Before bowling I worked on staying relaxed and following through.
First game 196 only missed twice one washout and the other a pocket 7/10 (no lift off the hand), lost to a 213.
Second game 200 no opens but only one double still happy as I'm making spares, won this game as my opponent shot a 189.
Third game 211 one open (3/10 baby split) but it was a satisfying game as I had a strike in the 9th and the first two in the 10th to shut out my opponent.
What made it a very fun night was that my team mates also were bowling very well, we took 19.5 points which is by far our best night so far. Looking forward to the Scorpion next week.
607 series to raise my average to 183, if I stay relaxed and follow through there is no doubt I'll avg around 200.
If I didn't mention it last week were short a bowler and lost all points, well again we were short a bowler but at least we won one game.
First game 204 - only had one open. They must have cleaned the back ends as everyone noticed that their shots were diving hard the last 15 feet. I serously thought about switching from my Gamebreaker but thought it over and decided this would be a nice opportunity the work on my ball speed by starting my pushaway higher creating a longer arm swing.
Second game 201 - again only one open...big challenge keeping the speed up and getting the ball down the lane. Lapse of concentration and away the ball went either high or left of the head pin, real glad I've been praticing my spare shooting the last couple of days.
Last game 213 - Again only one open but this time in the 10th...baby split that I missed.only getting the 10 pin. I repeat I'm glad I worked on my spare shooting but I can't let up on working on making spares.
Got my average up to 199, not bad for starting with 171...gota keep working on all parts of my game still have a long way to go.
Actually I sucked couldn't make a spare to save my life...140 was the result. I was unable to loosen up until half way through the 2nd game.
Game two, didn't start so good but I started relaxing and finished with a 189 and won the point.
Game three, felt good but still missed one spare and finished with a 230. Won this point and totals.
I've been practicing this week on shooting spares as well as trying to remain calm, seems to be working (hard to simulate league conditions when practicing) but I'll find out next week.
Friday night fun league 9,26/08 - The night went very well for me but bad for my team.
1st game - 276, opened with a turkey then reared up at the line leaving the 3,4,10 which I picked up then struck all the way thru to the 12th. I buried the last shot in the 1,3 but left a stone 9. The team we were only had one guy who'd ever bowled in a league so we were spotting a bunch also they all had the best games this year. We lost by 5 pins 904 to 899.
2nd game - 191, lack of concentration here couldn't string any strikes as well as missing a couple of easy spares. The other teams bowlers were all over their avg while I was the only one over avg(186 at the time) for our team so we got beat by 30+ pins.
3rd game - 227, made the move to deeper inside as the outside dried up, should have been 240+ as I opened in the 10th. I know the miss was due to concentration as we were winning the game until the 8th when the other team all started striking all the way out to finish their game and my team mates all had opens so no matter what I did we couldn't win so I didn't concentrate as it didn't matter teamwise. I wasn't even thinking about a possible 700+ series, stupid me as I wound up having a 694, raised my avg to 197, but I'd feel better if we'd have won a couple of points. We lost the last game by 50 pins and totals by 80 pins.
09/15/08 Cheetah pattern I'm thinking I have alot of work ahead of me. First game 177, the second 151, and the 3rd 174. I really need to work on my spare shooting! Also I didn't have a firm wrist and had very low revs so when I did hit the pocket my pin carry just plain sucked.
09/19/08 TGIF (THS), Well I worked on keeping my wrist firm as well as following thru the ball and it showed. First game 245, 2nd 190, and 3rd 203. Still I missed a couple of easy spares and should have scored better. Also we got our butts handed to us as the other team bowled out of their minds, I had to strike the first ball in the 10th for the 3rd game in order for us to win anything that night and I did so, much to the chagrin of the other team.
09/22/08 Back to the PBA Experiance - Viper pattern and it bit me. First game 175, 2nd 180, and 3rd 166. When I thru my first ball in warm ups my jaw hit the floor, it was like my ball hit a bumper in a pinball game, I've never seen my ball turn left so fast! Hard headed me stayed with the same ball halfway through the 2nd game, after the ball change I had a much more even turn. Also for some reason I was extremely tense (my shoulders are still sore the day after) causing me to yank the ball, rush my steps, and rear up at the foul line. Missed a bunch of easy spares and couldn't string any strikes. This pattern sure didn't affect alot of the guys this night as I saw a bunch of 260+ games as well as several guys getting 10,11 strikes in a row.
Well that's it for now...have to get back to work.
