Bowling Again - Week 4

Well, my average continues to drop. My plan this week going in was to move my 1st ball target to the 2nd arrow.  I was having an issue last week of holding onto my ball too long, and I attributed part of it to playing the outside line over the 1st arrow.  Well, there was a lot of oil inside the 10 board, and I couldn't get my ball up to the head pin on the right lane during the 1st game.  As it turns out, I only marked once on the right lane and rolled a 146 game.  For the 2nd game, I moved back out to the 1st arrow and was able to find the pocket.  I rolled a clean game and shot a 203 with one double.  On the last game, I started going through the nose and didn't make the right adjustments.  I ended up rolling a 125 the last game for a 474 series.

On the last game, when my ball started going through the nose, I moved my feet a couple of boards to the left and kept the same target.  When I did that, my ball came in too light.  I probably should have made a parallel move or a 2:1 move, but I am not sure which.

Even with me bowling poorly, we have continued to win.  Will have to wait and see what happens this week.

Found league to bowl on (maybee) / practice

Well, after not bowling league for almost 8 months, it looks like I may have found a league to bowl on for the 2nd half of the season.  In the mean time, I got some practice in today while my wife was bowling on her womans league.  I had a good session, and I was most happy with my spare shooting.  I started out with a 167 the 1st game.  I started out rolling over the 2nd arrow and then moved in to the 3rd arrow, because my ball was coming in too hard (and after leaving 2 big splits).  I had 3 opens (the 2 splits and I wiffed on an easy spare).  My 2nd and 3rd games were clean and I also rolled 6 strikes in each game (215 and 221).

7 Nov 2012

Got in a good set today.  I was 9 out of 13 on my spare shooting.  (2 splits, chopped the 3-6 and just plain old missed the attempt at the 4-7. I was also 3 out of 3 on covering the 10 pin.) I had a 57% strike percentage and my 1st roll avg was 9.18. These are all improvements for me. One change I did make was reducing my revs on the 1st ball and moving outside. My games were 187, 197 and a 245 for a 629 series.

Practice - 31 Oct 12

Well, got some practice in today. I had only been practcing once a week due to needing a week off for my shoulder to recover.  This is the 1st week that my shoulder feels fine after bowling, so I might try to get some more practice in on Friday.  I had my high series last week with my 1st 600 series since I started bowling again, and I had my low series today with a 498.  It was still a good practice session though.  I had a hard time partly due to the lanes being pretty dry (need to get me a plastic ball).  My spare shooting was better today and only missed one single pin spare. I have let people know that I am interested in bowling league again, but I haven't had any offers yet.

Back to bowling right handed

Well, I haven't picked up a bowling ball in almost 5 months due to rotator cuff problems in my right shoulder. Prior to that, I switched to bowling left handed due to issues with my back. When I switched to bowling left handed, I intended on making it a permanent change. With that being said, I have practiced bowling right handed twice in the last 2 weeks, and have done ok. (It has been almost 2 years since I bowled right handed.)


I definitely don't have the power I used to have, but I am pleased with how I have started out. Until my shoulder gets stronger, I have to give my shoulder a couple of days off after rolling a 3 game set.

PBA Experience League, week 1

Well, I started a PBA Experience league last week.  The league rewards in the form of credits for the pro-shop to allow students to bowl.  With that being said, I think there was only one other bowler there that wasn't a student, and I was 2 to 3 times as old as all of the other bowlers.  Felt a little out of place.

We bowled on the Scorpion pattern, and I was surprised that I was able to play the 1st arrow.  I rolled a 167, 147 and a 166 for a 480 series.  I ended up the 1st week with a 160 average which isn't too bad since my ending average for leagues this year was a 173.  However, I think my low scores were due to my continued timing issues that the pattern.  I am constantly getting to the line too quick and I am constantly pulling the ball (and I am not sure how to fix it).  Hope to bowl better next week.

Base Championships

Bowled in the base championships a couple of nights ago. Didn't make the cut but I did ok. I had problems with my right shoulder (rotator cuff) and didn't bowl for about 3 weeks. I was able to get a couple of practice sessions in, and like I said, I did ok.

It was a handicap tournament, and I had a 173 average (6 games across 12 lanes). 1st game was great (222). Had an open in the 1st game, and then I was able to string some strikes. 2nd game rolled a 177; missed a couple of makeable spares, and that cost me. On the 3rd game I rolled a 122, it seemed like the lanes were flooded, and I didn't make the proper adjustments. The last 3 games, I didn't get too many strikes, but my spare shooting was better. The last 3 games were 209, 192 and 181 and a 184 average for the night.