anyone bowl well when least expected?

[Tony]

Seems to happen on occasion, a couple of weeks ago had strained my back and wasn't sure I could bowl, even had a buddy come down to be available to sub if I had to back out in warm ups. Went out and got the first 8 and ended up with a 268....wasn't expecting that.

Some of the best advice I've ever heard was " quit thinking and just go up and throw the ball" over thinking what we're doing on the lanes is sometimes our biggest issue.

[foreverincamo]

Just this past league night I went in with a super sore foot. Not my slide foot but it screamed every time I hit it wrong when pushing into the slide. Threw over average every game and shot 649.

[SAbowler]

I sure didn't expect to bowl well last night... I left my bag at home and didn't realize it until I was about a block away from the bowling center. Luckily I had one ball still in the trunk, a Hammer Scandal, but no shoes. I had to borrow a pair from the house, and boy were they beat up! During practice, they were super tacky and I was unable to slide at all. This was throwing my timing off and I was grabbing the ball at release and lofting down lane a fair bit. luckily after a coupe of shots, I started getting used to planting and my swing got looser. The first part of game 1 was rough, but I wound up finishing with a hambone for a 185 game. Second game was a 213 and third was a 227. All for a 625 which, to date, is my highest series at this particular house. Go figure!

[chip82901]

A few years ago, a tournament in Wyo usually falls around my birthday, and the facility always takes care of us out of town bowlers when we come up. Just so happened, the last weekend of the tourney, also contained my 25th birthday. I got a little drunk that Saturday night, slept in a chair with me feet kicked up on a bed. Woke up incredibly sore, walked over to the bowling alley, laced up my shoes, and shot lights out lol. Needed the front 10 the last game to win the tourney, threw the front nine then ripped a 10 pin. Ended up taking 3rd and getting a nice $600 check in the mail.