Sport League Scores

[J Anderson]

Buddies Winter Challenge 4/15/24(Week30)

Pattern: ???????

Scores: 133, 167, 225, 525 series

New pattern, still don't know what we're playing on. First game I bumped into my leg with the ball and missed an easy spare to lose by 4 pins. I think that was also a game where I adjusted off a ball the finished a bit high and left a pocket 7-10 the next time on that lane Game two my opponent had a couple of doubles to beat me by 17. By the way I again started on 47-48 and finished on 41-42. I think this was due to having moved up another two places in the standings and not at all due to asking Chris if I could just stay on 41-42 for the remainder of the season. Started with a turkey, could miss about 3 or 4 right at the breakpoint, and took wood by 45.

[Aslan]

Odd that you have the same pattern (scores) of low-medium-high. Would make me wonder why the ball isn't carrying early, but carries just fine later on.

I'd be asking myself:

1) Is my speed starting out too high and therefore I get better as the pattern wears down and I get towered?
2) Am I starting too far inside?

If I'm going through the nose...leaving 4-pins, etc... I'd wonder if I need to start a little left or ball down?

Sometimes I see these same patterns. Maybe its a coincidence, but earlier this season I noticed a similar problem and adjusted my speed (lower)...which started giving me more consistent scores. Lately, I've had to walk that back...because I'm getting more hand and leverage into the ball and now I need that speed back.

[J Anderson]

Part of my problem is I “waste” at least two, sometimes significantly more, shots on the ten pin during warm ups instead of reading the lane. Therefore I really am still figuring out the pattern well into game one. Also being of a certain age, I don’t think I’m entirely loose at the start of game one.

The last few weeks getting to finish on 41-42 accounts for the high last games. That pair is to use the technical term “hookier” than every pair except for 55-56 and maybe 1-2. There is also a distinct difference between 41&42.

[Aslan]

Also being of a certain age, I don’t think I’m entirely loose at the start of game one.

Oh yeah.

I continue to get comments that I should "bowl two games before league" because of my similar pre-elderly issues.

But, also due to this age thing...if I WERE to bowl 2 games before league...

A) I'd have to hope I could get on the "VIP" lanes or one of the few lanes not taken for league play.

B) After 2-3 games, suddenly I start getting slight pain in one knee or another...and my achilles starts throbbing. So, I could end up creating the opposite problem...where Game 1 is great, game 2 not so much, and by game 1 I'm shooting a 150 because I can't bend my knee.

Also, if you ask me and Pinpal...what my average scores were for Game 1, Game 2, Game 3...I would say:

Game 1: 150
Game 2: 184
Game 3: 220

PINPAL SAYS:

Game 1: 181.89
Game 2: 185.97
Game 3: 189.31

So....still a clear trend...but obviously not as "terrible" as it FEELS.