Boatmans 2023-2024 scores

[boatman37]

Disgusted. Thats it. We had 5 lefties on our pair tonight. Both lanes kept breaking. We had 6 bowlers so I sat out 1st game so that threw me off. Had trouble with a consistent release. Threw about 5 brooklyns and a few others that crossed over. Left 2 Greek churches. Just very inconsistent all around. Game 2 threw the Eternity Pi. Lane were pretty dry. Game 2 switched to the Xponent but it was hooking as much as the Pi was so after about 6 frames with no strikes I went back to the Pi and moved in a little more but I couldn't pick up a spare to save my life.
On the positive sidewe won games 2 and 3 so went 5-2 on points again. My son worked alot on his whole approach and release Sunday and had a 149 average. Tonight he rolled 138, 192, 179. He missed most of his spares but was striking in the pocket all night. He just needs to work on his spare game.
BTW-there were tons of splits by both teams. Guessing about 12-15 splits total.

Game 2: 192 (5 strikes, 4 spares, 2 opens-2 splits)

Game 3: 162 (4 strikes, 3 spares, 4 opens-2 splits)

Series: 354

Average: 177.00

Running average: 193.72

Last seasons average: 197.66

First ball average: 8.77

Strikes: 40% (9/22)

Spares: 53% (7/13)

Single pin spares: 80% (4/5)

Splits: 0% (0/4)

[Aslan]

Game 2 actually looked decent. You just got some bad luck with some split issues.

[boatman37]

Another tough night but I'm noticing a pattern. The 2nd half of game 2 has been a real struggle for the past month or so. Don't think it's transition but more me. I used the same ball all night a few nights and game 3 is fine. I'm missing single pin spares at he end of game 2 that I don't miss in the other 2 games.
The bright point of my night was I am anchor. Game 3 we needed to win by 15 to get total pins. Other anchor went up and struck for a double. I spares in the 9th. Struck in the 10th. He goes up and strikes in the 11th. I strike in the 11th. He strikes in the fill. I strike in the fill so we won by 18 so won total pins by 3..lol.
The the Eternity Pi all 3 games except the first few frames of game 3 I tried the Xponent but it wasn't any better. Just erratic shots all night.

Game 1: 188 (5 strikes, 2 spares, 3 opens-1 split)

Game 2: 168 (5 strikes, 3 spares, 3 opens)

Game 3: 203 (7 strikes, 3 spares, 2 opens-1 split)

Series: 559

Average: 186.33

Running average: 193.17

Last seasons average: 197.66

First ball average: 9.15

Strikes: 51% (17/33)

Spares: 50% (8/16)

Single pin spares: 63% (7/11)

Splits: 0% (0/2)

[Aslan]

Looks like just a bad spare shooting night.

Been there...

[boatman37]

Don't even wanna bowl tomorrow. Gonna have to cause one of our guys is away but struggling so bad it isn't fun anymore. The last 6 weeks my average is 184, down from 206 this summer.
Will post tomorrow either way on how it went but not expecting much

[boatman37]

Well here is a change. Started off 1st game thinking 'here we go again'. I had been standing around 33 and targeting 16 for my 7 pins but the coach wanted me to stand closer to 37 and target 20. I was shooting about 33% on 7 pins from there. I had been about 75% in my original spot so I split the difference tonight and did much better (3/5). I had sanded my Pi on the spinner with a brand new CTD 2000 and it looked shinier and it did smooth it out a little but struggled with it. Also took my 150 game old Zen Soul and tried it in warmups and no carry. Tried the Xponent too. It was about 1 board weaker than the Pi. Threw 172 game 1 and got really frustrated. Switched to the Xponent games 2 and 3 and it definitely changed my game. Not saying it was the ball but I got better results. I did throw about 3 Brooklyns in a row though so did have some luck. Games 2 and 3 were clean. Again, we won 2/3 so went 5-2 again. Something else I did different was the coach was really pushing me to stay behind the ball, like so much behind that my axis rotation was like close to 0. He wanted me rolling it end of end. Not sure if he wanted that as a base to later have me come around slightly or what but tonight I went back to my old release coming around the ball much more but I don't think as much as I used to.

Game 1: 172 (4 strikes, 4 spares, 3 opens)

Game 2: 224c (6 strikes, 4 spares)

Game 3: 239c (7 strikes, 4 spares)

Series: 635

Average: 211.67

Running average: 194.46

Last seasons average: 197.66

First ball average: 9.39

Strikes: 51% (17/33)

Spares: 80% (12/15)

Single pin spares: 83% (10/12)

Splits: 0% (0/0)

[boomer]

that looks better!

[Aslan]

Geesh!

Must be something in the water! I've had a few good nights, Boomer nearly hit 800, and Boatman continues his domination!

[boatman37]

Must be out of my slump. Good night again tonight. Struggled a little game 2. Used the Pi the first 2 games then switched to the Xponent but had to move further outside with it. Game 2 just fell off a little and struggled to hit my mark.
We won all 3 games and I missed 700 by 19...ugh

Game 1: 256c (8 strikes, 3 spares, 0 opens)

Game 2: 200 (5 strikes, 3 spares, 2 opens-1 split)

Game 3: 225 (7 strikes, 4 spares, 1 open)

Series: 681

Average: 227.00

Running average: 196.58

Last seasons average: 197.66

First ball average: 9.21

Strikes: 58% (20/34)

Spares: 76% (10/13)

Single pin spares: 80% (4/5)

Splits: 100% (1/1)

[Timmyb]

Nicely done!