Post by millionairefan28 on Feb 26, 2012 23:50:01 GMT -5
Hiya! I feel like telling an awesome story, this might be a weekly thing, we'll see. Something interesting has to happen obviously. This story shows my miracle (sort of) comeback in a battle with being average.
So, on Saturday (2/25) I went to my bowling league meet, like every week... for the last 5 years. Heh. So anyway, my average per game is 144, series 432 (three games combined). I rolled a 143 first game, my team won! ;D
Second game I had a weird string of open and closed frames... open being a non-spare/non-strike and closed being a spare or strike. I actually had a good and bad lane. (On most leagues you alternate between 2 lanes for every other frame) I couldn't string my spares or strikes and had plenty of open frames... 113 was my score. My team also lost that game, go figure. For me, that's awful, but here's where the miracle comes in....
I'm a very strategic person. I take whatever I have, good, or bad, and turn it into another goal to reach. If I had two amazing games, I'll try to make that third game good enough to reach x series etc. Anyway, I needed a 176 to just hit average (432 series/143 game)... ugh! So, I took this real seriously and, seemingly by magic, had a spectacular first throw. Long story short, I rolled a bagger (4 strikes in a row) and 5 strikes in 6 frames. Holy cow. The best scores come from when you string your strikes and spares for anyone who's bowled 10 pin bowling. I looked like a runaway win this goal. I took another spare in the 7th and missed an easy spare in the 8th. Tough for me, because at that point I looked at a possible 200+ game, which would be only my 3rd in league meets. I forgot about this 176 thing, I knew I'd get that. Ninth frame, I hit a 9+spare. I needed to strike/spare the tenth so I could get a backup for the 200 in my 3rd throw. I hit the ultimately horrifying 6-7-10 split. Next to the 7-10, that is probably the worst split you can get. Nontheless, the miracle throw, I got it. But every rollercoaster goes down again... my third throw in the tenth... I hit but just 3 pins. Every first throw in that game before I rolled at least 8... go figure. Anyway. Final stats: 203 in the final game. A 459 series, averaging 153 for the week. That probably won't increase my yearly average much, but that's alright! Anyway... I'm done now...
Thanks for letting me brag about my awesome bowling achievement!
Tell me if you like the story deal and maybe I'll tell a few in General Discussions in the coming weeks, we'll see. ;D
So, on Saturday (2/25) I went to my bowling league meet, like every week... for the last 5 years. Heh. So anyway, my average per game is 144, series 432 (three games combined). I rolled a 143 first game, my team won! ;D
Second game I had a weird string of open and closed frames... open being a non-spare/non-strike and closed being a spare or strike. I actually had a good and bad lane. (On most leagues you alternate between 2 lanes for every other frame) I couldn't string my spares or strikes and had plenty of open frames... 113 was my score. My team also lost that game, go figure. For me, that's awful, but here's where the miracle comes in....
I'm a very strategic person. I take whatever I have, good, or bad, and turn it into another goal to reach. If I had two amazing games, I'll try to make that third game good enough to reach x series etc. Anyway, I needed a 176 to just hit average (432 series/143 game)... ugh! So, I took this real seriously and, seemingly by magic, had a spectacular first throw. Long story short, I rolled a bagger (4 strikes in a row) and 5 strikes in 6 frames. Holy cow. The best scores come from when you string your strikes and spares for anyone who's bowled 10 pin bowling. I looked like a runaway win this goal. I took another spare in the 7th and missed an easy spare in the 8th. Tough for me, because at that point I looked at a possible 200+ game, which would be only my 3rd in league meets. I forgot about this 176 thing, I knew I'd get that. Ninth frame, I hit a 9+spare. I needed to strike/spare the tenth so I could get a backup for the 200 in my 3rd throw. I hit the ultimately horrifying 6-7-10 split. Next to the 7-10, that is probably the worst split you can get. Nontheless, the miracle throw, I got it. But every rollercoaster goes down again... my third throw in the tenth... I hit but just 3 pins. Every first throw in that game before I rolled at least 8... go figure. Anyway. Final stats: 203 in the final game. A 459 series, averaging 153 for the week. That probably won't increase my yearly average much, but that's alright! Anyway... I'm done now...
Thanks for letting me brag about my awesome bowling achievement!
Tell me if you like the story deal and maybe I'll tell a few in General Discussions in the coming weeks, we'll see. ;D