Oh alright, I think I get what you are saying, lol that makes sense after I added it up.

Yeah the lanes are only 39 boards across with the narrow 39 board called or nicknamed the filler board. Regardless, the 20 board is dead center right down the center most arrow.

Thanks for the help everyone. The last month or so I have really got a lot more comfortable. I don't think about a bunch of stuff while I'm getting ready to go. I slowed everything I do down a lot. Just doing that helped me with my prior problem of not following through or pulling my arm left when I would follow through. I'm a lefty by the way.

Slowing down or relaxing? A lot of people, myself included get those two confused when it comes to bowling. From my experience, that is watching myself on tape, when I "slow down," I have super controlled swing instead of a free or in my case, freer swing. When I relax I throw the ball much better and more natural.

I only bring this up because my first year the thing I told the most was to slow down, slow down, slow down. And now after a year of bowling I found out that everything I thought I had learned to be correct was wrong and I had to scrap my swing, approach, release, everything because it was all way too controlled as a result of me being told and me slowing down. What all those people meant to say was relax, not slow down.

So I'm just lookin' out so you don't encounter the same pitfalls that I did. Now I'm not saying charging the line is a good idea, but relaxing will help.

I started league tonight very excited after striking all my practice shots and either miss my spares or threw the ball into the gutter. Once I started relaxing and calming myself mentally, I started hitting my mark and got things going. Mentally relaxation is very important in bowling.