On today's condition, 187 is awful when someone else does it, and it's awful when I do it.Originally Posted by StormBowler13
In the seasons since I came back to bowling my composite averages were:
195 (injury with 3 of 9 weeks to go) in 11-12,
All I had purchased was a 15 lb plastic ball, I was at 210 for the first 6 weeks, then after the injury, I shot about 500 for each of the last 3 weeks.
It was just a league for "beginners" so falling apart at the end didn't make any financial difference. The pizza tasted the same for 1st place as it did for last place.
I thought the problem was from not bowling for 20+ years, and my body couldn't handle the sudden increase in exercise.
To reduce pain, I had to release the ball like I would while shooting at a 10 pin.
I figured the pain wouldn't last long, so I joined the next winter league.
188 ( I was wrong about how long the pain lasted ) in 12-13.
15 lb equipment, when released like a spare shot results in a lot of weak hits.
199 (I felt good to go by mid Jan 2014, and shot 300 in Feb 2014, another slight injury in march that healed fairly quickly) in 13-14
That injury made it clear to me I had to drop from 15 lb to 14.
207 in 14-15,
Started the year healthy, and finished it that way, but I took the summer off.
187 (another injury not bowling related) in 15-16.
If 15 lbs equipment would hit weak, you can imagine how weak 14 lbs would hit.
And now I've quit.
I guess my body at 55 can't do what it was able to do at age 30, and I find no entertainment in throwing what I consider to be a wimpy technique.
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