Ten-pin Bowling - Page 15

Missed out on yet another fairly easy 800 series last night...

Came late, no practice and rolled a 300 for my first game. 247 the next, spare spare strike, spare strike til the second ball in the 10th and spare. 253 for an 800....

3rd game got the first 5 in a row then the 6th frame I left the 3 4 6 10!! UGH! Worst leave *bleep*ing ever. Needed to strike til the end and get a good fil for a 250+ I ended with a 237 for a 784 series. Fail.

7-10!! Awesome! I doubt I'll ever make it, but I know one of my friends will one day. He throws the ball 26+ mph straight at one of the pins and usually it comes back out of the backstop and back onto the lanes or close to it. He definitely would've made it once had the 7 pin been standing....

I don't think I'll ever make one but I have been trying to throw it hard since that's pretty much the best way to do it, if you can call it that.

I'm stoked for Monday, we won't finish 1st or even in the Top 5 but there is just a few games between us in 9th place and 6th place and it's a nice jump in money. Plus I have a 220 average right now so I just need a 660 series or so and I can have my goal of getting a 220 average that I set for myself. I won't catch the league high average, he's at like 224 but second is good for me since I have two 300's and he has a sole 299 this year.

Ok, bowling is officially done with for the winter league, had our banquet tonight and got our trophies, prize money and whatnot.

I guess I'll throw up a rundown of my stats for the year, so here we go...This new sheet gives out more detailed stats than previous ones so I'll just start typing whatever I see! Where I put, for example, 150s that means that I bowled from a 150-174. Same goes for the series'.

Games Played: 93

They break down as:

150s: 8
175s: 18
200s: 27
225s: 24
250s: 10
275s: 4
300s: 2

Series break down as:

500s: 1
550s: 5
600s: 6
650s: 12
700s: 5
750s: 2

Total Pinfall: 20469

Average for games:

Game 1: 226.06
Game 2: 229.48
Game 3: 204.74 (Game 3 woes ftl)

High Game Scratch: 300 (x2 week 19, week 31)
High Game Handicap: 312 on week 31
High Series Scratch: 794 on week 19
High Series Handicap: 827 on week 19
Average: 220.10
High Average: 222.04 on week 19
Low Average: 203.33 on week 4
Low Game: 153 on week 4
Low Series: 536 on week 4

I got 5 awards during the season apparently too...Here's what it says on the paper:

Week 10:

288 --- 75 Pins Over Average --- USBC Awards
288 --- 285-297 Game Men --- TNBA Awards

Week 11:

706 --- 700 Series Award --- TNBA Awards

Week 19:

300 --- 300 Game --- USBC Awards
300 --- 300 Game --- TNBA Awards

Overall, not a bad season. There was a point of 7 weeks after my first 300 where I didn't break 600 four times and my average went from 222.04 to 216.97. I was determined to raise my average back to 220 to end the season and my lowest series from then on out was a 666 with a high of 784 when I threw my second 300.

The one thing I really need to figure out is why my 3rd game drops off every night. My high 3rd game was a 237 and out of 31 weeks I bowled, 13 games were under 200. Compare that to 13 TOTAL games under 200 in Games 1 and 2 combined and you'll see I have an issue keeping consistant the third game.

Hopefully I'll learn something new over the summer, I'm bowling in two leagues. A 3 Man 4 Game league on Tuesdays and a No-Tap Doubles league on Wednesday. I've never done a No-Tap league so I'm pretty interested on how well I'll since I hit the pocket pretty much every time.

Started my 3 Man 4 Game league last night against probably the best team there. We did ok though, we took two games and lost wood for a 4-5 night. I rolled a 257 out of the gate, started with a spare, then 7 in a row then spared the 9th and 10th out. Second game I was off my mark big time the first half but came back for a 201. Second game I was all over the place but somehow ended up with a 220. Last game, again all over the place, I've never had to adjust so much EVER in my bowling lifetime and I ended up with a lowly 161. Ended up with an 839 overall and a 209 average. Last game was a KILLER. If I shot my average or pretty much anywhere over 200 I would've been good to go.

Kinda pissed my No Tap league I started last night is a non-sanctioned league...

First game I was horrdendous the first six frames...3 out of 4 were splits and I salvaged my game with 6 strikes in a row for a 204.

Next game I buried all but the 10th strike for a lucky 10 pin drop for a legit 300 in a No Tap league. Hm.

Last game I opened with six strikes for a personal best 24 strikes in a row, opened the 7th and struck out for a legit 260. Hell, I only got one 9 pin strike and that was somewhere in the beginning of the first game. I got 24 real strikes in a row and 29 out of 30 to end the night...I'll probably never have another night like that again! And only having a 764 to show for it too! >_<

The highest I ever got was 191 in bowling
the lowest I ever got was 115. sometimes I have bad nights in bowling.

I did pretty alright in bowling tonight...Haven't posted in awhile because I've SUCKED. Don't know why either, just can't find my stroke.

Missed all of practice, opened with a 216. Ended with 8x in a row for a 255 next game, 4 to start the next for another 12 in a row, spare spare, X til the 10th and something for a 242. 7 strikes, some ill place splits and no Turkeys earned me a 189 the last game for a 902 series. Rougly 225 avg, my season average was down to a 206 that's how bad I was doing!