Yeah 800 by itself is a big night.Originally Posted by foreverincamo
When you shoot 300, people ask you how many 300's have you shot now, like 1 isn't good enough.
300 would be nice again but the biggest goal is the 800 series.
Yeah 800 by itself is a big night.
When you shoot 300, people ask you how many 300's have you shot now, like 1 isn't good enough.
Last edited by Mike White; 08-28-2015 at 10:07 PM.
Looking for 900 series
To finally be as dedicated as Aslan.
1) This will be my 3rd year in Wed. league. First year could not find a good shot and averaged 186. Last year, got a new, heavy-oil ball and averaged 196. This year got a new ball for the dryer conditions in game 2-3, hope to average at least 206.
2) Bowl more 300 game(s).
3) Never had 800, would like to get that, if not this year, then soon, before I get too old.
4) Make a big improvement on ten pins.
5) Actually practice during the season, which I haven't done for years and years.
6) Bowling new league on Thursdays, first goal is to find a full team.
Goals for 2015:
1) Always throw a clean game and/or a 550+ series.
2) Finish Fall/Winter in the top 20% of BOTH leagues in average.
3) Increase my strike % from 37% to 55% or higher.
4) Increase single-pin spare shooting % from 76% to 83% or higher.
5) Bowl a 266 (or higher) sanctioned game.
Given the differences I've found from center to center...I figured I'd change my average target to the top 20% of the league.
In Bag: (: .) Motiv Trident Odyssey; (: .) Hammer Scorpion Sting; (: .) Brunswick Endeavor; (: .) Radical Outer Limits Pearl; (: .) Ebonite Maxim
USBC#: 8259-59071; USBC Sanctioned Average = 186; Lifetime Average = 171;
Ball Speed: 14.4mph; Rev. Rate: 240rpm || High Game (sanc.) = 300 (268); High Series (sanc.) = 725 (720); Clean Games: 181
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Bowling the scores I have when I practice now my league scores. Seems when ever I have to bowl to beat another team I choke
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I think I'm rare in that I'm the opposite. If there's nothing on the line and nobody watching...I get too inside my own head and don't make good shots. But when I know all eyes are on me and I'm competing...my inside voice tends to step aside and lets me just focus on performing.
That being said...the one thing I have to learn to deal with better (mental side of the game) is in how I respond to bad shots or when I can't carry the team to victory. I was anchor last year for the first time and probably will be on my Monday night team this year...and while normally that HELPS me perform....when I do fail...afterwards that is very hard on me. The fact that you let other people down (in addition to yourself) adds a degree of frustration that I haven't quite learned how to deal with.
I should be used to it after being a hockey defensemen for so many years....but I guess in hockey I could shrug it off that "well, I suck at hockey...so, **** happens." With bowling...I know that I CAN perform at a high level...so when I don't...that hurts more.
Maybe next season's goals will require a sports pshychologist.
Last edited by Aslan; 09-18-2015 at 01:31 PM.
Aslan you may have hit on it for I also play the anchor for the team. Lost a game by 2 pins last week. All I could think was leaving that 1 pin on my spare shot in the 10th cost us it all.
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You nailed it Aslan I feel the same way when I lose a close one. I'll second the fact you need a psychologist but it really doesn't have anything to do with sports
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