What is your acceptable 10 pin (or 7 pin for lefties) conversion rate?

[fokai73]

For league bowlers, 70% to 90% is acceptable I think. It's a big gap, but that's my opinion. lol

For me, I have to stick with polyester balls in order to convert well. Here's my stats......

First half of this season - 22 of 25 on 10 pins, OR 88% 2016 (30 games) I'm leaving a lot *of other single pins* this year....fixed
spare ball Edit: I 36 splits, baby to bed post. I have more splits per game than I do 10 pins.

First half of Last year - 18 of 22 on, or 82% 2015 (39 games)
Second half of last year - 27 of 31, or 87%
85% Total using strike ball with back up release. I started hooking at left side spares for the first time.
Note: I left a record high for me - 31 4 pins leaves!!! missed once. 24 7 pin leaves, 10 9 pins.

Two years ago - 25 of 29, or 93% (13 weeks)
Last half two seasons ago -18 of 21, or 86% - I missed 4 weeks total.
<90% with Black Ice spare ball.

[mc_runner]

You say you're leaving a lot but that's less than 1 per game... I'd take that many any day, haha. For reference in one league I'm at 36 games and 67 10 pins, and the other I'm at 45 games and 90 10 pins!

[fordman1]

Just like JasonNJ I use a pitch black. I stand a few boards left of where he does and use the 3rd arrow. If I am on the third arrow I hit it right in the middle. I have trouble at my age and at 6'2" 275 lbs. balance is harder to do this. I make about 75%. 88% for the 9 pin, 95% for the 8 pin and 97% for the seven pin. The only one I switch balls for is the 10. All right side spared give me trouble the 6-10, 3-6-10 are brutal and get chopped a lot. Left side spares I don't even set my feet just walk up and throw the ball. Guess which side I leave the most?

[fokai73]

You say you're leaving a lot but that's less than 1 per game... I'd take that many any day, haha. For reference in one league I'm at 36 games and 67 10 pins, and the other I'm at 45 games and 90 10 pins!

Fixed it. (getting used to this tri focals lol - actually I need to get in the habit of proof reading my posts.)

This year I'm leaving a lot of other single pins...

This year I dropped 15 pins... I'm leaving junk these days.

[dmet225]

My conversion rates are horrible. In one league of 42 games, I'm 34/49 (69%). In another league, I'm worse with 28/49 (57%) for 39 games. The positive is that I seem to average only just over 1 per game.

[zacks]

I'd like to see the stats on people that use a spare ball opposed to people that use their strike ball...

Started the season 8/18 (44%) on 10 pins using my strike balls.

Got a plastic ball and have been 59/73 (81%) since.

Some people it doesn't matter, some (like me) it does.

As to the original question: If you told me before the season I'd convert the 10-pin 80% of the time I would have been ecstatic. Now it's not good enough, so I'd say an acceptable conversion rate would be better than ones current coversion rate (unless you're perfect).

[RobLV1]

Nothing under 90% is acceptable in my opinion. There are only three reasons that bowlers miss ten pins: 1. They are too busy thinking about why they left it and what they are going to do differently in the next frame, 2. Fast feet and trying to generate too much ball speed; power is not an issue, accuracy is and you don't need speed for accuracy, and 3. Fear. If you are afraid of ten pins, get over it!

[LOUVIT]

I posted a thread last week that I left about 17, 10 pins 2, 7 pins and a solid 8 in my league last week and averaged like 140? I was never in the 1-3 so much and blah!

[foreverincamo]

I've never kept track. I'm probably at 90%. My goal in league play is only one open a game, hopefully on a split and not a missed spare. After an open I concentrate on throwing a double.
Tournament play I only want one missed 10 per block max. Just can't leave pins out there

[Blacksox1]

Plastic ball, 111 games, 104/130 80% ten pins. All combined single pins, 240/276 87%.