Kind of an up and down practice session today, as the title of this post indicates. I had a clean 224 in my first game, but then it was downhill from there, a good deal of it because I was missing a lot of corner pins, especially the 10 pin. I think I’m going to devote the entire practice next week to just shooting corner pins, as those have been hurting my league performances, as well.
Up and down
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The Tenth Board 
Just wondering; are you leaving a lot more corners in games 2 and 3 compared to game 1? Is this a sign of something?
cheers, p-skooner
I guess my spare shooting comes and goes, Gar, but my corner pins are something I need to work on. I threw 2 10s in the ditch, missed a 7 right, and chopped the 6 off of the 6-10 today. I make my corner pins at times, I just need to make them more consistently.
Hi Rich,
I know you’ll do a good job practicing your corner picking.
You are probably aware of the 3-6-9 sparing system and here is a link that explains it. http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art16382.asp
From a mental stand-point I try to treat bowling like golf. No matter how good (or bad) the last shot was, I have to prepare for the next shot in a manner that will give me the best chance of making a good shot.
cheers,
Gar
Gar, I think I also need to learn a release that will kill the hook, allowing me to shoot straighter at the pins. If I can do that, then I can just use the 20 board’s arrow as a spot and go cross-lane at them. “CoachJim” suggested learning this release, and you know what kind of help he’s been so far. 😉
Gar, I think I also need to learn a release that will kill the hook, allowing me to shoot straighter at the pins. If I can do that, then I can just use the 20 board’s arrow as a spot and go cross-lane at them. “CoachJim” suggested learning this release, and you know what kind of help he’s been so far.
Spot on, mate!
Italics added to last comment to set off quoted portion.