I'm not talking about what we shot starting out, most of us are seasoned bowlers now with many games under our belts. What was your worst league game ever, how far under your average was it and what caused it?

For me I had a low 200 average and shot a 117. It was dry as could be and I did nothing but split with failed conversions.

Just this year I had a 122 game (196 avg.) that was part of a 433 series and a night filled with splits and 10 pins. One lane was over oiled and the other hooked off the lanes. Four 190+ bowlers combined had 1 low 200 game for the night. Very humbling.

Well lets see. My lowest score this season (at the time my ave was 178) was a 104. The lanes were a lot more oily than usual and I just couldn't deal with the heavy oil. The men's league that bowled after us... the high series on their league was a 602!! Pretty sad LOL All you can do is get frustrated at the time and laugh about it later
Dawn

I'm a 175-180 bowler and shot a 127 earlier the first week of the season. Lanes were really dry and I couldn't do anything.

Well, I don't know about my worst game ever as I have had my share of bad games and really, really bad games

So my most recent would be about 9 weeks ago during my Friday night league after having a 512 going into the 3rd game, I shot a 135

1st game = 222
2nd game = 290
3rd game = 135
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647 series

So the good thing about that nonsence was I decided to get back to the lanes after work and practice, practice, practice, since I only bowled on league night

I found that my 3rd game was usually my worst game so I have been practicing after work 3/4 times aweek to build up my stamina and also to help me out with the normal boo-boos that I seem to do

Plus don't forget even the pros throw in stinkers once in a while.

Regards,
James

I've collapsed on the 3rd game the last 2 weeks. 2 weeks ago, I had 412 after 2 games and ended up with 566. Then last week, I had 438 after 2 games and finished with 599. I need to work on reading the lanes better and try to build my stamina a bit for the last game as well. True, everyone throws bad games every now and then, even the pros.

2 weeks ago i bowled a 108 (164 avg).

Last night I shot a 122 in the second game out of four. The other games were 246, 233, and 222. Go figure. It was as if my primary ball just didn't fit my hand any more after that first game. I couldn't seem to manage even a half-way decent release. I switched to another ball with a different drilling and was fine from there on out.

I shot 102 ( -56 ) a couple weeks ago. I could barely make a spare, and I got disgusted. And my wife who is on my team got mad a me, and that didn't really help. Thats it - it was all her fault! ha ha

Good frigg'n grief! I can't stand it anymore!!!!!!!

The last couple of weeks I have been practicing with my new "The One" ball and I have been bowling great.

So I have used it twice in league and shot well, so fast forward to this week and all of my practice has been superb,

Tuesday I had back to back '11 strike games' and Thursday during practice I shot my first 300, I know, I know its only practice but I love it anyway

So now Friday night leagu starts and I can't hit a descent shot to save my life...I went there really expecting a 700 series

Of course my body was sooooo sore from all of my practice this week that when it came league time
my mind and my old body couldn't agree to come together LOL

they really fought each other all night at least thats the best way I could explain it!

regards,
James

those high expectations can hurt too james... i've gone in thinking the same thing after some great practices and end up shooting sub 600 for sure. i get the high series when i'm not expecting it. gotta focus on each shot and forget about everything.