It seems that our team also has an epidemic of teams rolling way above their average when bowling against us. I believe, though, that it is a combination of things in our case. First, our team is consistently in the top 2 on our league which acts as a motivation for opponents to try harder when bowling against us. We have regularly seen opposing team members have season highs when bowling against us. Second, one of our own team members is obsessed with analyzing the standings and will get in their own head all night about how many wins are needed, what the other team is doing, etc. Couple that with some ringing corner pins or carrydown issues and it is a perfect storm for them to tank their own game.
One of the secrets to bowling success is to generally ignore what everyone else is doing and simply bowl against yourself. Only worry about you and your game. You cannot control how the other bowlers are bowling, so there is no point in getting wrapped up in how well [or how bad] they may be bowling. When blocking out all of the nonsense and silly drama going on around you, it lets you concentrate and focus better on your own game. You can still be supportive of your teammates, but don't get involved in discussions about timing, release, rotation, too many corner pins, too many splits, missing this, missing that, blah blah blah. It can really start to mess with your mind and throw off your game.
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