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CharlieBrown

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Throwing it straight in league... Am I a defeatist?
« on: January 23, 2009, 01:55:18 AM »
League last night, nothing was working. First two games were awful, so in the final game I just used my XXXL and throw it straight. Scored 213 and managed to get a draw in the match.

When you’re having one of those nights where nothing is working, as a last resort, do you resolve to ‘throwing it straight’?

I didn’t enjoy it but thought I had to do something to rescue some points.

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Re: Throwing it straight in league... Am I a defeatist?
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2009, 10:02:58 AM »
I've never gone that far, but you gotta go with what works.  If you shot 213 throwing it straight, that shows you were trying.  I take defeatist to mean you give up.  

I had a friend in college, if he was struggling to get to the pocket, he would move way left and line up to hit brooklyn.  He figured he would either strike or at least leave makeable spares.
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Re: Throwing it straight in league... Am I a defeatist?
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2009, 10:06:40 AM »
during a small stepladder tourney one day i did. during qualifying i had no line really, my spares saved me, nothing i tried worked. so i plugged away with my T-zone straight at the head pin, at an angle. i ended up finishing 4th out of 25.
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Re: Throwing it straight in league... Am I a defeatist?
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2009, 10:08:49 AM »
You just tried to find a way to score.  Nothing wrong with that.  A couple weeks ago I couldn't carry on the left lane.  I ended up shooting my first dutch 200.  I was frustrated, so for the 3rd game I threw a back-up ball on that lane.  I tossed a 4-bagger on that lane like that too, but of course I then lost the right lane

I've done the same thing in a Sport league when I had nothing on the right but the lefties had it wide open.  I also ticked off some people in the process, but you do what you gotta do.  

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Re: Throwing it straight in league... Am I a defeatist?
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2009, 10:33:39 AM »
It's not how pretty, it's how many. That's why we keep score.  

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Re: Throwing it straight in league... Am I a defeatist?
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2009, 10:36:51 AM »
So lets say you're bowling in a tournie where you can't get to the pocket and you are leaving washouts and garbage.  Is it okay to then throw the ball straight up the middle trying to get a little break left or right from the head pin?

I mean the goal of bowling is to score the best you can, so if that's the way you can do it, would that be ethical?
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Re: Throwing it straight in league... Am I a defeatist?
« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2009, 10:41:20 AM »
You did what you had to do to score.  You didn't cheat, you didn't whine or complain.  You tried everything you knew to find something.  When that failed, you did what you needed to do.

Absolutely nothing wrong with that.  I can actually applaud you for sucking up your pride and finding a way to score.  A lot of guys won't do that.
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Re: Throwing it straight in league... Am I a defeatist?
« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2009, 10:42:26 AM »
This was before I got a spare ball, but quite a few years back I was on a league at one of the local places and the lanes were bone dry one night. No matter what I tried, I couldn't keep the ball on the right side so finally I said screw it, moved a bit right and started throwing brooklyn's on purpose. Ended up with a  small 600 doing that.....
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Re: Throwing it straight in league... Am I a defeatist?
« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2009, 10:47:50 AM »
You guys have made some very good points, thanks!

I’ve been working hard to improve my game (even though my score hasn’t increased much) that’s why I feel bad ‘throwing it straight’.

Thanks for the comments!


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Re: Throwing it straight in league... Am I a defeatist?
« Reply #9 on: January 23, 2009, 10:53:20 AM »
High score wins!

What else is there?

There are certain nights when our pre-conceived ideas about how the lanes will play are obviously wrong. It's commendable whenever you "think outside the box" and find a different way to score.


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Re: Throwing it straight in league... Am I a defeatist?
« Reply #10 on: January 23, 2009, 11:08:47 AM »
My Dad always said "when nothing else works go back to the basics."
That's what you did and it worked,congrats.
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Re: Throwing it straight in league... Am I a defeatist?
« Reply #11 on: January 23, 2009, 11:17:01 AM »
a simple straighter game can be as good, if not better, than throwing a big bender. you want proof ? walter ray williams, jr., and norm duke. there's all the proof you need.
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Re: Throwing it straight in league... Am I a defeatist?
« Reply #12 on: January 23, 2009, 03:26:47 PM »
On brutal conditions, I line up brooklyn and throw rockets. It works pretty well for me!
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Re: Throwing it straight in league... Am I a defeatist?
« Reply #13 on: January 23, 2009, 05:01:33 PM »
I think that there's always a shot there for the "normal" style hook bowler. That said, you shouldn't beat yourself up trying to find it. If you can bowl straight and it's effective then go for it and take the pins.

I would say that it's worth giving it a few minutes thought afterwards and work out how you could have played the lane differently. The reason being that you can learn for next time.
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Re: Throwing it straight in league... Am I a defeatist?
« Reply #14 on: January 27, 2009, 06:01:04 AM »
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I line up brooklyn and throw rockets.


That's pretty much what I did.

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I would say that it's worth giving it a few minutes thought afterwards and work out how you could have played the lane differently. The reason being that you can learn for next time.
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Yes, it’s admitting that I don’t have the necessary skills to beat the pattern and have to resolve to ‘throwing straight and hard’. It’s ok though, I’m still learning the game!

Thanks for the comment.




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