Today, I had my worst practice in a while, with no game even over 150. I noticed that I was dropping the ball a lot at the foul line, which gives me something more to ask Ray about when I see him next week. I tried a suggestion by “CoachJim”, a USBC-certified coach at the Silver level who’s part of the BowlingFans.com gang, and he suggested playing straight up the 10 board. I was still either coming in light or missing the head pin right if I missed my spot right, but I was also still crossing over a bit, which may be related to my dropped ball problem (as the ball doesn’t skid while rolling while it is in the oil like it should). My mood was also kind of down due to the weather (it was raining while I was out for practice), so I guess I’ll just chalk it up to having a bad day today.
Result: 147-143-124=414
Running average (72 games): 163 Last 9 average: 153
I saw that they had put out the summer league sign-up sheets when I got to the control desk, so my practice was delayed while I was filling the form out. As I’ve promised my cousins, I signed up for the Wednesday Summer Mixed league. The first night of that league will be May 28, with the league meeting at 6:30 PM and bowling starting at 7:00 PM (start time will be 7:00 PM throughout the summer, of course).
The Tenth Board 