Team Morale

[Keithalw]

How can you keep up a teams morale and spirits when you are down by a good amount of sticks? I am lucky to not have that problem yet but I do see so many teams just like freaking give up once they start getting behind 40-50 pins and this is 5 men teams. Just thought I would ask how yall would just incase that ever does appen I can ligt a fire under some @$$

[dnhoffman]

Stay positive. You build effective teams by keeping everyone engaged so finding little things that keep each person interested mad staying positive themselves is essential. The minute you show frustration, apathy, or negativity is the moment everyone stops bowling and starts drinking..

[noeymc]

gotta get hyped and motivate them if it happens i just tell them look hit what your looking at and throw the best ball u can throw if your doing that we will come back and this is normally where i really start to focus to show them its possible spares win games lets be honest strikes are great! but as long as u pick up 90% of ur spares ur prop a 185-200 avg bowler =D

[vdubtx]

On my Tuesday league it is a high average league and anything can happen. We have been down 100+ mid game and come back to win multiple times. We regroup and pick each other up mentally, just staying positive. We all know the others can string strikes so we watch each other and give feedback if someone is struggling.

Our lead off bowler was struggling this past week and I noticed his ball speed was up higher than normal on his first ball. I mentioned this to him when his ball sailed on the lane barely hitting head pin, next 6 frames he struck.

[circlecity]

In my Monday league we are giving about 200+ pins of handi each game so it's scary seeing that -212 right off the bat. If were down a 100 or so at 5th frame I just mention it's time to get going or string some strikes together. OK, i'm not much of a cheerleader... I try to lead by example and show some life or just that I know were not out of it attitude.

[MICHAEL]

same here this last Thursday we gave 210 each game, (that's the team with Jason, Chad, Larry, Iceman, and wife), we are in first place by two games at this point! We won 3 out of four,,, only lost the last one because it doesn't take much to lose with the high handicap. One of our 220 average bowlers had a 172.... it happens!

We are still in first by 2 games because of what happened with teams behind us, but yes,,, (((TWO OUT OF THE 3 games WE BOWLED WITH THAT HUGE handicap, we won in the 9 and 10 frame, one was tied going into the 10, and we did what needed to be done there...lol it was a cliff hanger...

That's the league I had the 725 on two weeks ago! Jason and Chad had 700 plus series Thursday,,, almost 800s,,,, Jason had another 300!! What a team!! We won first last year, but this year some of the other teams have brought in some top guns, and are going after us!! WE SHALL SEE...... YES HUGE handicap many times takes us to the finale 2 frames before we over take it!

As to how we do it, this is going to sound pretty simple, we have gotten use to knowing that its not usually over till the 9 or 10 frame in our case! We had a team that is behind us that brought in a very good bowler this year, and we are playing them next week.

I guess their team captain was watching us bowl Thursday, due to the fact they bowled Blind! He was according to some on our team using psychological B.S. and clapping when ever the team above had a good frame, while not giving use the same respect!

You know I could care less, lol,,, I am looking FORWARD TO BOWLING THEM next Thursday!!

In the scores above Larry who has a 225 average had a BAD DAY,,, so did Joyce,,, but it happens.... (but not that often)! (

We NEVER come down on a bowler on our team that is having a bad night! More then anything else, we are there to have FUN, and enjoy the night, regardless of our outing!

And bowling with the great bunch on this team is always a COOL BLAST,,,,, ICEMAN... (:_)

[dnhoffman]

Wow that's frustrating...

[Aslan]

I think the hardest thing is when your team is losing...and it's OBVIOUS that it's because of one player...whether it's me or someone else on the team. It's hard to find the words to be supportive and positive when you have a person with a 150-170 average bowling a 112 or a 190-210 bowler bowling a 119. I mean, they KNOW they're off their game.

And I've been guilty of that. Early in the year in the Thursday league...trying to figure out synthetics...I was bowling 319-383 series. We have a solid team...but they need me to be at LEAST the 3rd best bowler (of 4)...at LEAST throw a 425+ series. And now...despite turning things around in that league...I threw a 411 series in my Friday league last week. Friday is a sanctioned league...I'm relied upon to be one of the top 3 bowlers (of 5)...I can't just **** the bed like that.

[MICHAEL]

Hang in there Aslan,,,, lol,,,, I just say to myself,,, hey,, its not life or death!! Its suppose to be fun, and if we do well, so be it,,, if not, we still have a great time cutting up and kidding one another!! You will get where you want to be, just keep at it! I don't know why, but it has come pretty easy for me this two years of sanctioned bowling... but I don have my bad days,,, just like all of us!!! (

[Keithalw]

Its nice to know how all of you handle the situation. So far this problem has not occured but wanted to know how to handle it if it rises up. of course I do not want to loose but it would be irritating to loose just cause someone gave up.

We have done good so far on our mens league. Worse week was two weeks ago when we lost three but we gave up 130 something and everyone on that team decided to bowl there average and then some lol...

There is one guy on our team who will say they win or loose he is just there to have fun. Of course its more fun winning but even loosing hes just there to have fun.