At the beginning of every season I hear the same things, mostly from the same bowlers......"Hey, I am averaging 220", "My average was 180 last year and now it is 213, so this is going to be a better season", and so on and so on....

I am not trying to drag those guys down, maybe they need the confidence so they still have something to aim for. But the 220 guy?-----finishes 187 every year. The 213 guy??? finishes 180-185 every year. I guess maybe I am being a crab today, but this early in the season and you average 212-213 a quick 530 set can take that 212-213 right off of you.

Instead of focusing on average why don't they focus on how well they are bowling? A high average this early in the year does not mean you were bowling good. You could have had a 279 where you hit your mark all of one time, but the pins fell. Scores in my opinion do not even tell 40% of the story. There is far too much that happens in a 3 game set, any trip fours? any messengers come across and take the 10 out late? Too many variables.


I am just rambling now, but simply put, if someone averaged 180 last year, and after 3-4 weeks of bowling this year they are averaging 213, does that make them a 213 bowler? I don't think so, because by season's end it usually evens out. THey just don't see it though----they miss it every year. The early season falsehoods....

EXCALIBER

You may be right for a number of people, but there are those of us who have worked hard over the summer to improve. The past two years I have made the commitment to improve and I am now reaping the benefit of my hard work. For a few years I averaged in the 160-170 range. Last year I closed the year with a 198 average in one house and a 184 in another. This year I am off to the best start of my life. Don't paint everyone with the same brush... some of us out there do work on self-improvement.

Sorry peeps, like I said, I am in a bit of a crabby mood today.