I used to be the anchor but I bowl 2nd or 3rd now. Age and injuries caught up with me. They think it is funny that I would like the lanes re-oiled every game. When they break down I don't have the speed anymore.
That's the biggest complaint I hear from older bowlers...they can't keep the ball right of the pocket.Originally Posted by fordman1
When I met Parker Bohn III, I asked him what the biggest difference between the national tour and PBA50 tour was, thinking he would cite less ability to get low, knee bend, etc... Without hesitation, he said, "speed."
The math isn't that hard. You can score as much as 30 points a frame. If you are working on a spare add 10. If on a strike add 20. So if my 4 man team is behind by 42 going into the tenth, everyone on my team is working off a spare and they are working off two opens, a strike and a spare: We can score 30 * 4 + 10 *4 = 160 and they can score 30*4 + 10 + 20 = 150. They are ahead by 42 so 150 - 41 is 111. that is what they need to score to shut out our team. Realistically, I figure my team is down 42 but has a 10 point advantage in the 10th due to the marks. So we need to get 33 more than them over the course of four bowler. That means three extra marks over them. At the eighth frame, you can calculate it out but unless you are pretty certain everyone is going off the sheet, it doesn't make much sense. It is easier to figure the spare is worth an extra ten pins over just taking the count. Unless the current pins are that close, go for the count. There are enough frames to have a chance to make it up. For most league bowlers, it is reasonable to figure 20 pins per frame still to be bowled to figure what the scoring pace will be. That works better than the max total until you get to the 9th or 10th frame.
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