Great Night of Bowling: 590
Our bowling team finally took 7 points last night by winning all 3 games on our Thursday Night Men’s League.
I personally made a big change in my approach last night which caused me to play much farther left than I am used to. But it was a great change. My bowling ball reaction was so much better than usually. I was way more consistent and only threw a handful of awful shots.
I started out the first game with my [bowlingball value="6695"/]. I felt like I was making nice shots, but with a couple of pulled splits, I ended the game with a score of 175. Like normal, if I don’t like my bowling ball reaction, then I try a different ball in my fill shot of the 10th.
Brian Halstrom helped me choose which bowling ball to change to. He said I should try the [bowlingball value="6303"/] on the same line, but stay aggressive. I did and CRACK, strike.
I stayed with the [bowlingball value="6303"/] for the final two games, only moving two boards left throughout the games. The second game I scored a 202, and finished the night with a 213.
Overall, I have to credit the change in my game to moving back about two feet on the approach. This helped me increase my bowling ball’s speed, but it did more than that. I believe that it really helped improve my timing, which gave me great ball reaction.
[bowlingball value="6695,i150l"/][bowlingball value="6303,i150r"/]
Jason are discussing.
Jason 9:46 am on August 29, 2008 Permalink |
I'm excited about bowling again too. My 2 leagues start next week. I did a 4 week "warmup" league over the past month that I hope worked out all the kinks created by taking the summer off. I too suffer from being a little anti-social at the bowling center, but I'm working on it. Just wanted to let you know I'm also an IT Admin that's big into bowling. I like what you're doing with the site and enjoy your Twitter posts, etc. Keep up the good work.
Jason 10:55 am on August 29, 2008 Permalink |
I do primarily LAN Administration (Windows desktops with Windows & Linux servers) as well as end user hardware/software/printing support for 5 sites. I wish I knew more about programming. I'd love to put together a site or at least a podcast that's bowling industry related, but I just don't have the time to commit to it. Maybe soon, I'll start a personal blog or something. If I think of any improvement ideas for your site, I'll pass them along. I'm mrvaj on Twitter by the way. Have a good holiday weekend.
Chad 8:33 am on September 4, 2008 Permalink |
Hi John! Love the blog!
My dad and I bowl together in a Tuesday night trio league. I think this is our 4th or 5th year doing it. I bowled when I was very young and then started up again about 5 years ago. I can't explain how much I enjoy spending time with my dad at the lanes every week. it's a magical place, at least in my mind.
Last year, I bowled WAY too good the first week of league. I had a 725. It was my highest series of the entire season and our team had no handicap all year so we struggled. This year I'm trying to pace myself. Started out with a 561 and had a 635 this week. I usually end up averaging around 202 or 203 by the end of the year. So does Dad!
I am also in IT, I'm a Network Administrator. Basically me and another guy support about 400 people, doing everything from configuring routers to fixing printers.
Good to find your blog, and thanks for stopping by mine too. Keep us posted on your league progress.
Take Care,
-Chad