Wednesday League Night: low-medium oil synthetics
585 Series: 203-164-218 (clean)
Game 1 was only a missed single 2-pin away from being clean. Game 2 I lost pocket a bit and struggled with single-pin spares; missing 3 of them, including a 7-pin in the 10th leaving that frame open. Game 3 I couldn't string a long line of strikes together, but was able to stay clean and finish with a respectable score.
PinPal Stats:
First Ball Average: 9.09 pins
Strikes: 46% (2 turkeys, 1 double, and 7 singles)
Spares: 68% picked up
Single Pin spares: 50% (5/10)
Most common single-pin leave: 7-pin (3x).
Never left a single 1-pin nor 5-pin.
Multiple Pin spares: 100% (6/6)
Most common multi-pin leaves: n/a (all 6 different).
Splits: 100% (2/2)
Average over 3 games: 195.00.
Average had I picked up 100% of single pin spare leaves: 210.67.
Obviously this was a great series for me; the 3rd highest I've ever thrown in sanctioned play. 6 pins less than what I bowled at sweeps in March and 8 pins lower than my best sanctioned series that I rolled last December in the Citrus Belt BVL tournament.
The biggest disappointment of the night was single-pin spare shooting. Obviously at practice on Thursday I need to work on single-pin spares afer about 5 straight league nights where I'm under 80%. And last night it wasn't so much corner pins…I missed not only a 4-pin, 6-pin, and 7-pin; but also a 2-pin and an 8-pin.
And even on these good nights…where my multi-pin spare shooting was exceptional…single-pin spare shooting hurt me. I could have won hundreds of dollars last night in side pot money in the first game and third game. I think in both cases I missed it by maybe 10 pins or less.
The new release is "working"…but I need to work on my focus. If I really focus on my mark and makig sure my hand position is right…getting low and staying relaxed…I can almost always find the pocket and score well. But I have a tendency to lose that focus and then I find myself not bending my knee and releasing the ball flat…then trying to 'compensate' with bad habits.
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