What are the "Most Important" frames of each game to you ?

[Tampabaybob]

Sitting here reading many of these threads and recalled a conversation I had with a team mate a couple of weeks ago. Before I let you know what those "IMPORTANT" frames are to me, I'd like to hear from you folks and see what your take is.

I'll chime back in a couple days from now and let you know what I consider the "most important frames" for me.

Consider this scenario....you are bowling head-to-head against a guy that is 10 pins higher in average than you and your team rally needs these points from you. Where do you want to put the most emphasis. Do you create any other actions ? What would you do?

This should have some interesting ideas.

[I suck at bowling]

Sitting here reading many of these threads and recalled a conversation I had with a team mate a couple of weeks ago. Before I let you know what those "IMPORTANT" frames are to me, I'd like to hear from you folks and see what your take is.

I'll chime back in a couple days from now and let you know what I consider the "most important frames" for me.

Consider this scenario....you are bowling head-to-head against a guy that is 10 pins higher in average than you and your team rally needs these points from you. Where do you want to put the most emphasis. Do you create any other actions ? What would you do?

This should have some interesting ideas.

9th and 10th without a doubt.

[bowl1820]

The classic 9th and 10th frame are the most important, since that's 60 pins in two frames.

Now starting a game off with at least a double can help set a tone for the game.

[SmilingBowler]

As with many things in life, I always do my best to finish strong. That's how you're remembered. If I can set myself up to string strikes in the 7th and 8th theres no excuse in my mind why I can't roll them through the 9th and 10th.

With that said, however, there is no way to throw a perfect game without starting with a strike.
And in our local house, you can't win the strike jackpot without the first two frames being strikes in the first game.

There's incentive everywhere you look, the beauty is in staying humble and surprising yourself.

[ecub]

Yes, 9th & 10th. In a league, it's not what you score, but how you finish. That's what I tell my team. Personally, the ONLY scores I care about are 290+, 300, or 800. Other than that, it's all moot, unless we win the game/series.

[SouthpawTRK]

I definitely want to finish strong; so the 9th and 10th frame get my vote for most important. Although the first two frames are not the most important, it is a great feeling to start out with a double

[SmilingBowler]

Great point, ecub. When it comes to league play the team effort is what matters most.

Being anchor on 2/3 teams I'm on, I often feel the pressure when its close after 7 frames. Most of the time I can rise above and put the ball to work. Sometimes, its one of those nights that even though I'm throwing 25-40 pins over average we still can't squeak out a win.

But as I look at it, and most of the teams I'm with, look at it, as long as we're having fun we're staying competitive. What I mean by that is the moment we start to get mad at the lanes or the ball is the moment we lose control of the game we have in front of us and that leads us as a team, to lose a lot more than just that one game we're playing.

[ecub]

Great point, ecub. When it comes to league play the team effort is what matters most.

Being anchor on 2/3 teams I'm on, I often feel the pressure when its close after 7 frames. Most of the time I can rise above and put the ball to work. Sometimes, its one of those nights that even though I'm throwing 25-40 pins over average we still can't squeak out a win.

But as I look at it, and most of the teams I'm with, look at it, as long as we're having fun we're staying competitive. What I mean by that is the moment we start to get mad at the lanes or the ball is the moment we lose control of the game we have in front of us and that leads us as a team, to lose a lot more than just that one game we're playing.

Definitely. I'm the anchor on my Monday mixed league. I often get congratulated on a with a 220+ score. If our team doesn't win, I just say "eh, it doesn't matter. We didn't win." I'm also 4th man on our Men's league on Wednesday. I put myself down too hard if I don't mark or strike on the 9th or 10th frame, making it easier for our anchor.

[Zothen]

10th frame as this is where most games are won/lost!

Zothen

[Keithalw]

I always like to think that the first three and the last two freames are the most important to me