So, my first night back had it’s ups and downs.\u00a0 I started out very timid and didn’t trust my approach and shot a 148.\u00a0 The second game, I recovered fairly well and ended up with a 224.\u00a0 I finished out the night with a decent 188 for a 560 series and a 186 average (which is where I officially ended last season).<\/p>\n
Overall, not too bad coming out of the gate.\u00a0 We did however, lose all 7 points and I can only suspect some serious sandbagging the first week.\u00a0 If it were one team member, that’s understandable.\u00a0 Even two… but when all four bowlers carry averages in the 180-190 range (for years) and have a first week average in the 130-140 range so that their handicaps are through the roof, I get suspicious.\u00a0 I took the whole summer off and still kept my average.\u00a0 50 pin differences from the first week to the second are not statistically normal… not when it is everyone on the team.\u00a0 I try to be positive and look at the best in people because I don’t want to believe that people would really do that, but in this case the numbers don’t add up.\u00a0 Teams don’t get 3000+ pins with handicap for a night; it just doesn’t happen without some manipulation.<\/p>\n
This has been a long standing league and I believe that the first 7 weeks should use the ending average from the previous season if you bowled in that league; or your USBC book average if you didn’t.\u00a0 Only if you have never bowled in league should your first 3 games establish your average.\u00a0 It’s infuriating.\u00a0 That would nearly eliminate the possibility of purposeful sandbagging at the beginning.<\/p>\n
While I am fairly pleased with my performance, maybe it would have served me better to bowl 150 all three games to establish low.\u00a0\u00a0 Of course, under no circumstances could I even bring myself not to try my best; it’s just something that doesn’t enter my mind as a possibility.<\/p>\n
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