Bowling Spencer on January 18, 2008 01:32 pm
Just Past Mid-Season Report
So, we’ve just nearly passed the mid point of the season and so far, not too bad. I’ve had a few bad weeks, but for the most part it was pretty nice. I’ve been able to maintain a 180+ average, about 10 pins higher than last season so that’s a positive.
My biggest issue and average killer is my recent decline in spare shooting. Outside of this past week, I’ve been missing about half of my single pin spares. Sometimes I would shrug it off, but then I realized that shooting a single pin spare (no matter the pin) is like shooting free throws in basketball. I have a high standard when I see pro and college players shooting less than 90% free throws and now will hold myself to the same standard. If I can’t make 90% of my single pin spares, obviously I should work on that first and foremost. I can’t expect to strike more than 50% of the time so spare shooting is extremely important. Missing a single pin can account for 11 pins in scoring (the spare + next frame) so it is worth much more than just the single miss. This will be the thing I work on most over the rest of the season.
So, here are my scores for the first 17 weeks. Enjoy.
| Week | Date | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Series | Series Average |
Total Average |
| 1 | 09/05/2007 | 129 | 184 | 135 | 448 | 149.33 | 149.33 |
| 2 | 09/12/2007 | 146 | 205 | 267 | 618 | 206.00 | 177.67 |
| 3 | 09/19/2007 | 153 | 155 | 245 | 553 | 184.33 | 179.89 |
| 4 | 09/26/2007 | 155 | 204 | 207 | 566 | 188.67 | 182.08 |
| 5 | 10/03/2007 | 172 | 150 | 214 | 536 | 178.67 | 181.40 |
| 6 | 10/10/2007 | 220 | 195 | 182 | 597 | 199.00 | 184.33 |
| 7 | 10/17/2007 | 163 | 200 | 185 | 548 | 182.67 | 184.10 |
| 8 | 10/24/2007 | 171 | 206 | 158 | 535 | 178.33 | 183.38 |
| 9 | 11/07/2007 | 204 | 181 | 149 | 534 | 178.00 | 182.78 |
| 10 | 11/14/2007 | 168 | 186 | 186 | 540 | 180.00 | 182.50 |
| 11 | 11/28/2007 | 193 | 236 | 183 | 612 | 204.00 | 184.45 |
| 12 | 12/05/2007 | 158 | 141 | 164 | 463 | 154.33 | 181.94 |
| 13 | 12/12/2007 | 157 | 172 | 193 | 522 | 174.00 | 181.33 |
| 14 | 12/19/2007 | 151 | 180 | 183 | 514 | 171.33 | 180.62 |
| 15 | 01/02/2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | DNB | 180.62 |
| 16 | 01/09/2008 | 193 | 223 | 169 | 585 | 195.00 | 181.58 |
| 17 | 01/16/2008 | 227 | 237 | 177 | 641 | 213.67 | 183.58 |
Did you see that last week!!!! I had some lucky breaks in the first two games and some equally unlucky breaks in the third game. Regardless, 641 is my personal best 3 game series so I’m pleased with that. I’ll be even happier if I get another 600 series next week…
Please note, I’m not sure why the table gets a little messed up when it posts, while editing everything looks good. It doesn’t seem to matter how I input the table, so oh well. I’m thinking about moving my blog elsewhere, and this may be the catalyst to do so.
Take care all and have a great week.
