Well, I gotta say...these Midwest lanes are certainly a breath of fresh air!! I'm starting to see that "God Status" in the Midwest seems to take less practice than "God Status" in California (see below)!
Summer Practice: low-oil synthetics
Warm-Up Game: 180
Got there only an hour or so after the place opened...so I got lanes with a decent amount of oil on them. Actually had to move outside the track. A lot of 9 counts early on and single-pin spare shooting wasn't looking good early.
725 Series: 247 (clean)-200-278 (clean)
Switched to the Innovate in the last frame of warm-ups so I needed to make a few adjustments early. But, was able to put up a 6-bagger before missing right and leaving a 10-pin.
Kept playing 1st arrow...up and in...it was working well. By the middle of the game, I had to move between 1st and 2nd arrow. Couldn't keep things clean in Game 2 and thus missed out on my first ever clean series.
Game 3 I was playing around 7-8...which was a little more comfortable for me. Playing out in the 4-6 area makes me nervous and I end up pulling shots out of fear that a miss right puts me in the gutter. Made some good shots with decent and consistent speed...until a little bit too much of a miss right in the 10th.
PinPal Stats:
First Ball Average: 9.25 pins
Strikes: 63% (1 9-bagger, 1 6-bagger, 1 4-bagger, 2 doubles, and 5 singles)
Spares: 66% picked up
Single Pin spares: 71% (5/7)
Most common single-pin leave: 10-pin (5x)
Also left a single 4-pin and 7-pin.
Multiple Pin spares: 62% (5/8)
Most common multi-pin leave: n/a.
Splits: 0% (0/2)
Average over 4 games: 226.25.
Average had I picked up 100% of single pin spare leaves: 232.00.
I was going to take a week off from bowling...maybe hit the golf ball a bit today given that wet weather is on the way...but I just needed to roll that rock!!
I'm used to bowling 2-3 times a week...maybe mixing in a tourney or a practice from time-to-time. This hiatus from league play is KILLING ASLAN (<---using Iceman 3rd person speak)!!
Today was another trip to the 2 South Des Moines centers. Couldn't practice at the 2nd center due to them doing some unscheduled cosmic bowling...which, given they were already on the verge of elimination from contention for my league business...means the list of potential league homes for Aslan's Greatness is now down to FIVE!!!
The center I DID get to bowl at...almost putting up ANOTHER 300...and getting my SECOND 700+ series in ONE WEEK (thank you Midwest!)...is STILL in the lead for my league business. I stopped by the desk to get some league info...looks like they have a couple good leagues that I can take part in. Still giving FOUR other centers a shot at 1 or both of my league business...but it looks like this center is gonna get at least 1 of my league nights. It kinda sucks because this center is the furthest away from me of the six...but I gotta reward centers for taking care of their lanes, taking care of their centers, and having a strong commitment to league play. Fortunately, the two centers currently tied for 2nd place on my list are both the closest centers to my residence...so maybe I end up having one league close and one league further away...we'll see.
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