Bowling Spencer on March 13, 2008 05:59 am
I’m Back!
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.