Moving your feet right while keeping your target the same actually moves your break point left. That's not what Rob is talking about but it would help address the problem of the ball burning up.Originally Posted by shadd
I will use a similar move to "tighten my line" if I'm playing deeper on the lanes and my line is starting to overhook sometimes
Initially, if you hit a little light moving right is the correct move, however, if you start to hit light after a few frames, then your ball is probably losing energy and the move is to the left to find more oil. The exception to this is if someone on your lanes is using plastic or urethane for their strike ball creating carrydown.
OK, thanks for the follow-up/clarification! That makes sense to me and is usually what I do for adjustments.
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Saturday Weekly Color-Pin Tournament:
471 Series: 188-138-145
PinPal Stats:
First Ball Average: 8.06 pins
Strikes: 32% (2 doubles and 6 singles)
Spares: 45% picked up
Single Pin spares: 57% (4/7)
Most common single-pin leave: 10-pin (3x)
Also left a single 4-pin, 5-pin, and 6-pin.
Multiple Pin spares: 38% (5/13)
Most common multi-pin leaves: 6-10 (2x)
Splits: 0% (0/2).
Average over 3 games: 157.00.
Average had I picked up 100% of single pin spare leaves: 167.00.
Poo.
In Bag: (: .) Black Widow Hybrid 2.0; (: .) Ebonite Fireball; (: .) Brunswick Endeavor; (: .) Pyramid Force Pearl; (: .) C300 White Dot
USBC#: 8259-59071; USBC Sanctioned Average = 189; Lifetime Average = 172;
Ball Speed: 14.4mph; Rev. Rate: 245rpm || High Game (sanc.) = 300 (290); High Series (sanc.) = 725 (720); Clean Games: 209
Smokey this is not 'Nam', this is bowling. There are rules. Proud two-time winner of a bowlingboards.com weekly ball give-away!
Monday League: Older Brunswick synthetics.
621 Series: 211 (clean)-214 (clean)-196
Game 1 I started with the Lethal Revolver...but after a weak strike in the first frame and 3 consecutive spares on decent shots....I decided to make an early change to the Loaded Revolver. Still couldn't quite hit the pocket flush...but spare shooting was excellent to keep things clean.
Game 2 my line started to wear in...but I couldn't run more than two strikes together.
Game 3 I lost the clean series in the 2nd frame on a 4-6 split...then a 4-bagger...then a missed 2-pin...and a Big 4 in the 9th...had to strike out just to salvage the 196.
PinPal Stats:
First Ball Average: 9.15 pins
Strikes: 52% (1 4-bagger, 2 turkeys, 2 doubles, and 4 singles)
Spares: 80% picked up
Single Pin spares: 88% (8/9)
Most common single-pin leaves: 2-pin, 5-pin, 7-pin, and 10-pin (2x each)
Also left a single 4-pin.
Multiple Pin spares: 66% (4/6)
Most common multi-pin leave: 1-2-4 (2x)
Splits: 0% (0/2)
Average over 3 games: 207.00.
Average had I picked up 100% of single pin spare leaves: 211.00.
Happy with the series. Closest I've ever come to a clean series. Outperformed the other team's top bowlers in both Games 1 and 2...but they had a better Game 3. And our team is down to 2 players...and the guy averages about 101...and today couldn't break 99...kinda hard to carry that much weight on my shoulders.
But, I also can't rely on such great spare shooting...need to learn how to run strikes together.
One more week before Sweeps. I'm in good form...but not great spirits and I'm going to bowling in a place I have very little experience in (South Pointe). A lot of good bowlers in this league...taking $$$ isn't going to be easy. The 180 average will be more helpful than the 190-192 I had to take with me to Sweeps in March...but it certainly won't be a cake walk.
In Bag: (: .) Black Widow Hybrid 2.0; (: .) Ebonite Fireball; (: .) Brunswick Endeavor; (: .) Pyramid Force Pearl; (: .) C300 White Dot
USBC#: 8259-59071; USBC Sanctioned Average = 189; Lifetime Average = 172;
Ball Speed: 14.4mph; Rev. Rate: 245rpm || High Game (sanc.) = 300 (290); High Series (sanc.) = 725 (720); Clean Games: 209
Smokey this is not 'Nam', this is bowling. There are rules. Proud two-time winner of a bowlingboards.com weekly ball give-away!
Monday League: Older Brunswick synthetics.
591 Series: 188-180-223
Game 1 I started with the Lethal Revolver. Felt like my timing was off a bit...but I only had two opens...a 4-7-10 split in the 2nd frame and a 2-4-5-8 bucket in the 6th frame that I chopped. After a weak strike in the 9th, I switched to the Loaded Revolver.
Game 2 I also started off badly with a chopped 1-2-4-10 washout in the first frame...then a 4-6-10 split in the 4th frame...and another multi-pin 'issue' when I chopped a 2-4-5 in the 7th. Had to strike out in the 10th to salvage the 180 and avoid our female bowler on the team actually beating me...we tied.
Game 3 I suddenly found my timing...started making much better shots. The only open was a 1-2-4 in the 4th frame.
PinPal Stats:
First Ball Average: 9.03 pins
Strikes: 55% (3 turkeys, 3 doubles, and 4 singles)
Spares: 57% picked up
Single Pin spares: 100% (4/4)
Only left a 2-pin, 7-pin, 9-pin, and 10-pin.
Multiple Pin spares: 40% (4/10)
Most common multi-pin leave: n/a
Splits: 0% (0/2)
Average over 3 games: 197.00.
Average had I picked up 100% of single pin spare leaves: n/a.
The team took 3 points...our gal with the knee issue returned and bowled well. Our beginner bowler bowled better this week.
In Bag: (: .) Black Widow Hybrid 2.0; (: .) Ebonite Fireball; (: .) Brunswick Endeavor; (: .) Pyramid Force Pearl; (: .) C300 White Dot
USBC#: 8259-59071; USBC Sanctioned Average = 189; Lifetime Average = 172;
Ball Speed: 14.4mph; Rev. Rate: 245rpm || High Game (sanc.) = 300 (290); High Series (sanc.) = 725 (720); Clean Games: 209
Smokey this is not 'Nam', this is bowling. There are rules. Proud two-time winner of a bowlingboards.com weekly ball give-away!
Not bad looking pretty good the last few weeks
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900 Global Badger Claw - Radical Ridiculous Pearl - Spare Ball Ebonite T Zone
Must not let the females beat the little boys bowling
Aslan, your posts always make me laugh...or shake my head in wonderment!
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High Series - 704; High Game - 290 (a long time ago) Current Average - 150
It wasn't that she was a girl...it's that she's like a 136 average bowler...who constantly taunts me saying she is going to beat me. I usually just brush that off with a typical "Yeah...that would be cool." But when she actually goes on a crazy run...I get nervous.Must not let the females beat the little boys bowling
Aslan, your posts always make me laugh...or shake my head in wonderment!
It's a no-win situation...if I beat her 299-99...she just goes off and does a shot and laughs and has fun. If she beats me 186-185...she'll remind me how she beat me that one time for like 6 months.
Also...I'm thinking about sleeping with her when we go to Vegas this weekend. I'm not sure. I'm trying to turn over a couple new leaves...but the two new leaves are confliciting one another. ON the one hand, she's married and I'm trying to avoid "mortal sins" from a religious standpoint. On the other hand...I've been trying to be really nice to ladies and tell them all kinds of stuff that they want to hear that makes them happy. So...I gotta wrestle with that one the next week or so.
Maybe it'll resolve itself. I'm also starting to require God to intervene...I'm kinda over the whole "free will" thing...I think God needs to step up and start removing temptations...it's not too much to ask if ya think about it. I mean, if God doesn't want me to "covet another man's wife"...then why have wives that are looking to be coveted by me? Isn't that some kind of weird game? It's kinda sick...like some kinda weird psychology experiment. I don't know...whatever.
Oh yeah...scores from last night's tournament:
Saturday Weekly Color-Pin Tournament:
555 Series: 136-211-208
Game 1 was poo. Just couldn't seem to get the Lethal Revolver to make the turn on that pair. Last week it was biting too much...so I polished it a bit Monday...now I couldn't get it to make the turn.
Game 2 would have been clean except for a poo shot in the 8th frame that left a 1-2-4-10 washout that I didn't even come close to converting.
Game 3 was more of the same. A 3-9-10 split in the 2nd frame and a 1-2-4-8 I couldn't convert in the 5th...but I was able to run some strikes together to salvage the 200+.
PinPal Stats:
First Ball Average: 8.48 pins
Strikes: 48% (1 4-bagger, 2 turkeys, 1 double, and 4 singles)
Spares: 52% picked up
Single Pin spares: 100% (3/3)
Most common single-pin leave: 10-pin (3x)
Only left a 4-pin, 5-pin, and 6-pin.
Multiple Pin spares: 42% (6/14)
Most common multi-pin leaves: 1-2-4 and 1-2-8 (2x each)
Splits: 0% (0/3).
Average over 3 games: 185.00.
Average had I picked up 100% of single pin spare leaves: n/a.
In Bag: (: .) Black Widow Hybrid 2.0; (: .) Ebonite Fireball; (: .) Brunswick Endeavor; (: .) Pyramid Force Pearl; (: .) C300 White Dot
USBC#: 8259-59071; USBC Sanctioned Average = 189; Lifetime Average = 172;
Ball Speed: 14.4mph; Rev. Rate: 245rpm || High Game (sanc.) = 300 (290); High Series (sanc.) = 725 (720); Clean Games: 209
Smokey this is not 'Nam', this is bowling. There are rules. Proud two-time winner of a bowlingboards.com weekly ball give-away!
Monday League: Older Brunswick synthetics.
483 Series: 177-146-160
Game 1 I couldn't seem to get the ball to get back to the pocket...no miss room.
Game 2 the Lethal Revolver was hitting light...and my spare shooting wasn't great...I switched to the Loaded Revolver midway through and things got better...too little too late.
Game 3 the line had burned up and by the time I found a new one...too little too late.
PinPal Stats:
First Ball Average: 8.41 pins
Strikes: 35% (3 doubles and 6 singles)
Spares: 40% picked up
Single Pin spares: 66% (4/6)
Most common single-pin leave: 10-pin (3x).
Also left a 5-pin, 6-pin, and 7-pin.
Multiple Pin spares: 28% (4/14)
Most common multi-pin leave: 1-2 (2x)
Splits: 0% (0/4)
Average over 3 games: 161.00.
Average had I picked up 100% of single pin spare leaves: 167.00.
God I hope this was just an off night and not the beginning of the end of my hot streak 5 days before sweeps.
In Bag: (: .) Black Widow Hybrid 2.0; (: .) Ebonite Fireball; (: .) Brunswick Endeavor; (: .) Pyramid Force Pearl; (: .) C300 White Dot
USBC#: 8259-59071; USBC Sanctioned Average = 189; Lifetime Average = 172;
Ball Speed: 14.4mph; Rev. Rate: 245rpm || High Game (sanc.) = 300 (290); High Series (sanc.) = 725 (720); Clean Games: 209
Smokey this is not 'Nam', this is bowling. There are rules. Proud two-time winner of a bowlingboards.com weekly ball give-away!
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