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General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: tuckinfenpin on July 22, 2014, 08:46:23 AM
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With the onset of the leagues quickly approaching, what are some goals you have set for this season? Was the goals you set last season achieved, or are they still in tact or demolished?
My goals this year is to:
1 - get that elusive 800 series
2 - not buy so many new pieces. I am happy with my equipment currently. I added in the neighborhood of 12 new balls last season. I have 5 I haven't even picked up yet.... I know kinda stupid!
Last years goal was to increase my average by 10, I increased by 5. I would like that other 5 this year.
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Learn all the basic fundamentals in all areas.. Swing, slide timing, etc
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I have this stupid habit. I end up making two bad shots in a row, I am most likely not focused. I will make a terrible first shot and then wiff my spare...
I hoping to just stop doing that lol!
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Average well, but a certain number isn't my specific goal this year like it was last.
I'm going to grade myself weekly on a 1 - 10 (1 being awful and 10 being exceptional) scale on how well I threw the ball on a specific night. I will be brutally honest every week w/this assessment and then at the end of the season break it down in stats.
If I throw the ball well consistently......I will achieve my goal again, from last year (230+ on the THS), this year as well.
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My goal is to average 300 on a THS, just because it's so easy. Ok, ok, I'll settle for 293, to allow for that occasional stone 8 I didn't deserve. :D
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Tucked….I achieved my 800 (803) back in Sept 2005…have never repeated it. That will come on a lane condition that you just recognize early and holds for most of the 3 games.
I would like my 300 game…34 years without one.
Why 12 bowling balls in 1 season ? That would take me a DECADE to buy that many.
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Average well, but a certain number isn't my specific goal this year like it was last.
I'm going to grade myself weekly on a 1 - 10 (1 being awful and 10 being exceptional) scale on how well I threw the ball on a specific night. I will be brutally honest every week w/this assessment and then at the end of the season break it down in stats.
If I throw the ball well consistently......I will achieve my goal, from last year (230+ on the THS), this year as well.
Nice approach. Your past commitment to self improvement certainly paid off at Nationals this year. Very solid bowling. Keep it up.
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Average well, but a certain number isn't my specific goal this year like it was last.
I'm going to grade myself weekly on a 1 - 10 (1 being awful and 10 being exceptional) scale on how well I threw the ball on a specific night. I will be brutally honest every week w/this assessment and then at the end of the season break it down in stats.
If I throw the ball well consistently......I will achieve my goal, from last year (230+ on the THS), this year as well.
Nice approach. Your past commitment to self improvement certainly paid off at Nationals this year. Very solid bowling. Keep it up.
Thanks. I'd like to have 1 game back but I was content w/my first nationals. It was a really cool experience.
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The main reason why so many balls in last season - my stupidity mainly.
I wanted to try Brunswick, I liked em and built a line-up. Then thought: hmmmm DV8, same thing; Radical - you guessed it.
Basically I overfilled some gaps.
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I've got focus problems like dozer said he did. I'll either get questions about new balls coming out, or what I'm throwing, or get asked for advice, etc., and I'll get lost in pro shop stuff while I'm trying to bowl, then all the sudden I realize I'm not doing so hot.
Last year I managed to not have a set under 600 all year. This year, likely unrealistic, but I don't want to have a single game under 200. Yeah I know what people say about scoring goals, but I bowl in two competitive scratch leagues, score is kind of important . . and the only reason we practice and improve is so our scores go up, correct? I want to be able to have the kind of focus and temperament to be able to keep my low games high to at least help the team out. Sometimes all kinds of things go wrong and I realize that, but if I can manage to keep my bad games above 200 instead of around 180, those 20 pins might mean the difference between winning and losing a team game, and with one of my leagues being a draft league, games are usually still up for grabs in the 10th.
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Bowl the elusive (not for some, but for me) 300 game.
Continue to improve on my timing, footwork, and ball swing to improve consistency.
Help my wife do the same ;D
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5 consistent steps, right heal down, post the shot..............EVERY time!!!!
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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.
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1. average 202 like I did the last 2 or 3 years.
2. switch to Bourbon
3. stand clear of white belts
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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.
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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. ;D
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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.
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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.
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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"?
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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.
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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.
Wait, aren't you the guy who is always bitching about Joe House Hack only scoring because the conditions are too easy? And now you agree about scoring = execution???
Dude, you confuse me. :o
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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.
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I've seen the light. I was bitter because I was the guy shooting 620, swearing like I was throwing it great because I knew more and thought more than the "clueless" guys that just walk in and plop 700s down without even trying. Once I finally got a clue, my scores went absolutely nuts and I started sweeping brackets and doing well at tournaments. I was wrong before.
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.
Wait, aren't you the guy who is always bitching about Joe House Hack only scoring because the conditions are too easy? And now you agree about scoring = execution???
Dude, you confuse me. :o
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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.
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Goals:
Shoot 800
Raise average
Raise spare percentage
Bowl more tournaments
Continue to learn and get better
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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.
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My standard goals from season-to-season are to go 30-clean, shoot 300 and a 700-series or better. My personal goals for the upcoming season are improving my mental game and lane play decision make to adjustments sooner. My other high priority goal is bringing my 10-pin spare cover percentages to 90%.
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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" :P :P
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
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To see the look of joy in my 4 year old son's eyes as he knocks down pins for the first time with a real bowling ball at a bowling alley.
As much as I will be doing the typical improvement of my game, seeing my son do it would eclipse any improvement I make.
BL.
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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
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To see the look of joy in my 4 year old son's eyes as he knocks down pins for the first time with a real bowling ball at a bowling alley.
As much as I will be doing the typical improvement of my game, seeing my son do it would eclipse any improvement I make.
BL.
and 1!!
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My goal is to be bowling when the leagues start.
Major shoulder surgery Memorial weekend has had me healing and doing physical therapy since. Still not allowed to work on any strength, just range of motion, etc.
Bowling last season was painful with a torn biceps tendon and torn rotator cuff, so goal #2 is to bowl pain free within the next few months. If I were a baseball pitcher I'd still be a year away, so at least I have that going for me...
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Lane
Take it slow man do as much as you can but not more. That injury is nothing to play with. Best of luck on getting back as soon as possible
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Thanks amyers,
My therapist keeps reigning me back in and reminding me that I had 3 surgeries at the same time. The third part was to remove part of the acromion (end of the clavicle) and clean up the joint. It's been a long summer, but it is improving, so my mindset is optimistic.
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Work on keeping the slide foot straight into the foul line.
Shoulders straight on ten pin pick ups