No doubt, 9th and 10th. Just this week in league alone I had one game where the 9th and 10th turned an ok game into a pretty good game, and then 2 games later I had a letdown in the 9th and 10th that turned a good game, and a very good series into bitter disappointment. First game I had an opening turkey, but started to struggle after than. I made my spares so I was able to keep a decent game going. I changed balls in the 8th, and after an adjustment struck out 9th and 10th for a 223. Second game was 256, so I needed one more good game for my first 700 of the season, and the only the second on of my life. Started good, 7th frame left a split. 8th frame was a spare. So I needed a few strikes 9 and 10 to get the 700. Either way, I was headed to another 200, which would have been my 11th in the last 12 league games (the only non 200 was a 199) and I was happy. I somehow yanked the first shot of the 9th. It went dead left, and I ended up with a miserable 3 count. I missed the spare, despite throwing the ball well. It that was my strike ball, easy 200. As it was I needed to double the 10th for the 200. I did not get it. First shot was good, but I left the 10 pin. Made it then threw the strike for 196. I was upset, and it left a bitter aftertaste to what was my best night of the season. One ball, in a bad spot cost me dearly. If it were earlier in the game I had plenty of time to recover, but pulling that 3 count off a spare in the 9th didn't give me a chance to recover.
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Easily the 9th and 10th frames to be the most important. There have been countless times this season in league play where it would come down to me. My teammates say that I have ice running through my veins when it comes down to the last 2 frames, because no matter how I am shooting, I always show up in those 2 frames.
My kids bowler. Ice water running through your veins.....yeaaaah !!Originally Posted by tommyd2107
Bob
"There truly is such a thing as a bad night and when these doomed evenings arrive you can't avoid them. But there's a bright side to this, it's that bad nights won't kill you, and sometimes will make you a little smarter."
Being the anchor bowler on our team for 27 years I like to give myself more of a cushion at the end of a game. For me the important frames are the 8th, 9th and 10th. The only thing I require from my teammates when I go up to the approach in the 10th frame is to not tell me what I have to get for us to win. The only thing I want to think about when I am on the approach is what I have to do to make a good shot. That is the only thing all of us should be thinking about besides maybe saying to yourself relax and remind yourself to stay behind the ball until you are at the release point. From that point whatever happens happens.
How did i miss this thread?!?
Welp, important frames would all depend on the situation, in regular circumstances i would say first and second frames from a mental game aspect, start off strong an fod gain confidence, throw two open frames to start, and yes, well we won't talk about that lol
other situations: 10th frame, 9 strikes in a row, going for perfection. just on a math basis though, the 2nd and third shots in the 10th (3rd more than second) are the least important score wise.
Every frame!?! Every frame counts, when it comes down to it i'd rather strike in every frame rather than certain ones
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