Boatmans 2024-2025 season

[boatman37]

Just got back from the no tap. Same place as last weeks tournament. Completely different results. I talked to the guy today and he said today was more of their THS but last week was closer to a sport shot. He didn't say what it was but that it was much higher volume. So today we bowled 4 games all on the same pair. I drew 19-20. The end pair. This week I took the Ember from 4000-3000 and tried it a few shots in warmups. Not great. Grabbed the Eternity Pi knowing I only needed 9 counts. Struggled a little in game 1 then tried the Ember again near the end of game 1. Game 2 went back to the Pi and changed my release and stuck with that the rest of the day. Made a couple of very minor adjustments. This was a scratch no-tap tournament.
Game 1 only had a few natural strikes and ended with a 193. Left 3 splits. After game 1 I was out of the top 12. Game 2 had maybe 6 or 7 natural strikes and had a 300. After game 2 I was tied for 10th. Game 3 I had 264. Left a split in the 3rd frame and in the fill frame. After game 3 I was in 7th. Game 4 I had the front 11 then got wide and threw a 7 for a 297. Series was 1054 (263.50 average).
There was a guy on our pair that was ahead of me. Top 12 cashed and I figured I was around 5th or so. They announced 12th, then 11th, then 10th, and so on. They got to 5th and were at about 980. They called 3rd and I think it was around 1020. Yep....2nd place. And the other guy on my pair won. He had about 1105 or so so he beat me by about 50.
Overall I spent about $90 on entry and tickets but won $120 so walked out a little ahead.
I had a 9.70 first ball average and 86% strike rate (40/46) with 4 splits. I'm aware it was no-tap so not overly excited about those stats but at least I was on the right side of the game tonight...lol. Now let's see if any of that carries over to Tuesday. I'm happy that about 95% of my shots were in the pocket today.

[boatman37]

What a night. Started with the Pi and couldn't miss. Carry was great. Opened in the 10th for a 246. Game 2 no carry at all. Didn't change anything at first. Started making adjustments and no matter what kept leaving corner pins. Tried the Ember and again corner pins. Moved way inside with it and still left a 7. About mid-way through game 3 switched to the Altered Reality and threw about 5 in a row to win game 3 by 2 pins. We won 2 and lost one but lost total pins too.
We have 2 lefties on our team and there was a lefty on the other team throwing an assym solid that looked to have about a 500-1000 surface so I'm wondering if he killed my line?
Also, I have made about 17 7 pins in a row. Now if I could just make my 10 pins. Odd that I'd rather shoot at a 7 than a 10...lol

Game 1: 246 (8 strikes, 1 spare, 1 open)

Game 2: 159 (3 strikes, 5 spares, 3 opens-2 splits)

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

Series: 605

Average: 201.67

Running average: 195.84

Last seasons average: 202.61

First ball average: 9.33

Strikes: 48% (16/33)

Spares: 56% (9/16)

Single pin spares: 69% (9/13)

Splits: 0% (0/3)

7 pins: 100% (7/7)

7 pins season: 69.44% (50/72)