeatable on timing, ball speed, release and spares. During the seven games that I played, I could feel my timing and ball speed overall better, but still had some brain farts and got too out of time. The spare game is improving, but still needs much work. Here's what I shot for the day:

157, 169, 148, 165, 168, 151, 213

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Second week of the midweek league was filled with highs and lows; we ended up walking away with wins in game one and game three; lost the second game and the total pin count. My goal this season is to bowl no game under 500 and to shoot for some 600 series games. I ended up being 19 pins shy of a 500 series; once again open frames hurt my scores. Here's what I shot for the night: 157, 146, 178

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This year my goals for bowling are to raise my average, bowl some 600 series and to have more clean games. I'm taking advantage of any free time that I have between leagues to work on all the basics that are causing me woes; mainly spares, hitting my mark, hitting the pocket, timing, swing speed and rev rates. Took some time to head to my home lanes for some practice; even though I had the entire day off, I only wanted to bowl a small amount of games. I'm trying to avoid bowling a ton of games where I usually get fatigued, sloppy and start forcing the throw. Here's what I shot for the day: 167, 218, 169

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Something was missing at league at my home lanes; my scores and my timing. I was definitely off for the night and could not wrap my head around it until it was too late. On a positive note, my team mate bowled like a champ and we had an awesome bowler sub in for our other team mate. Here's what I shot for the night: 147, 155, 169.