Today's Emphasis: Hand Release Position

(Note:  I've given up trying to make this D@#% blog site use the same font size throughout.  It seems to have a mind of it's own once I hit [Publish].)

Despite my best efforts to have Doug use JUST ONE hand release position, he managed to use half the clock, between 11:00 and 5:00 and all of the minutes and seconds in between, and only record a couple of gutter balls, to Top our Leader Board for the afternoon with a solid 639 NET Pins!

This Week's Individual Results
						Total Pins
First		Last		Average		Gross		Net
Doug		Kurtis		129		387		639
Mark		Geovjien		135		406		619
Rick		Brooks		163		489		603
Todd		Eveland		145		436		577
Tom		Belt		132		396		558
*Cary		Saul		117		233		395

Only bowled two games today!

Doug's antithesis, Mark, used his natural, single release point, on his way to scoring 619 NET Pins, finishing a strong second.  And bringing up third, settling on one release point and swing speed (not trying to experiment this week), climbing out of my slump, and managing to bowl my average, would be me with 603 NET Pins.

I finally figured out I was using the next table incorrectly!

Average vs. Today's Results
				Averages
First		Last		Overall		Today		Diff:
Doug		Kurtis		116		129		13
Mark		Geovjien		129		135		6
Rick		Brooks		162		163		1
Cary		Saul		119		117		-2
Todd		Eveland		153		145		-8
Tom		Belt		146		132		-14

Instead of sorting to highlight the negative, I've reversed the sort to highlight the positive.  This makes it a bit redundant to our weekly results, but it does show how much better Doug managed this week relative to his average.  And it keeps me off the top of the chart when I struggle.  It also shows that Cary, although only bowling two games today, managed to score close to his average and might have had an opportunity to finish in the top three with a good third game.

And our League Standings (no team results this week):

The Accidental Bowling League Group Standings
				Current
First		Last		Average		Handicap
Rick		Brooks		162		38
Todd		Eveland		152		48
Tom		Belt		145		55
Mark		Geovjien		131		69
Mike		Raynor		130		70
Bo		Dee		124		76
Cary		Saul		119		82
Doug		Kurtis		118		82
Maurice		Snyder		106		94
Scott		Reed		82		118

In Mike R.'s absence, Mark made the only move and retook the 4th spot in our standings.  Just an observation, or maybe a premonition.  With Mark's natural smooth and consistent delivery, if he ever figures out spares on his own and how to hit his mark on the lane consistently, we will all be looking up at him at the top of our chart!

And last, as promised, a focus on the release.  Here is a link to a National Academy of Bowling article on Thumb Timing or Release Timing (Focas on the article, not the video.).  Basically, hand position at release.

Reminder:  I'm out next week.  Enjoy our great weather for a change and see you all when I return.

R-