SouthpawTRK's scores

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Bowled in a tournament last night at my home lanes; had a great time and bowled above my average. I've never bowled so fast in my life; we literally bowled four games in less than two hours. I ended up bowling the following numbers: 143, 185, 165, 187. I figured that I did not stand a chance against the others that I was bowling with, but luckily I had a pretty high handicap. I missed the cut by 23 pins; it was nice to come close; next time I'll still have fun, but be a bit more focused.

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What a train wreck of a night at league. Bowled bad, really bad. Kept on pushing the ball and chicken winging the hell out of my arm. Not only did I bowl poorly, but we ended up losing all the points and had to hear the unsportsmanlike comments from the other team. Here's what I shot: 124, 154, 133.

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Today I had the distinct pleasure of getting a bowling lesson by Mark Baker; it was an awesome experience to say the least. The things he taught me to work on and improve will eventually bring my bowling to the next level in regards of being more consistent and raising my average. I highly recommend to one and all that want to improve their game to take a lesson from Mark; you will not be disappointed.

I took what I learned from him and put it to use at league tonight; which definitely helped out in the third game. The first two games were not so good; too many open frames and trying to break the bad habits of my old swing. By the third game, things were clicking and I was being more mindful of the things that I learned from Mark. I figure after a year of learning bad habits, it's going to take me some time to break a good chunk of my bad habits. I now have things to practice at during the week and apply them in the leagues that I bowl in. Here's what I shot for the night: 135, 147, 197

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League at my home lanes is always something I look forward to each and every week. It's always a good time and it's unlike the other league I bowl in; level heads and no egos. I am implementing what I learned from the lesson I received from Mark Baker the other day; it's coming along; it's just going to take time to forget my bad habits and be mindful of what he taught me. First two games of the series was a bit rough, but I had a good third game. By the third game, it feels like I'm actually warmed up and my technique has found it's groove. Here's what I shot for the night: 131, 133, 178.

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Bowled in a tournament today at my home lanes; more so for the learning experience and for the fun. I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to bowl with my cousin's wife. The pattern for the day was Bourbon Street; which played very fair and produced some high scores; there were a couple of 300's shot over the course of the weekend. As a team, I feel that we bowled well; both of us had two games above our average and one game that we would both like to forget. Even though we did not win any raffle money, side pot money or bracket money; I had a great time. Here's what I shot for the day: 174, 126, 190.

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Tonight at league we had positioning rounds; a few teams in a tie for third; us being one of them. We bowled fair, but the other team bowled better; so we took one of the four points. First two games felt like they had potential, but missed more spares than I would like. The last game was a brain fart and I was missing my target, head pin and also not picking up spares. Here's what I shot for the night: 169, 163, 144

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League tonight was awesome to say the least for a number of reasons. First, a friend shot a 299, one pin away from the perfect game. Second, everyone from our team was present; lots of laughs and it was good to see everyone together. Finally, my cousin game me some great technical advice on my game. I applied some of the things he taught me and it really seemed to make a difference. So for the night, I shot above my average on games two and three, but really under on the first game; here's what I shot: 136, 163, 174

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Went out to practice at my home lanes in the early part of the week; I want to get better and bowling only at league is not the way I'm going to get better. With the holidays nearing, work has been really busy and I'm not practicing as much as I should. I had talked to my cousin at league last week and he gave me some pointers on improving my release to create more hook. The practice went all right, but I felt that perhaps I was trying to work on too many things and thus the practice did not feel as rewarding. Here are the numbers that I put up for practice:

131, 134, 144, 192, 138, 132,138

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Final night of league tonight, then a two week hiatus until the start of January. Ended up winning some money for the team coming in middle of the pack, a team high score and an individual high scratch for the season. Did not bowl well enough to win any money on brackets or side pot, but we took 3 of the 4 points (not that the points mattered). The first game was ugly, lost my composure and was a head case. The second and third game were better, but could not convert on some needed spares. Here's what I shot for the night:

134, 179, 161

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Pot luck and league at my home lanes tonight; good food and good times. It's always a good feeling when you team mates and the bowlers from the other team that offer some help and advice. My first two games were my average and the last game fell short of it; just trying to think about too many things while trying to roll the rock. I think moving forward I just need to keep it simple and not try to get too technical when I'm bowling. Here's what I shot for the night:

156, 158, 149