Nice shooting! Keep it up!
I'm bowling Mondays and Thursdays this season. Booked a 203 last winter, goal is a 210 (or close to it) this winter. Here's what I've done so far.
Thursdays:
9/8/16 (633)
201 - opened first two frames but recovered
211 - 7-10 split in the 6th, missed a 10 pin on the third ball of the 10th (luckily we still won by one pin)
221 - 3 splits, converted 2 of them
9/15/16 (547) 10 Strikes all night, 2 doubles. 13 9-counts (11 converted). Overall 16/20 spares. Just couldn't find a good entry to the pocket and when I did I couldn't carry (game 2)
190 - missed a ten pin, only one double
174 - one strike all game, 6 consecutive 9 counts (only missed one, ten pin of coarse)
183 - missed the 8 off of a 2-8 and missed a washout
Mondays:
9/12/16 (682) 22 strikes, 12 leaves, 3 opens (2 splits, one 10-pin)
224 - missed a 10-pin
204 - 6,7,10 split (left the 7)
254 - 10 strike game, 4th frame had a split (open), 5th frame had a 10-pin (converted)
9/19/16 (665) Another strong showing on Monday night. 21 strikes, 12 leaves, 4 opens (2 splits, 10-pin, 3-6-10)
256 - 9 pin in the 5th frame, converted. Had a chance to close it out in the tenth but threw it way too slow on my first ball and left the 4-7. Spared then 9-count.
213 - 5th frame through 8th frame went, 10-pin, 10-pin, 4-pin (made a two board adjustment, guess that was too much), 10-pin (moved back, of coarse I left another one). Missed on of the 3 10-pins.
196 - Changed balls too late, two splits and missed the 3-6-10.
Also subbed last Wednesday with a 630: 204,210,216.
Overall composite average of 210 through 15 games, 7/13 on ten-pins. Only other single pin miss has been one fluke 7 pin. If I can cut my 10 pin misses in half I'd be pretty happy, but generally pleased with my single pin shooting (31/38). Strike percentage of 52% is lower than I'd like it to be but I think my 547 series is what is killing that.
Hopefully I'm not peaking too soon on Mondays. We'll see what happens when averages are established after next week.
Nice shooting! Keep it up!
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9/22/16:
676 Series: I now have an established average for this league of 206.
199
245
232
Lots of strikes. 26 of them. Should have had a much higher series but two untimely splits, a missed 10 pin and a chopped 3-6-10 cost me big time.
First game it felt like the lanes were flooded with oil. I was playing a more direct line than normal and knew they would transition quickly. The 8th frame I went through the nose and left the 3-4-6-7. I moved several boards and was locked in the rest of the night.
Second game I had 12 shots in the pocket, all of which I thought were good entry angles. 3rd frame I destroyed the rack, but the 4 pin jumped the 7 pin and two messengers went at the 7 at the same time and knocked each other off course. The 8th frame I threw a pretty good shot and the 7-10 stayed standing. A 245 never felt so bad.
The final game I started with my first 5, then an errant throw left the 6 pin. Another errant throw two frames later is where I chopped the 3 off the 3-6-10. 7 count on my second ball of the 10th.
I feel like I'm over the hump. I have been a 200 bowler before, booked 203 last season after taking 3 years off. I think I can get to and maintain a 210 average in both of my leagues this season and I feel that 300 coming.
On another note. I started this season tracking my stats with pinpal. I notice others do the same, but I can't seem to upload the images from my computer. Am I doing something wrong? I go through the steps to upload and I get a [!] symbol and hover over it and it says "undefined". Maybe I'm missing something.
I'm in trouble next week.
Monday 9/26/16:
195, 241, 255 (691)
Worked really hard for the 195. I stuck on my release in the 3rd frame and left the 1-3-6 and then chopped right through the headpin for an open. An open split in the 7th (6-7-10), spare in the 9th (2-8), open split on the second ball of the 10th (4-6) and the rest were strikes (7).
Second game: spare in the 4th (7-pin), open split in the 8th (4-9), 8-count on my third ball of the 10th, the rest strikes (9).
Third game spared in the 3rd (3-6-9-10), spared in the 6th (7) and 10 strikes.
2/2 on single pin spares (both 7-pins). 26/35 strikes (74%). 4/8 on spares (3 missed splits).
My new average for week 4 will be a 226. Yikes. One thing for sure, I'm striking like crazy right now. I've never been this comfortable and relaxed. I hope it's more than just a hot streak. I did get lucky not having to shoot 10-pins as that has been my struggle lately. I need to find a time to go practice since all I'm doing is bowling in leagues.
Nice job keep it up!!
9/29/16: Quick update.
248, 202, 226 = 676 series
That's it. I've had enough. 1/4 on ten pins. And the one I picked up was on the third ball of the tenth frame. I've now shot 18 ten pins in 24 games and only made 8, I'm 34/35 on all other single pin spares. I'm going to practice on Sunday morning and I'm just going to throw 3 games of ten pins. If I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong, I'm buying a plastic ball and a three ball bag and being done with it.
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