Bringing Out People's Best?

[Perrin]

I bowled against that team last night.

They have a horrible record in the leage but it's not that they are bowling poorly it's just that other teams are bowling slilghtly better than them every week.

We did it last night down by 100 pins at the end of 6 but as a team we struck the 7th and 8th frames and two strikes and a two spares in the 9th.

[Bunny]

We bowled against ourselves Thursday so no opponents to inspire. However, my teammate had one of his highest games ever and his wife had a couple of high games. Yay for us!!

[e-tank]

We bowled against ourselves Thursday so no opponents to inspire. However, my teammate had one of his highest games ever and his wife had a couple of high games. Yay for us!!

my team always sucks when bowling the vacant team. I would assume because the pressure is off when youre bowling no one

[J Anderson]

my team always sucks when bowling the vacant team. I would assume because the pressure is off when youre bowling no one

It's not just that the pressure is off, since in most cases all your team has to do is bowl at or near their collective average. The pace is different since there are half as many bowlers on the pair. The whole "vibe" is different with out another team to interact with. This is why I hate not only bowling against a vacant team, but also pre- and post-bowling.

[Perrin]

a couple people I bowl with insist when bowling against the vacant that the first bowler cannot start the next frame till the anchor has finished the frame.

Helps with getting a more normal timing quite a bit.

Other guys just want to get done and head home/to the bar asap