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michael.willis9

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Ever had a “how the f—- did that just happen” situation in bowling?
« on: November 15, 2018, 11:59:30 PM »
So first game in leagues tonight, I had a decent game going. Nothing spectacular but on pace for average....  then in the 9th frame I Had a terrible first ball and ended up leaving the 4, 6, 7, 9, 10. Sucks I know. Cost me average and cost the team the game.

So I’m like, just fire it out there and hope you can knock a few pins around. It’ll at least take some frustration out. So I do. Stand left, fire right. Hits the 6-10 perfectly, 6 pins falls across the lane. Somehow ricochets off the 7 and takes out the 4.....  only problem was it came in front of the 9 pin..... 

Any one else have similar or other odd things happen to them?
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Re: Ever had a “how the f—- did that just happen” situation in bowling?
« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2018, 02:10:51 AM »
Quote from: michael.willis9 on November 15, 2018, 11:59:30 PM
So first game in leagues tonight, I had a decent game going. Nothing spectacular but on pace for average....  then in the 9th frame I Had a terrible first ball and ended up leaving the 4, 6, 7, 9, 10. Sucks I know. Cost me average and cost the team the game.

So I’m like, just fire it out there and hope you can knock a few pins around. It’ll at least take some frustration out. So I do. Stand left, fire right. Hits the 6-10 perfectly, 6 pins falls across the lane. Somehow ricochets off the 7 and takes out the 4.....  only problem was it came in front of the 9 pin..... 

Any one else have similar or other odd things happen to them?

Try taking the 6-9 only off the rack, on 5 in a row.

Yep! This guy!!!

Better yet, leave a washout. 1-2-4-6-10. Throw at it, thinking you're going to pick it up like a 3-10... and go through the 1-6 gap cleanly, missing the entire lot.

Yep, again! This guy!!  :-[ :o ???

BL.
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Mbosco

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Re: Ever had a “how the f—- did that just happen” situation in bowling?
« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2018, 05:02:34 AM »
Remember the summer series where Norm Duke was needling Brian Voss for missing the super washout?
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tank38

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Re: Ever had a “how the f—- did that just happen” situation in bowling?
« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2018, 07:11:19 AM »
Quote from: bradl on November 16, 2018, 02:10:51 AM
Quote from: michael.willis9 on November 15, 2018, 11:59:30 PM
So first game in leagues tonight, I had a decent game going. Nothing spectacular but on pace for average....  then in the 9th frame I Had a terrible first ball and ended up leaving the 4, 6, 7, 9, 10. Sucks I know. Cost me average and cost the team the game.

So I’m like, just fire it out there and hope you can knock a few pins around. It’ll at least take some frustration out. So I do. Stand left, fire right. Hits the 6-10 perfectly, 6 pins falls across the lane. Somehow ricochets off the 7 and takes out the 4.....  only problem was it came in front of the 9 pin..... 

Any one else have similar or other odd things happen to them?

Try taking the 6-9 only off the rack, on 5 in a row.

Yep! This guy!!!

Better yet, leave a washout. 1-2-4-6-10. Throw at it, thinking you're going to pick it up like a 3-10... and go through the 1-6 gap cleanly, missing the entire lot.

Yep, again! This guy!!  :-[ :o ???

BL.

We actually call that leave the dollar shot in our league. You leave it and everyone will yell dollar or more sometimes and the person who left it will try and hit the hole again without nocking any more pins down to win the money. We had a guy take home $100.00 once for doing it.
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Re: Ever had a “how the f—- did that just happen” situation in bowling?
« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2018, 07:32:13 AM »
I'm legit 50% on makeable spares this season and still averaging 19x. I literally have zero focus, mechanics, balance on any back row leave. If it's chopable, I will chop it. Plastic, Resin, Urethane, Straight & Flat, Rotation & backing off the revs..... doesn't matter I'm missing everything right now.

I deserve to average 160, but if I made half the spares I'm missing, I would average 220 easily. No clue how this is real.
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Re: Ever had a “how the f—- did that just happen” situation in bowling?
« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2018, 07:39:09 AM »
Every shot I threw with a Motiv ball was a how the f did that just happen situation.
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Re: Ever had a “how the f—- did that just happen” situation in bowling?
« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2018, 09:34:17 AM »
One of my years for tryouts in college, I went front 7, missed a move and left a 4-6, strike in the 9th, went 2-1 first shot in the 10th and 7-10. That was one of the few games were I hit my target at the arrows breakpoint while having my speed within .3 mph every shot.
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Re: Ever had a “how the f—- did that just happen” situation in bowling?
« Reply #7 on: November 16, 2018, 11:08:47 AM »
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I deserve to average 160, but if I made half the spares I'm missing, I would average 220 easily. No clue how this is real.

Simple, THS.  --  JohnP
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Re: Ever had a “how the f—- did that just happen” situation in bowling?
« Reply #8 on: November 16, 2018, 11:43:13 AM »
Quote from: JohnP on November 16, 2018, 11:08:47 AM


Simple, THS.  --  JohnP

Hot take LOL.

House shots make everyone a better spare shooter except me. There's no thumbers that haven't missed a tenpin in years in my association because they wind it up and slow hook a backup ball coast to coast at it.

I'm need to take a more hack approach to this league stuff. No more time for watching the plastic slide and miss it by 1/4" right, or chopping the front pin off of every combo spare going straight and flat at it. :D
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Re: Ever had a “how the f—- did that just happen” situation in bowling?
« Reply #9 on: November 16, 2018, 12:30:40 PM »
I think my favorite was at Nationals about 10 years ago.  Leave the big 4.  Just trying for the 6-10 for the count.  Miss a little right hitting only the 10 pin which bounces off the back and side boards missing the 7 pin and taking out the 4.  That's right, I picked the 4-10 off the big 4...
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Re: Ever had a “how the f—- did that just happen” situation in bowling?
« Reply #10 on: November 16, 2018, 02:02:46 PM »
Quote from: DP3 on November 16, 2018, 11:43:13 AM
Quote from: JohnP on November 16, 2018, 11:08:47 AM


Simple, THS.  --  JohnP

Hot take LOL.

House shots make everyone a better spare shooter except me.

WRONG. House shot heroes aren't better spare shooters, they have (wait for it) TONS OF MISS ROOM!
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Re: Ever had a “how the f—- did that just happen” situation in bowling?
« Reply #11 on: November 16, 2018, 02:06:09 PM »
Quote from: DP3 on November 16, 2018, 11:43:13 AM
Quote from: JohnP on November 16, 2018, 11:08:47 AM


Simple, THS.  --  JohnP

Hot take LOL.

House shots make everyone a better spare shooter except me. There's no thumbers that haven't missed a tenpin in years in my association because they wind it up and slow hook a backup ball coast to coast at it.

I'm need to take a more hack approach to this league stuff. No more time for watching the plastic slide and miss it by 1/4" right, or chopping the front pin off of every combo spare going straight and flat at it. :D

I really cut down chopping pins when I started using Royal Compound instead of polish on my plastic spare ball.  Get just a little tiny bit of turn on the end that helps.  I naturally tend to make balls go fairly straight though so when I miss I know by the arrows.  When you want to take the hack approach I'm your man :).
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Re: Ever had a “how the f—- did that just happen” situation in bowling?
« Reply #12 on: November 17, 2018, 11:53:43 AM »
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WRONG. House shot heroes aren't better spare shooters, they have (wait for it) TONS OF MISS ROOM!

My response was really intended to explain how he's averaging 180 instead of 160.  --  JohnP
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Re: Ever had a “how the f—- did that just happen” situation in bowling?
« Reply #13 on: November 19, 2018, 07:26:29 AM »
How's this ....

Brand new pins, 7-10 split.  I go after the 10 pin, bounce it out of the pit, hit the left sideboard, hit the 7 pin, SLIDE IT near the 4 pin spot and IT DOESN'T FALL.

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Re: Ever had a “how the f—- did that just happen” situation in bowling?
« Reply #14 on: November 19, 2018, 08:40:24 AM »
Quote from: JohnP on November 17, 2018, 11:53:43 AM
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WRONG. House shot heroes aren't better spare shooters, they have (wait for it) TONS OF MISS ROOM!

My response was really intended to explain how he's averaging 180 instead of 160.  --  JohnP

I was responding to DP3. :)
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