In my 18 years of bowling I haven't done much of anything as far as high games or honor scores, a couple 299s, an unsactioned 300 in practice a few years back, an 800 two years ago...that's it. BUT, when I bowl my focus isn't to go big or go home, I don't want to be a one and done bowler. My goal is to be consistent, hit the pocket, take what the lanes give me at that point in time and cover my spares. To that avail I am consistently shooting in the high 600s on a regular basis, and on the odd days when I happen to find the right ball at the right time I run a string or two and shoot a middle 7, but sticking to my main goals, my league sets are clean, no opens. In tournaments I shoot for 95% single pin conversions (6 games or more), 80% multi-pin conversion, and 50% split conversion (keeping in mind that I normally go for count on bigger splits).
I have been beaten by house hacks that shoot 300, 150, 150...but not as often as i beat them shooting 228, 230, 220. It all evens out in the end, and the more games you bowl, the more the cream of the crop rises to the top of the field....no matter what technology is being used.
"...do or do not, there is no try."
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