Had a great time bowling today

[got_a_300]

About 15 years ago I wouldn't have given it a second thought about bowling 30+
games all at one practice session or during a tournament. I'm extremely happy
now days to just make it through 3 league games or 3 practice games at a time
and I'm seriously thankful that my knees haven't collapsed on me and or my back
hasn't gone completely out on me.

[billf]

A couple of weeks ago my knee locked up. It has been years since it last locked rather than give it. It was my right knee and did it the step just before my slide. The ball went straight to the right gutter. With the momentum I was just glad I didn't go head over heels onto the lane.

[TheSheibs]

I hit a month where I was bowling 12 games per practice session twice a week. BUT then I hit a day where my knee and wrist started to really hurt. I still had league on Monday. So I cut back to only 6 to 9 games during practice. I still do three before the league starts on Mondays. It really sucks having a bad knee but to have my wrist start to hurt...That really made me slow down.

Sam, way to go on hitting between 130-150 all games, except the first game. What happened with that one?

[martinezsam2495]

I changed from trying to play from the 5th arrow, and having a big hook, to going from the middle, and leaving into the pocket, was more consistant in strikes, I got 6 strikes in one game, 4 in a row, but the other 2 were somewhere scattered,
But that pesky 7 pin, still haven't found a consistant way to knock it down, I know it down like 1/10 trys....
:/

[J Anderson]

I changed from trying to play from the 5th arrow, and having a big hook, to going from the middle, and leaving into the pocket, was more consistant in strikes, I got 6 strikes in one game, 4 in a row, but the other 2 were somewhere scattered,
But that pesky 7 pin, still haven't found a consistant way to knock it down, I know it down like 1/10 trys....
:/

Try taking one game each practice session to work on 7 pins. keep track of where you start, where you aim, where the ball actually went in reference to your aiming point, and where it hit the rack. From those balls that rolled over your target you get the information needed to make adjustments. For example, on target- ball goes in gutter just before the pin - move feet a board left or target a board right and try again. A little dedicated practice every time a the lanes should really help.

[TheSheibs]

To pick up then7 pin(for lefties) you need to stand all the way to the right, aim either the center arrow or one to the right of it. Flatten out your wrist or whatever you need to do to take some hook away from the throw and go across the lane. I have a ball that is difficult to curve based on the way it is set up and it works well for the 7 and 10pins(individually). Throwing at the arrows I mentioned gives the ball time to hook back a little for the 7 pin. I'll try to post a video of it this week. Would have over the weekend but was dealing with a computer problem.