In my main league I'm shooting 10 pins at 87% (35/40) on the season and 91% for single pins as a whole (90/98)
What is your acceptable 10 pin (or 7 pin for lefties) conversion rate?
Just checked my stats and for my two leagues 45% in one and 57% in other. I think those are pretty brutal but about what I expect as I'm hot/cold with those conversions.
Pros (even at regional levels) probably expect 95% and hit 90% of them (if not more).
Honestly, I'd probably be pretty giddy if I got to 70%
In my main league I'm shooting 10 pins at 87% (35/40) on the season and 91% for single pins as a whole (90/98)
Anything less than a 100% conversion rate is unacceptable LOL
Some other threads about this subject that might be of interest:
Pro bowlers: Avg single pin spare conversion percentage
http://www.bowlingboards.com/threads...ion-percentage
10 pin conversion percentages
http://www.bowlingboards.com/threads...on-percentages
Pinpal stats: What to strive for
http://www.bowlingboards.com/threads...-to-strive-for
Right handed Stroker, high track ,about 13 degree axis tilt. PAP is located 5 9/16” over 1 3/4” up.Speed ave. about 14 mph at the pins. Medium rev’s.High Game 300, High series 798
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Originally Posted by NewToBowling
I'm right at 70% and I would love to be at 90%. I'm hopeful I'm going to be a 90% shooter now because I finally came up with a system to shoot at it. I used to shoot my 10 pins more by feel than aiming for an actual target and I would be extremely streaky. This season I started not missing a 10 pin, I was like 19/19 then I just inexplicable lost it and missed like 9 out of 10 in one night and followed that up missing 3 out of 6 the next week. So for those 2 weeks all my practice sessions was working on 10 pins and experimenting with different targets, where to stand and trying different balls. What I found out for me is when I use plastic my margin or error was really small. If I miss right, I would dump it in the channel. If I miss left I would have too much hand and I would hook just enough to miss the 10.
What I finally found was to stand my left foot on the last dot, shoot for 3rd arrow with my Storm Pitch Black urethane ball with a flat release and that gave me the most room for error. Being urethane and having an actual core, it gave me hold if I missed a little right and shooting a flat release would still let it slide enough if I missed left. Since I've gone to this, I've felt a lot more confident shooting the 10 and I made 10/12 so far.
So my advice is practice 10 pins but actually experiment on different ways to shoot it and find something that you can easily repeat.
If you are a decent bowler and have a ball for 10 pins you should be able to convert most. I use my strike ball for them and miss most on the left by an inch when the ball makes it's last move about a foot away from them....Grrr!!! I am much better at making them on the left side lane because I stand all the way to the left...
I'd like to see the stats on people that use a spare ball opposed to people that use their strike ball...
“There’s nothing like throwing a 16lb 8.5 inch sphere at 10 3.5lb wooden objects spaced 12 inches apart and having them all hit each other” proud member of Bowlingboards.com bowling forums and ball contest winner
My acceptable is 90% conversion on 10 pin. I am currently at 91% for the season so far. Went a stretch of about 6 weeks where I did not miss one.
Having not had much practice since the summer, I am happy with it so far.
My process for shooting at the 10 pin, or basically any back row pin is to not focus on hitting a spot on the lane at arrows, but to focus on the pin as the target. My percentage has gone up quite substantially since I started doing so. I struggled last year at about this same time, where I was only in the low 80's for conversions. I want to say it was Rob M that mentioned this targeting technique and I tried it and have stuck to it.
High Sanctioned Scratch Game - 300(12) Hi Sanctioned Scratch Series - 822(3)
2016/17 Book Average=221, 2017/18 Composite Average=223
Equipment in the bag - Storm Crux Prime, Storm Physix, Roto Grip Idol, Roto Grip Idol Pearl, Roto Grip Hyper Cell Fused, Storm Sure Lock, Storm Drive, Roto Grip Winner Solid, Roto Grip Haywire, Storm Fever Pitch, Roto Grip Red ball spare.
Rev Rate 400. Speed 18 at heads, 16.5-17 at pins. Axis tilt 10, Axis Rotation 55. PAP 5 5/8 x 5/8 up
is that with a plastic spare ball?My acceptable is 90% conversion on 10 pin. I am currently at 91% for the season so far. Went a stretch of about 6 weeks where I did not miss one.
Having not had much practice since the summer, I am happy with it so far.
My process for shooting at the 10 pin, or basically any back row pin is to not focus on hitting a spot on the lane at arrows, but to focus on the pin as the target. My percentage has gone up quite substantially since I started doing so. I struggled last year at about this same time, where I was only in the low 80's for conversions. I want to say it was Rob M that mentioned this targeting technique and I tried it and have stuck to it.
“There’s nothing like throwing a 16lb 8.5 inch sphere at 10 3.5lb wooden objects spaced 12 inches apart and having them all hit each other” proud member of Bowlingboards.com bowling forums and ball contest winner
Yes, plastic.
High Sanctioned Scratch Game - 300(12) Hi Sanctioned Scratch Series - 822(3)
2016/17 Book Average=221, 2017/18 Composite Average=223
Equipment in the bag - Storm Crux Prime, Storm Physix, Roto Grip Idol, Roto Grip Idol Pearl, Roto Grip Hyper Cell Fused, Storm Sure Lock, Storm Drive, Roto Grip Winner Solid, Roto Grip Haywire, Storm Fever Pitch, Roto Grip Red ball spare.
Rev Rate 400. Speed 18 at heads, 16.5-17 at pins. Axis tilt 10, Axis Rotation 55. PAP 5 5/8 x 5/8 up
I'm aiming for 75% this year. Working up to 90% in the next couple of years.
90% is my goal, but I am at 81% and 84% in my two leagues. I"ve been going down a bit recently, seems I miss one a lot of nights and make the rest. I haven't been feeling particularly comfortable and have changed spots around a bit week to week to see what works better (and yes this is with plastic)
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