mc_runner's scores

[Timmyb]

Tuesday:
224, 214, 143 - 581 series

Did damn near the same thing Tuesday. Frankly, I was so pissed I couldn't even post the scores. 214/234/143. Our lane broke down, and they moved us to another pair that had 3 games on them, and also widely known as the worst pair in the house. Just could not find anything to work.

[mc_runner]

Aslan - no kidding. The only bright side is that I could tell exactly what was happening both weeks.
Tim - Moving is always a hassle. Between getting your stuff to the other lanes, having a longer break and having to adapt to different conditions... especially if you don't get a practice throw!

Tuesday:
224, 193, 185 - 601 series

Really, didn't throw the ball poorly here. I had issues with carry and over/under, and had a split in each game - all on what seemed to be good shots. Just couldn't really get much together or get any friendly action. Lanes were playing quite different from each other. On an interesting note, before league the oil machine stripped one of the lanes without applying oil. It was kind of interesting to see what at first a reactive ball did with zero oil (left gutter after 20 feet), and even plastic hooking into the left gutter at 40 feet! We ended up getting that fixed before play started, obviously.

Wednesday:
195, 236, 267 - 698 series

Was a little shaky game 1 on the left lane, but once I adapted my shot a bit between the 2 I was locked in. Game 2 was front 6, then a 10 pin (miss) as I was anticipating transition that wasn't there yet. game 3 I started front 8 before leaving a flat 10 (also missed). All 3 games with the Code X, which has been giving me a nice line in this league recently. Aside from those 2 missed 10s, nice night overall. Left quite a few pins out there though, make those and also a chop I had in game 1 frame 1, that set's in the 730s. Spares matter!

[mc_runner]

Tuesday:

194, 222, 189 - 605 series

Same old. Clean game 1, couldn't string or even double anything. just a bunch of spares with a few strikes sprinkled in. Game 2 was much better, save for 2 splits. Game 3 was actually fine too, also 2 splits and just a couple less strikes. I've been struggling here to find a line that will leave me miss room - in general just not matching up that well.

Wednesday:

264, 223, 169 - 656 series

Well, started off great, had a spare in the 5th and a washout in the 11th trying a different line. Everything was pretty good up until game 3, I moved inside and started leaving 10 pins. Move back (instead of switching balls, naturally) and still couldn't get anything going. Again, matched up poorly and in hindsight should have changed balls after my move in didn't work. So obvious looking back lol.

[mc_runner]

Better this week.

Tuesday:
234, 187, 256 - 677 series

I added some surface to the Code X which made a big difference game 1 here. It stopped finishing in game 2, so I balled down to the hustle ink and picked it right back up for game 3. Pretty good all around except for a couple frames/splits there in game 2 when I hit the transition. This was the first week since that 788 I actually hit average in this league, so hopefully it stays that way for the final couple weeks!

Wednesday:
219, 256, 255 - 730 series

Started front 5 with the ink before it got over/under on me. Still had it clean going into frame 10, where I left a 2-4-5 and only picked up the 2-5. D'oh. Basically game 1 should have been 230+ easy. Game 2 I balled UP to the code and went off from there. Front 7 before a really nice looking shot left a 9 pin. Felt some transition coming on and tried a more inside line in the 10th, which didn't work out. Picked up my speed just a hair in game 3 and was right back at it - 2 10 pins through first 11 with a 7 count in the fill.

Best news - swept both leagues this week.

[boatman37]

Nice sets!

[Aslan]

Daaaaamngggg....

Thats some good bowlin.

[mc_runner]

Thanks guys.

Tuesday:

259, 193, 188 - 640 series

Had a great line to start with the Code X. Games 2 and 3 were better than the scores indicate, it was a lot of strike-strike-split/chop going on. I actually had only 1 less strike than I did in my 730 set last week. Basically, just poor timing on when I had my opens. Kind of a bummer after such a big game 1, but it happens.

Wednesday:

172, 224, 215 - 611 series

Nothing much good happened here. Game 1 I couldn't get ANY consistent line with either ball, and was off on my spares. Game 2 was better as the track started coming into play, I still struggled with my spare game though. I left 10 10pins on the night and only converted 6. Had a little bit of the yips with them this whole season, to be honest... my conversion % is about 10 points lower than last year. This was the last week for this league, ended it on a good note with a 10 pin pickup and a strike on the fill at least!

Overall (one week left in the tuesday league, but it's going to be accurate) this was a little bit of a down year for me both in terms of strike % and single pin spares. As such, my average across both leagues averaged out to 5 pins lower than last year and 9 from over the summer. A lot of that was due to a nagging wrist injury that definitely had more long-term release impacts that I have to work out. I'm going to try to use the summer to practice some and clear some of the bad habits that crept in.

[mc_runner]

Tuesday:

226, 214, 246 - 686 series

Nice to finish on a higher note, and pushed the average back over 215. I left ten 10s again, but I picked up 9 of them this time. Most of the 10s were in the first game and a half before a ball change that worked out well. Clean aside from a missed 10 (frame 1, game 1) and a 7-10 split in game 3 (moved in off a late 9 trip, ball hit light - moved back).

[mc_runner]

Tuesday:

It didn't count for season points, but we did have a season ending tournament that supposedly did count with USBC scores, so I guess it counts for something:

202, 229, 257 - 688 series

Got my clean series this year, only took til the very last chance. I missed warmups entirely and just began with the hustle. It wasn't a great choice, but I kept it clean... and only had 1 double. For games 2 and 3 I used the code X which was giving me a much better look into the pocket (and carry to boot). I did end game 3 with a stone 8 pin in the 11th. Nice game to end the season but that stone 8 was pretty representative of how it's gone this year in general a little bit, lol.

[mc_runner]

First night of summer league:

197, 224, 201 - 622 series

Really wasn't throwing well/consistently most of the night. The shot was there, I just didn't feel comfortable on my release... my track was off a little too (tracking over thumb in some cases) so I was definitely doing SOMETHING wrong. Still, outside of a couple 7-10 splits and a chopped 3-6 I generally did OK. Ill try to get in for some practice before the next couple weeks.