like today. Today was my first day back in league after our 3 week break. I was wondering how i was gonna do. Well let's just say, that i could strike with the best of them. BUT my spare game was HORRENDOUS. I missed almost ALL my spares. If i had made 95% of them (usually 1 or 2 pin spares), i probably would have had a 650, 700 series. But no, miss almost everything. I made 1 or 2 of them. Sad thing is, i had more frames with strikes, than frames without a strike. I just couldn't make any spare of any sort. I ended up shooting a 492 out of it. The first game, i strike, open, shoot a 4 bagger, open again, get a double, open and i forget the 9/10th. One of those frames was when i made my first spare end up with a high 170 game. Next game is the transition game. Was almost the same as the first game, except a turkey not a 4 bagger. Consisted of flush strikes (literally every one of my strikes today was flush), and opens. I made my second spare, which turned out to be my last. Last game...Oh geez. I start out with a double, open once again, then shoot another flush turkey. Alright i'm thinking, this is going well. Then either the oil changed or i misread the lanes, because i opened the rest of the game, i think it was 4 frames, leaving 3 splits and some left side spare i chopped. I was pretty annoyed after the whole day, but i suppose i can't ask for more after not bowling for 3 weeks.
But i did decide that i am going to just work on my higher-end tweener shot. Carried great. I'm not that annoyed anymore though. Now i see that once i start making my spares (which used to actually be my strongest point), i'll be averaging over 200, pending any kind of mental lapse on my part which would hinder my ability to strike. I also taught myself to read lanes. From the second half of the second game to into the third, i was using a completely different ball/line on each lane. Was kind of interesting.
--------------------
- Andy
Leader of the Brunswick Nation!!
