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Title: How Many Games?
Post by: janderson on January 01, 2004, 12:14:02 AM
Saw a post about balls dying after X number of games and started thinking how many games my more used balls have on them.  After trying to guestimate, came across an interesting observation: after sitting down and counting practice sessions, tournaments, league, etc. I only threw 312 league games in 2003 with my grand total with tournaments and practice being around 590.

How many games did you bowl in 2003?  Maybe that is the test of the true addict (Welcome all clique members)


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Title: Re: How Many Games?
Post by: Willie B Tapped on January 01, 2004, 09:00:30 PM
Maybe 175. Maybe that explains why I was 183 last season & 175, now??
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Title: Re: How Many Games?
Post by: JOE FALCO on January 01, 2004, 10:53:09 PM
Just a rough count:
3 (games)x 4 (day) x 52 (weeks .. never took off)=624 lines

During the Summer leagues I bowled 10 games after two leagues:
10 (games) x 2 (days) x 13 (weeks)=260

I'd guess at 10 tournaments: 3 x 10 =30

ROUGHLY 624+260+30=914 .. Did I improve? Not much!
Did I have FUN? YOU BET!
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Title: Re: How Many Games?
Post by: MSC2471 on January 01, 2004, 11:54:49 PM
I would say last year I bowled 207 games total between two leagues (one regular, one subbing) and tournaments/practice. Due to my wife and I adopting a child, I didn't have the opportunity to bowl as much in the summer as I normally would. This will change in 2004 for sure...

I can remember though during my college years bowling 700-900 games a year. Maybe that's why my average was 215 when now it's hovering between 194-200...

Matt
Title: Re: How Many Games?
Post by: star on January 02, 2004, 11:15:56 AM
About 500 in total. I wondered why I seemed to be improving just a bit..
Mind you thats 21 balls per game (rough average)X 500 games = 10500 balls bowled.
I would hit that many golf balls in 1 week so no wonder I found golf a little bit easier.
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Title: Re: How Many Games?
Post by: Scolai on January 02, 2004, 12:59:36 PM
I'd have to speculate that I bowled somewhere between 1000 and 1300 games in 2003.  Most of my games come in practice to the tune of about 20 games/week.  I bowled about 55 games in tournament play and over 200 in league play.

What would be interesting is calculating the amount of money earned vs. the amount I spent.  I'd probably lose my cookies if I ever did that.

I'll have to keep up with the numbers for 2004.  It would be interesting to see where I end up this time next year.
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Title: Re: How Many Games?
Post by: janderson on January 02, 2004, 04:18:28 PM
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I'll have to keep up with the numbers for 2004.  It would be interesting to see where I end up this time next year.


Exactly - the numbers should be very interesting.  After reading a couple of sports psychology books and speaking to a few psychologists, one thing dawned on me: If you want to become a better bowler, you should have a plan to do so.  Something tangible you can hold yourself accountable for.

As such, one of my new year's resolutions is to become a better bowler.  Part of the plan is to throw at least 1000 games in 2004

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Title: Re: How Many Games?
Post by: RSalas on January 02, 2004, 05:43:50 PM
309, including practice.
Title: Re: How Many Games?
Post by: Psychoballtester on January 02, 2004, 06:04:41 PM
Hmm,

Here's an example,but true with my best guestimated knowledge(aka I hope its right!)

I bowl practice mondays,weds,fri's and sunday!At times I bowl on the other days,but looky below for 2003's stats!

This total 95% accurate,I may have bowled more,maybe a scosh less,I GO on ALL
DISCOUNT times and its easier to bowl a TON,um,ur,when "YOU"RE STILL SINGLE"!!

I've bowled on approximately 330 CALENDAR days that year(aka 2003)

I bowl of coarse the league amount(3)to as high as 27(I bowled that
a month or so ago,because I was frustrated at a certian female).

On an average day I bowl 15 games with no problem,soo there ya go!

Total is 2000 to 2500,(aka really stopped counting after 2000)
true smack,my goal to get 3000 games in one year!

REMEMBER a YEAR last only a YEAR,I didn't bowl these overnight!

This INCLUDES bowling right and left handed!
Also INCLUDES bowling serious and goofing off!
Lastly testing my bowling balls I buy at BR or SM!


This year is going off real slow,TODAY I bowl my first 3 games in my
league!!!

1 X 3 = 3

Ugh!That's a long way from 3000!!

Big number hoo hoo!!!!

Bye Peeps!

Psycho.B.T




Title: Re: How Many Games?
Post by: arakasi on January 02, 2004, 09:09:40 PM
I guess around 300.
Title: Re: How Many Games?
Post by: TheDude on January 02, 2004, 10:06:44 PM
Um, 3 leagues, practice everyday, minimum of 4 games per day,

i think i had an estimate of something like 1800 or more.

i remember one year my father figured out how much we spent on bowling, and i spent about 2000 on bowling gear and about 4000 on actual games, leagues and tournaments. lol

lets see, i can choose to bowl, or go to college. LOL i'll take bowling! but i want to maybe try out for a few college teams next season, so i'll be living the dream!
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Title: Re: How Many Games?
Post by: debs130 on January 03, 2004, 12:53:06 PM
About 650-700 games last year.

Debbie
Title: Re: How Many Games?
Post by: Brickguy221 on January 03, 2004, 01:03:56 PM
About 800-850 games a year. Wow, it came to more games than I thought I bowled after I started calculating. Now I have a better excuse to convince my wife that I need a new ball.  
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