Well another good night that I left unsatisfied. My spare shooting was horrible but I did beat my best ever so that was good. And we went 7-3. We were in 14th and the top 12 make playoffs. After tonight we are in 11th. We bowled the 4th and 3rd place teams tonight. The first team we bowled their averages were 223 and 221. Ours were 195 and 186 (me). First game I had 194 and teammate had 257. Other team had 258 and 185. 2nd game I had 222 and teammate had 215. Other team had 206 and 256. Next set we bowled the 3rd place team and both guys had 229 averages. I bowled 190 and teammate bowled 225. Other team bowled 278 and 259. Hard to beat that. Last game I bowled 267 and teammate bowled 181. Other team bowled 216 and 237. Good games there.
So I struggled with spares tonight. Kept coming in light. Moved feet and target. Ended up further outside than I normally play but needed the dry to get the ball to come back but struggled with carry. Late in game 3 I switched to the Black Widow Gold (used the Conspiracy till then). Ended up with 13 strikes in the last 15 frames with it. The BWG helped but what made the difference was in the 2nd frame of game 3 I tucked my pinky. That slowed my speed and got the rotation I needed to get the carry. But late in the game I had a couple strikes I didn't deserve. Started hitting high and ended up with an ugly Brooklyn then the next was through the headpin leaving the 4-6-7-10 but they were all wobbling and all fell just as the sweep came down. Ugliest strike I think I have ever seen.
Another thing I did different tonight was moved up about 8-10" on the approach. My timing felt much better. Didn't really affect my speed but just felt better overall. Next week I will be sitting out. My average is up to 189.68 now. I was at 193 when I quit in the early 2000's. That was the highest I was ever at. Finished the fall league at 179 so quite a jump from that. The last 4 weeks I'm averaging 203.625 (863, 802, 720, and 873 in last 16 games). 9 of my last 16 games have been over 200. The first 24 games I only had 4 games over 200. Just hope to keep this up and to get better with my spare conversions.
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