Learn all the basic fundamentals in all areas.. Swing,  slide timing,  etc

Average well, but a certain number isn't my specific goal this year like it was last.

I'm going to grade myself weekly on a 1 - 10 (1 being awful and 10 being exceptional) scale on how well I threw the ball on a specific night.  I will be brutally honest every week w/this assessment and then at the end of the season break it down in stats. 

If I throw the ball well consistently......I will achieve my goal again, from last year (230+ on the THS), this year as well.

Tucked….I achieved my 800 (803) back in Sept 2005…have never repeated it.  That will come on a lane condition that you just recognize early and holds for most of the 3 games.

I would like my 300 game…34 years without one.

Why 12 bowling balls in 1 season ?   That would take me a DECADE to buy that many.

Quote from: Good Times Good Times on July 22, 2014, 09:10:16 AM

Average well, but a certain number isn't my specific goal this year like it was last.

I'm going to grade myself weekly on a 1 - 10 (1 being awful and 10 being exceptional) scale on how well I threw the ball on a specific night.  I will be brutally honest every week w/this assessment and then at the end of the season break it down in stats. 

If I throw the ball well consistently......I will achieve my goal, from last year (230+ on the THS), this year as well.

Nice approach. Your past commitment to self improvement certainly paid off at Nationals this year. Very solid bowling. Keep it up.

Thanks.  I'd like to have 1 game back but I was content w/my first nationals.  It was a really cool experience.

I've got focus problems like dozer said he did.  I'll either get questions about new balls coming out, or what I'm throwing, or get asked for advice, etc., and I'll get lost in pro shop stuff while I'm trying to bowl, then all the sudden I realize I'm not doing so hot. 

Last year I managed to not have a set under 600 all year.  This year, likely unrealistic, but I don't want to have a single game under 200.  Yeah I know what people say about scoring goals, but I bowl in two competitive scratch leagues, score is kind of important . . and the only reason we practice and improve is so our scores go up, correct?  I want to be able to have the kind of focus and temperament to be able to keep my low games high to at least help the team out.  Sometimes all kinds of things go wrong and I realize that, but if I can manage to keep my bad games above 200 instead of around 180, those 20 pins might mean the difference between winning and losing a team game, and with one of my leagues being a draft league, games are usually still up for grabs in the 10th. 

5 consistent steps, right heal down, post the shot..............EVERY time!!!!

1. average 202 like I did the last 2 or 3 years.
2. switch to Bourbon
3. stand clear of white belts