Yesterday was a bad day... really bad.

I mean right now I am working my way out of a slump/training hole as I not only am "slumping" but also changing mayor things in my game and finally am getting somewhere I say "'s ok".

So yesterday in house league (no real summer league in Germany) I was not only fighting my bowling but was also tired and bad tempered (as I am almost always when I am tired) so I just took one ball to league with a "I don't care sh1t!" attitude.

... ok ok ok... not really fair you might say in regards to my team but yesterdays game was not counting anything... not worth a nickel as we and the other team are far away from place 3 and also have no danger to fall down one league.

And guess what... I shot 221 the first game with only one open frame.
Well my mood was rising somehow a bit but still tired and "slumpy".

What happens? I shoot 135 with split after split and a lot of lousy silly spare-shooting-misstakes.

What the **** is this?

Do I have to be bad tempered and tired to shoot a good game and then pack my things together and leave cause there will not be any other good one?
CANT BE IT! don't you think?

Mental game... and wrong adjustments in combination with fugging lousy sparegame. DOH!
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Sebastian Koch
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Edited on 6/18/2008 7:58 AM

That's the fun of bowling...
Last weekend I played at the NWT start in Duisburg, made a very good qualification on Saturday (temporarily 22nd place overall!), but in the elimination round on Sunday I started out with a crappy 150, after the warm-up shots had been O.K. I was uber-tense and cautious - played far tooo close to the gutter, had the ball break a tad too early and go Brooklyn on most shots. Left one 6-10, and cleanly picked the 6. Next shot another 6-10, this time I cleanly picked the 10. And the next shot was a glorious 6-7-9-10, and the game was gone for good... And my opponent played simply very well.

But, instead of giving up or getting anxious, I kept calm. I had nothing to lose but the final game, so I decided to play more relaxed and with a deeper line, with which I felt more comfortable. I just played on s I had done before - and without a problem I opened with a Turkey and shot a 207 to beat my opponent this time, but with the crappy 150 it had not been enough at all to move on in the ranks. But it was O.K., and the result well justified.

What I learned: stay cool, and do not stick do fuzzy ideas how the lanes HAS to be played. Proper ball reaction observation and the right attitude wins half of the game, and builds confidence.
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Edited on 6/18/2008 8:24 AM

hey hey hey... I took my time today and trained spare shooting and it worked out... I took my time on the approach to get my game together and it worked out!

shot 178 for warmup
190
197 which couls have been 200 easily for I spoiled the 9th and 10th frame

three games for spare shooting... forget the score.

people I am getting my bowling good again.. one step at a time.

PLUS: I took a bit of Beans polish and polsihed my Track Machine up a tad.

it was at 1000 (scotchbright) and later in the league picked upt too early I guess... burning up a bit.

It lost a bit of hook in the early games... but I am facing a broader THS with a nice dry zone outside (no wall! miss and you'll be sorry!... and even if you get the pocket... you don't get a strike with our heavy pins. whatever... it is not that hard as a sport shot but it is anything but a THS!)

... but back to my MAchine... it is a bit weaker the first games on the midlane but recovers better on the backend giving me better carry and I can play the ball longer.

I guess this also has hepled be get more confidence... than the weak hitting not recovering ball I had before the polish

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