SouthpawTRK's scores

[SouthpawTRK]

Entered in a mixed doubles tournament today at a center that I've heard of, but have never bowled before. The house is the biggest that I've ever been in and the tournament took up all the lanes in the first half of the day. Bowled two different squads on two different pairs of lanes; the first pair felt like my home lanes and the second pair was really dry. The first series I shot above my average for the series by 16 pins; not a ton, but overall above my average. The last game was looking like it was going to be a clean game, but an untimely split in the 8th frame disallowed the clean game. The second series, the lanes were so dry it was hard to hit the pocket. Most of my shots went brooklyn or missed the pocket way left (I'm left handed). The second series was like open frame-o-rama; my scores were well below my average and I did not even break four hundred. Here are my numbers:

Series one: 146, 163, 216

Series two: 136, 127, 126

[SouthpawTRK]

Went out to practice at my home lanes today to work on the basics; release, staying behind the ball, spares and trying to increase my revs. I had new grips installed into two of my bowling balls last night; the grips have the built in lifts. I decided to try the grips with lifts to help hold onto the ball a bit longer to help create some more revs. I shot two different series; here are the numbers:

Series #1: 152, 155, 195

Series #2: 190, 179, 147

I also bowled a game just trying to shoot the 7 pin and to shoot the 10 pin; two different throws; that game I shot a 60.

[SouthpawTRK]

I was hoping that my practice earlier in the day would have carried over to league; but that was not the case. Way too many open frames in the first two games; finally shot above my average in the third game. The positive point of the night is that our team took 3 of the 4 points; many thanks to my team mates for holding me up. Here's what I shot for the night:

140, 144, 160

We lost the first game and game two was looking to be pretty close. I finally had a turkey in the 10th frame and the rest of our team did well at the end to secure the win for game two.

[SouthpawTRK]

Although I did not bowl so well in league at my home lanes; I had a good time talking and laughing with my team mates and other league members. Had timing issues all night; more so in the first game; but the second and third game it got better. Did not meet my goal of at least a 500 series game; I shot a 452. Here's the breakdown of the series:

134, 159, 159

Plagued with bad timing, missing my mark and too many open frames; I felt a little fatigued and my knee was feeling it. Cannot wait until next week to put up some better numbers; but more importantly to be more consistent.

[SouthpawTRK]

I was thinking of way too many things during the first game of league; should have just kept it simple. The jumbled thoughts made themselves known in the second and third game; but fortunately I was able to string together some strikes in the second and third. Here's what I shot tonight:

157, 180, 169

[SouthpawTRK]

Had a lot of fun league tonight; bowled above my average and shot a 500 series; two of many goals that I have for 2014. My timing seemed to be off tonight and could not hold my balance as I should. This lead to some errant rolls and missed some much needed spares. But, my team mates held me up and the other team we were bowling against always make bowling a good time. Here's what I shot for the night: 164, 164, 172

[SouthpawTRK]

Went out to my home lanes for some practice; the main focus was to post every single shot. I started off with the one step drill; did an entire series of it; and for the most part I posted a majority of shots. I then bowled a series using my standard four step and posted a majority of my shots. It was a really good feeling to post on a majority of each roll. Here's what I shot for:

1 step drill: 156, 182, 202

4 step: 183, 165, 157

I actually had a higher pin count in the one step drill; so I deduced that my timing was off a bit during my four step approach.

[SouthpawTRK]

With a pretty positive practice earlier in the day, I was feeling pretty good prior to league. Our team has been in first place since the season started; so we definitely wanted to keep our spot and win as many points each week. Unfortunately, the practice that I put in earlier in the day did not transfer to league. Our team did even bowl our collective average; so we lost all of the points; luckily we only dropped to second. Here's what I shot:

145, 158, 164

[SouthpawTRK]

I'm so fortunate to have two awesome team mates to keep me feeling positive when I don't bowl well. They both held me up on the first game; where I literally bowled one of my worst games at my home lanes. The second and third game in the series got progressively better, but the first game really hurt. I have to learn to be less stubborn and know when to make a ball change. The first game I was using a ball that I probably should have used in the third game and should have gone to my primary ball to begin with. I had such a good time with it at practice during the week; I figured that I would use it out of the gate; but unfortunately I was hoping that it would work out. Next time I'll know better and not be so stubborn. Here's what I shot for the night:

111, 155, 181

The 111 is not a typo Yikes!!!

[SouthpawTRK]

Went to practice at my home lanes yesterday and had a lot of fun. Practiced an entire series of the one step drill and then bowled a series with a friend from league. Here's what I shot:

One step drill: 118, 189, 148

4 step series: 156, 225, 144