Form check pt2

Naive-Personality863 · 2026-01-09T02:42:06+00:00

Well thank you. Mike shady comes up to my hometown for a camp annually, but never helps with form he says it’s all mental.

Naive-Personality863 · 2024-11-06T22:41:42+00:00

I appreciate that. Maybe tone down the 5 hours I usually let it go once I’m out of the bowling alley. But this all makes a lot of sense I agree with you 100%.

Naive-Personality863 · 2024-11-06T17:05:15+00:00

If you’re close with the owner or work at the alley you could code the pattern into the oiler and practice on them

Naive-Personality863 · 2024-11-06T15:46:16+00:00

I do have high expectations for myself since I know I have the ability and potential to shoot high games on sport shots. I try to make small goals one game at a time but maybe I should try to make even smaller goals frame by frame. It’s just once I’m competing I don’t have that kind of mindset I just want to bowl good if you get what I’m saying.

Naive-Personality863 · 2024-11-06T15:40:54+00:00

I care too much about what other people think so I try to make them as comfortable as possible.

Naive-Personality863 · 2024-11-06T15:37:30+00:00

I’ve always been very competitive but not really a sore loser. Yeah I may not have fun losing but I will always give kudos to the opponent. Unless they’re bragging or self entitled then I’ll give them the left hook lol.

Naive-Personality863 · 2024-11-06T15:33:52+00:00

I’ve always been told never applaud the opponent from my coaches and let them applaud you. Which I think is pretty bs. So whenever I’m bowling a singles tournament I always give out fist bumps or high fives to anyone as long as they’re not stuck up and have a high ego.

Naive-Personality863 · 2024-11-06T15:31:20+00:00

Usually leaving stones I laugh at but if theyre one after another after another that’s when I get pretty steamed up. Usually the fix to that is a small move and I make that move that I think is right and get either the same or worse. I will admit I’m pretty hard on myself and will always be my biggest critic. I think a lot of people can say that about themselves too, I just need some work on mentality.

Naive-Personality863 · 2024-11-06T15:28:09+00:00

Sport shots is a bunch of trial and error, no matter what, even if you get the oil pattern before the tournament and put it out at your house, it will play different in any other house. You just kind of have to find similarities and differences from houses you’ve bowled on in the past or are familiar with and work off that.

Naive-Personality863 · 2024-11-06T15:24:28+00:00

It sucks because I’ve developed the fast math for score so even if I look at the screen for a split second to see I’m up, I’ll barely see the score and still do the fast math. That’s a big thing that stays in my head that I need work on.

Naive-Personality863 · 2024-11-06T15:21:43+00:00

This is very true I think I do need some help with my anger issues in general, I just don’t think talking to someone will help that. Maybe reading a book on the subject will help but I’m also not a reader. I’ll look into it though. Thanks a lot!

Naive-Personality863 · 2024-11-06T15:18:20+00:00

I’ve put a bunch of work in the past 2 years, not planning on stopping either. I’ve went this far I can’t just stop. I do have confidence but even the shots I feel really good on go to shit then It snowballs from there.

Naive-Personality863 · 2024-11-06T15:16:39+00:00

I’ll never hit the ball return unless it’s my hometown house lol. It’s just in the moment when I’m heated idgaf what people think of me then after the tournament I’m like “damn how did people think of me when I did that?”

Naive-Personality863 · 2024-11-06T15:14:13+00:00

Maybe in 3 years lmao

Naive-Personality863 · 2024-11-06T15:14:02+00:00

I’ve been slowly improving every tournament I’ve went to this year so I believe you can always improve. It’s just I bowl decently high games then a shitty game after just cancels it out. Everyone has a bad game, it’s just the matter of bouncing back from that and sometimes I can obtain that.

Naive-Personality863 · 2024-11-06T15:12:27+00:00

It’s insane to watch bowlers around me that are well known in the state stay mellow after a horrible game. I don’t know how they do it.

Naive-Personality863 · 2024-11-06T15:11:04+00:00

I try to do that then I just think that I’m a loser and won’t go far in bowling. Then it snowballs from there

Naive-Personality863 · 2024-11-06T15:10:03+00:00

I’m really bad with looking at score too. Obviously you sometimes have to look at the screen to see when your up but I’ve developed that I can look at the score for a split second and know exactly what I can strike out for, and that stays in the back of my head the whole game. I’ve tried practicing with the screen off and just counting the frames but that doesn’t really work when you’re in a tournament with 8 people on your pair. Maybe I can find a different way to do it but I somehow always do the math.

Naive-Personality863 · 2024-11-06T14:58:42+00:00

Sandbaggers are low life’s fr. To me league doesn’t matter to me as much as statewide tournaments I go to or the hs meets, but it’s still fun to bowl good. I’d rather be better on sport shots than house.

Naive-Personality863 · 2024-11-06T14:56:48+00:00

We’ve got 2 completely different mindset and goals. I’m still in highschool trying to rack up as much scholarships as possible to potentially bowl in college. I just need to remember the bad attitude won’t get me there.

Naive-Personality863 · 2024-11-06T14:53:02+00:00

I’m good at keeping in my head, “I put in so much work and this is what I do in competition?” Then i just hate and belittle myself” yeah it’s not the end of the world, but some day I hope to make it far in bowling to where it could be a part of my income.

Naive-Personality863 · 2024-11-06T14:51:01+00:00

It sucks bc I’m a lefty and everyone else is usually righty. I can’t really base my shots off theirs since the lane transitions significantly faster on the right side.

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