well this past thursday i went in to the evening not expecting much, since iv'e been getting up at 1am to go to work the previous three days i was exhausted. so since im bowling my worst since i can remember (averaging 142 for the first 7 weeks), i go into thursdays with less enthusiasm than usual. well i started with a 182! woo hoo, i had 53 after the fifth frame so i told myself to relax and stop "thinking". so i found a shot and i had a four bagger to save the game. the second game i dropped off quite a bit with a 129. i didnt bowl as bad as the score showed as i left many a ten pin and failed at converting any of them:(:(. the second game i started using my radical inferno(i was using the fury the first two games)and it carried many a strike for me as i finished with a 200, with out making just one five-pin spare. the fourth and final game i bowled a 151, not too impresive but again it was my spare-shooting that killed me. our team won 20-5 and i won three out of four games and series. this is our second straight week taking 20 points and i think we might be making a move, finally.

well, after averaging 193 at rolling meadows amf, i decided to change my approach for better timing. i always released the ball before i slid with my left foot (i'm a righty) and it felt akward but many people said "averaging 193 is good enough!" but i felt that i bowled well despite my timing, not because of it. so i started the pushaway on my second step of my 4 step approach and it definitely has affected my average. i went to averaging in the mid 180's to 169 at the end of the summer, and im at a whopping 140 at poplar creek bowl! but ive been going every day for the past 2 weeks and two days ago i bowled 1092 for six games (182 avg) then i bowled 1222 yesterday! i feel that my approach has gone from thinking about every step to being second nature. this sunday im bowling at rolling meadows and i hope i can put up some big numbers!(im at 142 after 2 weeks:(