SouthpawTRK's scores

[SouthpawTRK]

Was so glad to get a day off to head to my home lanes for some much needed practice. I've been practicing a few different drills; doing each one of them for an entire series. Today I practiced a one step approach, no step approach and practiced shooting only the 7 and 10 pin. Here's what I shot for each in their respective order: 135, 130 and 58. The no step and the one step approach is getting better compared to the last time that I ran those drills. The spare shooting drill was miserable, I hit one 10 pin cleanly for the entire game.

I figured that I was warmed up and decided to bowl two series as seriously as possible; here's what I shot for the two series:

#1: 165, 149, 165

#2: 173, 202, 197

I'm headed back tomorrow for some more practice since I was able to score two days off in a row

[SouthpawTRK]

My chore list was a little longer than expected, so I did not get a chance to go practice today. We did have league last night; so I was able to get my bowling fix. First two games in the series felt good, while the last game the wheels fell off a bit for our team. The big bonus was that we won all four points and are now in third place for our summer season. Here's what I shot for the night: 180, 169, 136

[SouthpawTRK]

Went out to my home lanes to practice some drills and bowl a few games. I've been trying to practice some of the Joe Slowinski drills for a full game, prior to actually bowling. I feel that the drills help in lowering my shoulder and getting my spine angle in a proper position. For the series that I bowled after running the drills, I shot the following: 154, 191, 160. Open frames due to my horrendous spare shooting is the main area that I need to focus on fixing.

[SouthpawTRK]

The summer team that I am a part of has been slowly on the rise during the course of the season. We basically went from being cellar dwellers to the third place team. The other night I think I was thinking too much about advancing to second place, that I lost focus on staying in the moment. Here's what I shot for the night: 134, 164, 136. Even though we did not bowl well as a team, we managed to keep our spot in third place! We have one more week of bowling, then we have a positioning week and then sweepers.

[SouthpawTRK]

Was not too happy with how I bowled last week; too focused on trying to win and not concentrating on throwing the ball well and having fun. This week was retribution for the entire team; we took all four points and moved into second place! Here's what I shot for the night: 197, 157, 186.

[SouthpawTRK]

Last night we had our positioning round for our summer league. We ended up taking two of the four points and maintained our second place position for the season. I ended up bowling fairly well (for me) and shot the following: 186, 181, 219.

[SouthpawTRK]

Went out for some practice at my home lanes; trying to incorporate DYDS and play a bit deeper than I normally would. I would like to have the versatility to play at a variety of angles; it's going to take some time; but I'm sure that I'll get there sooner than later. Here's what I shot for the day:

143, 127, 164

129, 170, 144

[aussiedave]

Finished the league with a 187 average - my highest ever finish by 10 pins. That was one of the targets achieved at least!
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[SouthpawTRK]

Final night of the summer league with payouts and sweepers. The past few weeks I've been bowling better at this house; about 25 pins above my average. Walked out with some cash in my pocket to put towards possibly a new ball for the fall season. Here's what I shot for the night: 185, 170, 179.

[SouthpawTRK]

Went out to practice today at my home lanes. Took out my Misfit today; usually I don't play that ball at my home center since the oil is pretty heavy compared other centers in my area. I bought some Vise Bio Tape the other week and it definitely gives me more grip on my finger tips and seemed to help out increasing my revs. I was able to stand a bit deeper on the approach; anywhere from 17 to 22. Here's what I shot today: 167, 165, 163. My scores could have been higher, but too many open frames to say the least.