As you may or may not have noticed, I’ve been pretty quiet about bowling lately and that has been for one primary reason… the last two months have really been bad. Ever since my great night (and best ever) on January 16th, I’ve not had one night over my average. Until last night… and it all just seemed to click again.

I bowled a 603 series and had two games over 200. My release was smooth and consistent and for the most part, my targeting was good too. Even in the middle 162 game, most of my strike shots were decent with a couple of bad breaks with splits.

Here are my scores for the season; you’ll be able to see what I mean about my slump.

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
18 01/23/2008 138 204 192 534 178.00 183.25
19 01/30/2008 177 184 171 532 177.33 182.93
20 02/13/2008 147 169 170 486 162.00 181.82
21 02/20/2008 0 0 0 0 DNB 181.82
22 02/27/2008 167 153 177 497 165.67 181.02
23 03/05/2008 140 193 121 454 151.33 179.60
24 03/12/2008 209 162 232 603 201.00 180.58

I’ve also gotten my average back up over 180… dropping below that was a real shot against my ego for this season. There are only 8 weeks left that count toward average so achieving my goal of 190 for the season is well out of reach. If I can get two more series in the 600’s and none in the 400’s over that time I’ll be pretty happy.