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#116851 - 02/05/1002:02 PMRe: What'd You bowl today?
[Re: sk8shorty01]
TheDemolitionMan
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Registered: 05/05/08
Posts: 1978
A/S/L: 21/Male/California, US
129-166-232=525. There's only one consistency there. I consistently got better. Well I figured out what I was doing wrong and was about to fix it. Plus it's nice to pull out my Scout and throw it again. Old reliable is always a good one for me.
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shepdave
League Bowler
Registered: 10/18/09
Posts: 84
A/S/L: 56/m/Vienna, VA
An excellent day of practice. First a couple of "games" (10-frame lines) practicing corner spares. Then 177-215-182. For me with my 149 league average, I felt good about this. Finished off with one more game's worth of spare practice.
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I had my best night at league tonight. I shot a 210, 187 and 244. I had my highest game, highest series (first 600+) and my first clean game during league. Oh my average is 156, so this was a big night for me.
I bowled last night (Friday) and was locked out of the computer by my daughter;) 190, 215, 162 =567. I was okay with that. The last game would have been higher if I'd switched balls right off. I didn't, and wound up with the first 3 shots where I didn't convert the spares. I'll practice tomorrow and Wed. and see if movement on the lane helps at all or if ball change is the only option.
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#116943 - 02/06/1011:41 AMRe: What'd You bowl today?
[Re: JackZ]
MikeHL
High Roller Hopeful
Registered: 09/11/09
Posts: 323
A/S/L: 32/M/da U.P. of Michigan, eh
Bowled 12 games of practice last night -- 2 w/no-step delivery to work on my release, 2 games of corner-pin practice, 3 using the outside line I've been trying to use most of the time, and 5 doing something I'd never tried before, an inside line. Sliding over 25, trying to send the ball over 15 at the arrows out to 9 or 10 and making it come back.
It actually worked better than I thought, but I still probably have too much ball speed for it to work as well as it should. I'll post about that elsewhere.
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15# Columbia 300 Freeze 15# Faball Blue Hammer '01 14# Columbia 300 White Dot Speed: 17.5-18 w/14#, 17-17.5 w/15 Revs: Not measured, but very low. Technique: Bleh. Awkward.
17-18 mph isn't that fast. Off my hand my ball speed is around 20 and at the pins I'm at around 17-18. You just need to fine tune your release to match up with your ball speed.
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#116955 - 02/06/1012:12 PMRe: What'd You bowl today?
[Re: Reconbbs]
MikeHL
High Roller Hopeful
Registered: 09/11/09
Posts: 323
A/S/L: 32/M/da U.P. of Michigan, eh
Yes, and I haven't figured out yet how to do that
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15# Columbia 300 Freeze 15# Faball Blue Hammer '01 14# Columbia 300 White Dot Speed: 17.5-18 w/14#, 17-17.5 w/15 Revs: Not measured, but very low. Technique: Bleh. Awkward.
In my first practice series since I started seeing a coach, I bowled a 538 (200, 171, 167). Much better than I was expecting. The lane stayed very consistent. Once I found my mark and the right speed, it stayed the rest of the series. I just started getting a little tired at the end.
That 2nd game, 5 shots that probably should not have carried went anyway. That's ok. The first game 2 that probably should have and one that was definitely in the neighborhood didn't go. I would like to say things are looking up, but I have had decent sessions before and it all went away the next time out..LoL
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