No J Anderson, the best way to recover from a missed spare is to at least double. Do your way out of the hole you created.
I too do not track my stats. It just seems too much like work. I know that my biggest liability right now is failure to observe the ball all the way through the pins. Because of this I don't always read the lanes correctly to begin with and am slow to make the right adjustments. I think that I'm a fairly good spare shooter right handed,( delusional thinking, one of the many benefits of not trackingOriginally Posted by foreverincamo
). When I have an off night it's often a result one bad shot affecting my thinking. I will allow a negative thought like "Don't pull this shot like you did the last one," cause me to over correct.
"After an open I concentrate on throwing a double"
Does this mean you're not really trying for a strike on the first ball in other frames?
John
No J Anderson, the best way to recover from a missed spare is to at least double. Do your way out of the hole you created.
I agree that it takes at least a double to recover from an open frame. One could even argue that given the number of bowlers who average north of 220 on a THS, you really need a four bagger to make it up.
My point was that the goal on every first ball is to strike. Admittedly, back in the 1970s among amateurs, this was mostly a case of try to get the ball in the pocket and hope for good pin carry. Unless your missed spare was a result your brain suddenly going "oh look, a squirrel!" in the middle of your approach, does concentrating harder really help?
John
Absolutely, because had you been concentrating in the first place, you wouldn't have missed the 10 pin in the first place!
I have no idea why I said " in the first place " twice. I must really be tired.
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