I've been in quite the slump lately... and I can't find my way out of it. My book average is 210, and right now my average is at approx. 190 after about 6 weeks into league. Granted, I do know that the bad weeks do come, but I feel like every week I go to bowl that I struggle to carry. I've tried moving my feet, hand positions, and ball changes - some do show positive effects sometimes while others just don't help at all and leave me baffled. Example: Today in league I left 8 nine counts in the first of three games (7 and 10 pins only), and probably had about 8-10 strikes during the series. I can remember this kind of slump starting to bother me around the middle of summer, so this is a all of the sudden type of thing. I firmly believe that it's mostly mental because I can't really find any alarming changes in my game after looking at myself bowling via video camera. Therefore, I have come to these forums for possibly some guidance to the situation. There are some times where I just feel that maybe a good amount of time away from bowling would be ideal for me, yet not exactly ideal to my league teammates.