I went into today’s practice keeping in mind Bev’s suggestion from last week, and I had my best session in weeks as a result, not because I had very good games, but because I was consistent. My first two games were in the high 170s, then I strung together a turkey to open the third game. A couple of splits (including a miss of the baby split in the 4th frame) held my score down, but I made all of my regular leaves. I did finish with a flourish, but not by stringing together more strikes: I left the 6-7 split (one of the hardest “makeable” splits) with my first fill ball in the 10th frame after a strike, but I got my shot at the split to the right of the 6 pin enough to slide the 6 pin into the 7 pin for the conversion. 😀
Result: 179-178-191=548
Running average (48 games): 165 Last 9 average: 171
The Tenth Board 