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    So for the heck of it I looked at last summers stats. The newest I have from then was 7/24/18 and I was ranked 79 of 93 so 84.94% of league bowlers were ahead of me. My average was 174 at that time (I finished that league at 177 so I got better near the end). Currently my average is 186 and I am 57 of 84, or 67.85% of the league is ahead of me. So I moved up past about 20% of the league this year...lol. yeah, i'm bored
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    Well another good night that I left unsatisfied. My spare shooting was horrible but I did beat my best ever so that was good. And we went 7-3. We were in 14th and the top 12 make playoffs. After tonight we are in 11th. We bowled the 4th and 3rd place teams tonight. The first team we bowled their averages were 223 and 221. Ours were 195 and 186 (me). First game I had 194 and teammate had 257. Other team had 258 and 185. 2nd game I had 222 and teammate had 215. Other team had 206 and 256. Next set we bowled the 3rd place team and both guys had 229 averages. I bowled 190 and teammate bowled 225. Other team bowled 278 and 259. Hard to beat that. Last game I bowled 267 and teammate bowled 181. Other team bowled 216 and 237. Good games there.

    So I struggled with spares tonight. Kept coming in light. Moved feet and target. Ended up further outside than I normally play but needed the dry to get the ball to come back but struggled with carry. Late in game 3 I switched to the Black Widow Gold (used the Conspiracy till then). Ended up with 13 strikes in the last 15 frames with it. The BWG helped but what made the difference was in the 2nd frame of game 3 I tucked my pinky. That slowed my speed and got the rotation I needed to get the carry. But late in the game I had a couple strikes I didn't deserve. Started hitting high and ended up with an ugly Brooklyn then the next was through the headpin leaving the 4-6-7-10 but they were all wobbling and all fell just as the sweep came down. Ugliest strike I think I have ever seen.

    Another thing I did different tonight was moved up about 8-10" on the approach. My timing felt much better. Didn't really affect my speed but just felt better overall. Next week I will be sitting out. My average is up to 189.68 now. I was at 193 when I quit in the early 2000's. That was the highest I was ever at. Finished the fall league at 179 so quite a jump from that. The last 4 weeks I'm averaging 203.625 (863, 802, 720, and 873 in last 16 games). 9 of my last 16 games have been over 200. The first 24 games I only had 4 games over 200. Just hope to keep this up and to get better with my spare conversions.

    Last edited by boatman37; 08-07-2019 at 02:52 PM.
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    Rev Rate about 270 @ about 15.5 MPH at the pins* High Game: 290 - High Series: 733. PAP: 5 1/8"x1" up; tilt 20*, rotation 75*. YTD highs - 290-733
    Oh, and LEFTY!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by boatman37 View Post
    My average is up to 189.68 now. I was at 193 when I quit in the early 2000's. That was the highest I was ever at. Finished the fall league at 179 so quite a jump from that. The last 4 weeks I'm averaging 203.625 (863, 802, 720, and 873 in last 16 games). 9 of my last 16 games have been over 200. The first 24 games I only had 4 games over 200. Just hope to keep this up and to get better with my spare conversions.
    I'm in the same boat. Ended last fall averaging 177...my highest average before that was 195. This summer, I'm at 200. I keep having this pessimistic feeling that I'm in some type of "dream world" where...in a couple weeks...I'll wake up and be back to usual.
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    Mine was opposite. I would have a good week and think I got this figured out then the next 2 or 3 weeks I struggled. Have had 4 good weeks in a row now (last week was so-so) so I'm hoping I got this now.

    Next week is our last regular week of summer league. The following week is position round then playoffs. The top 12 teams make the playoffs (there are 39 in our league). Currently we are in 11th. It's a 2 person/team league but we have 3 and rotate. 2 of us have 40 games and 1 has 32 so that person will likely bowl the rest of the weeks and I will bowl either 2 or 3 more times. I think our fall league starts the same night as playoffs so 2 of us will have to pre-bowl and the night of playoffs all 3 of us will be bowling no matter what, just a matter of which league it will be in...lol.

    Payouts for 1st place is $2000 but 12th is only $60. The good thing for us is 2 of us had been struggling but the last 4 weeks I have been 20 over my average, my one teammate struggled then last time he bowled he did really good. His current average is about 15 below his normal average. The 3rd teammate had been struggling but this past Tuesday he averaged about 219 so hopefully he got it back and the 3 of us should be in good shape to finish the year.
    Arsenal "15# Global Eternity Pi-45x4.5x40" "15# 900 Global Xponent-60x4.5x40" "15# 900 Global Zen Soul-60x4.5x40" "15# Roto Grip Idol Helios-90 x 2.25 x 45" "15# 900 Global Altered Reality-50x3.625x30" "15# Brunswick Uppercut-80x3.625x35" "15# Brunswick Igniter-70x5.5x35" "15# Raw Hammer Pearl 45x5.75x40" "15# Brunswick T-Zone"
    Rev Rate about 270 @ about 15.5 MPH at the pins* High Game: 290 - High Series: 733. PAP: 5 1/8"x1" up; tilt 20*, rotation 75*. YTD highs - 290-733
    Oh, and LEFTY!!!

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