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A few rears later
I didn't really need to know that...

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I took a few Yoga classes and our yoga teacher recommended Back Care Basics by Mary Pullig Schatz as a good reference preventing a recurrence. As long as I do my exercises at least every other day I'm good.
Sunday Night Established Mixed League

Position Round #1...bowling a team we're tied with, but they have two 200+ average bowlers...so it could be a blowout.

Week 11

509 Series: 148-200-161

Shoulda known it was going to be a struggle with the Black Widow Hybrid...I wasn't having the greatest of luck with it in warm-ups. But, I chalked it up to just poor accuracy and shot-making. But, could NOT find a consistent line the whole game. FOUR pocket corner pin leaves. Made a couple bad shots, but didn't deserve a 148.
9 /, 9 -, X, 9 /, 8 1, 9 /, 9 /, 7 2, X, 9 -.

Mad the switch to the Ebonite Fireball to start Game 2. Still wasn't striking consistently, but I was making some bad misses right...so it was more my fault than the line. When I hit my mark, I struck. Switched to the Force Pearl in the 8th after leaving a left side bucket despite not missing my mark by much.
X, 7 /, X, 8 /, X, X, 6 2, 8 /, X, X 8 /.

The lanes were transitioning like mad. Affecting the other team as well. Obviously, four splits are not going to help one score well. Just abysmal night.
X, 9 /, 9 /, X, S7 -, 7 /, S8 1, S5 -, X, X S7 2.

PinPal Stats:
First Ball Average: 8.69
Strikes: 37%
Spares: 55% picked up

Single Pin spares: 75% (6/8)
Most common single-pin leave: 2-pin, 7-pin, and 10-pin (2x each)
Also left a single 4-pin and 9-pin.

Makeable spares: 68% (11/16)
Multiple Pin spares: 62% (5/8)
Most common multi-pin leave: 6-7-10 split (2x)

Splits: 0% (0/4)

Average over 3 games: 169.67.
Average had I picked up all single-pin spares: 177.67.

Positives
- Most of the metrics were actually positive.
- Team at least took 1 point.
- My back held out okay.

Negatives
- Not gonna win many games with a sub 40% strike rate.
- Not sure if my recent resurfacing of the BWH caused it to behave this badly...or the lanes...or what.

As to my back...yeah, it felt better late Saturday. So, I figured I'd be fine bowling tonight. What annoys me is...I have 2 massage chairs in my basement. I could have used them to help with my back...but I forgot they were down there until my back was already feeling better!