if you go to bowl.com and look on the front page it says that 2 of his 3 prebowled 900's got approved which to me is a complete joke but i guess it is usbc and they are making good moves so far
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Mike Dole
 LU 06-07

So if you go to bowl.com and read the article about him it has a link to his hometowns news station.

http://news10now.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=70374

If you read along it has Robert saying this, "I'm over here every chance I get. I'm throwing as many games as I can. Even if I'm not bowling games, i'm just rolling the ball to roll the ball."

Is it just me or is this guy taking some "special" classes? Also is this the way he can predict when he's going to leave a single pin? If so I better get my butt to the bowling alley.  

The news station also had said, "Mushtare says he's rolled more than 30-300 games in his life."

How come none of them are in the record books on bowl.com? Those damn pre-bowls just didn't go through I guess...Atleast his 900s did. LOL

Edited on 6/25/2006 11:19 PM

Exact rev counts you are probably more right than me...less than Chris Barnes...more than me.

But I think you hit the nail on the head..."his style is very conducive to throwing a lot of strikes on a wide open shot".

I agree and it is firm, and forward...ball looks to have a ton of energy left at the pocket.  I bowl right now withabout 3 guys in our house look to have that type of energy but they are more around the ball and don't look to be as direct or what I call Mika style firm(ball released in a firm direct and somewhat accurate way as Mushtare.

They have a ton of 790s 800s and usually shoot a 279 on our tough scoring house nearly every time we pot bowl with them.

For the rest of us in our pretty competitive house in our medium size metro area...I don't see that type of energy!

NOW add the other element...the mental side of getting in a groove and holding it...a unique skill.  Much of it has to be PRE programmed.  Very few do that about 900!  In golf there is a unique school called Vision54(the ability to shoot 54 for 18).  Very few people spend time preparing for that.

Your two handed friend is close...he may now be in the early stages of preparing for 900 mentally.  I guarantee if asked Mushtare will tell you..."Well after a got a few 300s I sort of had a feeling ..."I had been thinking that if I got one..the shot was nice...I could get two...."

Probably on in this mode..."I had one in practice and then two one day...I started thinking about it...and then I found myself dreaming about it...".

It goes like that...how do I know...well let's just put it this way...there is golf ...and Vision 54!

Recently in our very deep gutters and tough carry center....a great bowler...he averages 240 nearly in every area center but ours..so he doesn't go to those easier ones and does very well in nationals often.

Shot 300 300 248.  I don't know if 300 300 had been shot in our center since they added synthetics and got the gutters to 3 1/2 inches down(6 and 4 pin trap) (in fact I didn't think it could be done there).  He got a 9 count after about 26 in a row.... He nearly fainted with relief the pressure was so great!
(He had not prepared his mind as carry is never good enough to consider it).

Needless to say if he took his same game to Pine Plains or other centers in our area which have sidewalls like Pine Plains I believe he would develop the mindset to do it!  But not the other day!)

In agreement...it takes soft conditions a powerful bowler and lively sidewalls to shoot 900!  AND most importantly...the mindset..that YOU EXPECT it!  THis is usually the missing element in all pursuits of 900!

REGards,

Luckylefty

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Open the door...see what's possible...and just walk right on through...that's how easy success feels..

Edited on 6/26/2006 11:32 AM