SouthpawTRK's scores

[SouthpawTRK]

Last night at league was a lot of fun; bowled better compared to last week. Not only were my scores better, but my form was a lot better and I was picking up spares at a higher percentage. I still had some open frames, but a lot less comparatively. I still missed my mark which cost me some pins, but it seemed like I did not miss my mark as much. Here's what I shot for the night: 170, 177, 149

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Went out to my home lanes to practice on my new form from what I learned last week. I found that by employing what I learned in my lesson and the seminar last week, that it takes more energy than when I had my really bad form. I bowled two series today; not really interested in keeping score; but rather working on maintaining my new form, hitting my mark and picking up spares. I'm not sure if it's possible to turn off the scoring system; so I let it run it's course. Here's what I shot for the day:

178, 138, 135, 199, 154, 139

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Last night my form and technique seemed to be good, just had a hard time dealing with the lanes. Usually I can bowl between first and second arrow, but tonight I had to target the anywhere from third to fourth arrow. Here's what I shot: 126, 141, 157

I stayed and bowled four more games after league; trying to work on my form as well as bowling more inside. The last two games I worked on some drills that I learned the other week: 186, 117, 115, 105

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Lane conditions last night was a little difficult; flooded lanes were not helping the cause. I was feeling a bit fatigued, overheated and my new form was here and there; basically I bowled very poorly. Here's what I shot for the night: 123, 167, 134.

[SouthpawTRK]

I'm making a conscious effort to get better this year; I'd like to raise my average and start scoring better. So after taking a lesson and attending a seminar recently, I went to the lanes today to practice. I practiced three different drills that I found on Joe Slowinski's website for a total of a series. I then bowled a series after the series worth of drills and things seemed to be working in regards to my release and hitting my mark. At the end, I decided to bowl two handed for fun and partly to experiment with a different approach in case I had to bowl from a deeper part of the lane. Here's what I shot for the day:

Drills: 83, 115, 79
Regular series: 140, 172, 168
Two handed: 161, 127

[SouthpawTRK]

Last night at league was pretty interesting. We played on a pair of lanes that most don't like playing on. We played the first place team. We were minus one of our players. The outcome was interesting in that we took 3 of the 4 points; we also bowled better than in prior weeks. Here's what I bowled last night: 162, 195 and 198.

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Went up against the newly appointed top team and walked away with three of four points. Had some issues with hitting my mark; especially in the last frame. Little bummed out that one of our players is leaving the team. Here's what I shot for the night: 149, 171, 141

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We had our positioning round the other night at league; our team bowled well and we had a lot of fun. My cousin bowled a monster number and won some cash in the first game high handicap pot. My games gained momentum and I ended up bowling the high handicap game for the last game of the series and won some cash as well. Here's what I shot for the night:

150, 178, 213

[SouthpawTRK]

Had a lot of fun with league tonight; it was a mixture of the team bowling well and the newest addition to our team. The pins fell both good and bad for both teams, but we ended up taking all four points. Here's what I shot for the night: 170, 128, 155

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Last night we concluded our summer league with sweepers and a festive pot luck! During practice I bowled at least 8 strikes in a row; which got my mind thinking about a high scoring game. Well unfortunately the practice did not translate too well into the series, but I still had a lot of fun. We took a break between the first and second game to feast on all the goodies that people brought for pot luck; ate way too much and had a hard time bowling the second game. A lot of people had some issues with the second game; a little food coma to blame Everyone had a great time for a very short season; lots of laughs, good food, great people and some cool cash. Here's what I shot for the night: 176, 152, 171.

I wanted to make mention that in my previous post, I said that our team won all four points. Well, we actually won three of the four points (it would not let me edit my original post).