New League Season

It’s been a while since I posted to BowlingInfo101, I guess when I’m not bowling my concentration is not all there.

So with the new winter season now underway I offer this report on my start.

6 weeks in the books, 3 series over 600, and 3 low to middle 500’s leave me with a current average of 191 not too bad for a 63 year old bowler, However examining how I have put this average together does point out some problems and opportunities. The average of my first games is only 173, which leads to the conclusion that it’s taking me way to long to figure out the correct shot, or I just have not found the right equipment to use for that game, My second game average is only 177, getting a little better. The third game average is however very interesting at over 218 with a high game of 269. This is a bit confusing because by the third game I should be a bit more tired, and by this time I usually have a few drinks in me, so the coordination should be suffering a bit.

I guess the point of this post is that if you break down your average, as I have done, you should see the patterns that develop. These patterns show where you should put extra effort to see if you can get your average moving up. In my case I will be really concentrating on that first game, Starting with practice I want to find a shot just to hit the pocket consistently, light hit, heavy hit, angle etc. at this point I don’t care I just need to get to the pocket and then I can adjust. I will really concentrate on spares and really concentrate on getting a double early in the game, this will usually get me over the 200 barrier. Remember there is only 1 way to get a 200 game without having at least one double, and that is with a dutch 200.

I will put just as much effort into the second game, I may go to a new ball, however the equipment  I’m currently using seems to be okay.

Look for new post on my progress, I would like to get this average moving to the 200 plus range soon.

Jim Newell