Tonight, the best way to describe my bowling was abysmal, unless somebody has a better way to describe it. I went into tonight with a 186 average, which I feel is a little lower than where it should be, but I have been goofing off a lot and not bowling seriously. Well tonight, I wanted to try. So I tried. And tried. And did everything I could possibly think of. I walked out of the bowling alley without breaking 400 for the night. I did not tally up my games, but I think I shot between 350 and 375. The good news is I only threw one gutter ball in that whole set, and I hit pins with nearly every ball. You would not believe how many frames I had that were 7-2. as best as I can remember, I missed pins on my spare attempt two times for the entire night, and only on two spare attempts did I miss the front pin. I couldn't find a line for the pocket playing anywhere. I had a dead zone from 9-13 or so at the arrows where my ball would start hooking at my feet. If I threw left of that, I couldnt find a break point, and my ball would sail to the end of the lane. When I moved right of the zone into the 6-8 board zone, my ball went heavy and left a 4 pin or a split. If I moved even further right, my ball wouldn't make it back to the pocket. I was stumped all night.

Another thing to consider is you may have put too much expectation on yourself.  Approach each shot in a vacuum and don't worry about the score or anything.  Just don't try so hard to score well.