#bringNthunder fall league scores 200 or bust

[Shaneshu87]

so i set my goals pretty high for my fall league

1. 1st sanctioned 300
2. 1st sanctioned 800
3. average 200+
4. 90% spare
5. 60% strike
6. no games under 150
7. no open frames

last night i held true to 4 and 6.

we started out on a fresh shot that had sat out over night and all day (these are wood lanes) so the oil had plenty of time to evaporate. before the first game ended i found my self switching to my black widow pearl (used for dryer lanes) and struggling to stay on the right side of the head pin. fortunately i managed to convert every spare and finished game 1 clean and end with a 150. game two i decided not to fight the conditions Brooklyn's carry so i played them and strung the front 5 with Brook's lol the other team loved that! unfortunately and open in the 5th and 8th slowed me down but finished with a 212. game three not much different stayed clean actually found some oil on the out side edge, just enough to push my pearl to the 2 board and finish on the right side of the pocket, although this angle left me many ring 10's i was clean and finished with 179. all in all i finished with a 180 average, not quite my goal but a solid place to work from.

now like i said this is a wood house and the owner just got a new/used Phoenix 8 pad stripper/buffer. this was his first attempt to oil the lanes with this machine, and he did digress saying he needs to "extend the pattern out 2 feet and use a few more units" i look forward to next week. his old machine was very consistent and i have thrown a 300 non-sanctioned in this house in the past, so i know i can do this.

[manke]

Why didn't he oil right before your league? Not bad for the first night now just make that your low series for the year and have fun!!!

[Shaneshu87]

he was afraid that the oiler would break down and stick us with sand paper lanes lol he has more trust in it now had a great shot tonight during practice shot an 765 series

[classygranny]

so i set my goals pretty high for my fall league

1. 1st sanctioned 300
2. 1st sanctioned 800
3. average 200+
4. 90% spare
5. 60% strike
6. no games under 150
7. no open frames

I know I tend to set my goals high too, but I had to laugh when I saw this. Do you realize how funny this is...no game under 150 with no opens. I'm not really sure I want to bowl that game!

[Amyers]

I know I tend to set my goals high too, but I had to laugh when I saw this. Do you realize how funny this is...no game under 150 with no opens. I'm not really sure I want to bowl that game!

I'm not sure that setting a goal of no open frames is going to help everybody gets a split now and then.

[got_a_300]

Amyers said it all when he said

everybody gets a split now and then.

even the best PRO's on tour can not avoid the occasional open frame
from a split or a wiffed single pin.

[Shaneshu87]

I'm not sure that setting a goal of no open frames is going to help everybody gets a split now and then.

what is the purpose of a goal? to set the bar low because you know the outcome is unlikely? screw that! set the bar where ever you want it! one of my all time favorite quotes "shoot for the moon, even if you miss you'll still be among the stars." so if i shoot for a goal of "No open frames" (which is in the realm of reality, although very unlikely) it is essentially a just a goal, an imaginary line i do not wish to cross. however if i strive for that level of play then think how my game will improve, who cares if i have an open frame here and there, but the fewer the better. and one more quote i love "Never talk down on another man's goals if they are higher than yours"

[Amyers]

what is the purpose of a goal? to set the bar low because you know the outcome is unlikely? screw that! set the bar where ever you want it! one of my all time favorite quotes "shoot for the moon, even if you miss you'll still be among the stars." so if i shoot for a goal of "No open frames" (which is in the realm of reality, although very unlikely) it is essentially a just a goal, an imaginary line i do not wish to cross. however if i strive for that level of play then think how my game will improve, who cares if i have an open frame here and there, but the fewer the better. and one more quote i love "Never talk down on another man's goals if they are higher than yours"

Shaneshu87 I wasn't running your goal down. If you feel that is even in the realm of remote possibility then go for it. For myself that goal wouldn't make it through the first series. I'm going to leave a split that is very difficult to near impossible or I'm going to whif a spare. I just believe goals should be set up as achievable if we perform our very best if you think that is within your highest abilities than more power too you.

[Shaneshu87]

Shaneshu87 I wasn't running your goal down. If you feel that is even in the realm of remote possibility then go for it. For myself that goal wouldn't make it through the first series. I'm going to leave a split that is very difficult to near impossible or I'm going to whif a spare. I just believe goals should be set up as achievable if we perform our very best if you think that is within your highest abilities than more power too you.

my goal for the summer was one open frame per game minimum, i was able to achieve that, and in order for growth and progress you can never sit still, therefore i must move forward, no open frames is the only thing left for this goal, i aim to average over 200 and that will require clean and consistent games. maybe i could change it to one open per series, but i like not opens at all

[classygranny]

Shaneshu87, I wasn't making fun of your goals, either. I just found a little humor in the fact that - you have set mostly high reaching goals (which I commend you on), that you would be happy to have a goal of bowling a 150 game with no opens. But, I guess that's my sense of humor - not others. I myself would much rather bowl a 170 with 2 opens than a clean game of 150. Just saying.