A good rule of thumb for white belts is the first number of your pants should be smaller than the second number if you are thinking of wearing one.

And then, still don't do it. 

Holy crap, we agree on something? 

There is already a scale to determine your execution.  Score.  Nothing else matters.

Practice is the time to grade your execution, when the arrows are up it is time to worry about score.

If I had a dollar for every time I heard a guy that just shot 620 say "but I threw it great"……………… Uh, no you didn't.

To have fun bowling again. Between injuries and being overly competitive i've burnt myself out repeatedly the past few years. Haven't bowled at all this summer so the start of the season in a month or so whenever my two leagues begin are bound to be interesting.

Gizmo,

I'm pretty sure I preached this to you before you were enlightened. 

GTGT,

It doesn't matter.  If you shoot 750 you bowled pretty well.  If you shoot 620 you didn't.  Obviously for some people 620 is bowling well for them, but we are talking about a higher level than that.

It's bowling, not execution.

Yeah I know, just trying to be funny . .

Gizmo,

I'm pretty sure I preached this to you before you were enlightened. 

GTGT,

It doesn't matter.  If you shoot 750 you bowled pretty well.  If you shoot 620 you didn't.  Obviously for some people 620 is bowling well for them, but we are talking about a higher level than that.

It's bowling, not execution.

Quote from: itsallaboutme on July 22, 2014, 01:48:34 PM

There is already a scale to determine your execution.  Score.  Nothing else matters.

Practice is the time to grade your execution, when the arrows are up it is time to worry about score.

If I had a dollar for every time I heard a guy that just shot 620 say "but I threw it great"……………… Uh, no you didn't.

So why have I had nights shooting 750 and knowing I didn't throw it very well?  Is the appropriate answer, "uh, yes I did"?

I know I don't bowl on some of you guys level 600 is a good series for me. Two weeks ago went out and threw 677. Everybody was coming by telling me what a great series. I bowled like crap just got lucky on a lot of shots and I knew it.

Sometimes luck plays a bigger factor than others. If we are honest with our selves we know when its luck and when its bowling well.

Quote from: Good Times Good Times on July 22, 2014, 03:28:23 PM

Quote from: itsallaboutme on July 22, 2014, 01:48:34 PM

There is already a scale to determine your execution.  Score.  Nothing else matters.

Practice is the time to grade your execution, when the arrows are up it is time to worry about score.

If I had a dollar for every time I heard a guy that just shot 620 say "but I threw it great"……………… Uh, no you didn't.

So why have I had nights shooting 750 and knowing I didn't throw it very well?  Is the appropriate answer, "uh, yes I did"?

I know I don't bowl on some of you guys level 600 is a good series for me. Two weeks ago went out and threw 677. Everybody was coming by telling me what a great series. I bowled like crap just got lucky on a lot of shots and I knew it.

Sometimes luck plays a bigger factor than others. If we are honest with our selves we know when its luck and when its bowling well.

My point is individually relative.  FOR ME, I know there are nights where I've thrown the ball well and consistently got some rough breaks along the way, but still other nights where I have scored well (in some cases VERY well) knowing full well I didn't throw the ball nearly as well as one of my average to below average nights on a THS.  My point, under your example of you is (true or false on a given night?):  "Everybody was coming by telling me what a great bad series. I bowled like crap well just got unlucky on a lot of shots and I knew it".

That would be possible. 

BTW, lol at anyone that would say "what a bad series"   

Over a large enough sample, especially on a THS, there will be nights where execution is there and you don't score and nights where execution is not there and you score well.  JMO

My #1 goalill be just to be able to bowl again at some point this season. I'm having quadruple bypass surgery on the 8th of August so i know it will be a while beforre I get to bowl again.

#2 will be getting rid of some of the bad habbits I developed while bowling with a cast on my foot for 7 years.

#3 Get my average back to 195-210 area.


Fortuanatly I have a friend who is a silver level coach who will work with me when I return