WOOOOOO

Pacman got at 300 tonight!!!!!

Probably using his illegal ball.

Ha, thanks

Congrats!(I assume that's not your first?)

18th recorded by USBC

Awesome!

pacino wrote:18th recorded by USBC

Yea, but tainted by your ball.

daaaaaaamn pacman

almost saw a 300 last night. dude left the back right pin up on his 11th ball. knocked it down on his 12th obviously. whole place was cheering for him.

Yeah they are always cool to watch. One day I hope to experience the actual doing. A few weeks ago my son had his closest attempt to date. 5th game of qualifying and he really needed a good game to make it to match play. He made an adjustment based on the previous pair and went high on his first shot and left a 4 pin. Made the spare, adjusted back to his previous line and went 11 in a row for 290. New personal best and got him to match play.

Not bad considering he started bowling a little over 3 years ago (he's 14).

tell your kid to keep going!

wow that is awesome. i only got 142 last night. maybe my highest ever. i choked hard on the 10th frame otherwise would have gone over 150. pacino give me lessons.

Really impressive, Pac. Congrats!! Also to Snakster's son.

pacino wrote:tell your kid to keep going!

He digs it. He'll be able to join the High School team next year when he's in 9th grade; a team that made it to States this year (North Penn). The coach has been eye-balling him for 2 years and he's losing two seniors. I'm not sure if I have more fun bowling myself, or watching him. We both started together over winter break three years ago. I had done intramurals in High school one year before that, otherwise recreation only (and seldom).

snakster wrote:

pacino wrote:tell your kid to keep going!

He digs it. He'll be able to join the High School team next year when he's in 9th grade; a team that made it to States this year (North Penn). The coach has been eye-balling him for 2 years and he's losing two seniors. I'm not sure if I have more fun bowling myself, or watching him. We both started together over winter break three years ago. I had done intramurals in High school one year before that, otherwise recreation only (and seldom).

my father is a HS bowling coach and the big thing will be having a good attitude. he may struggle or may be on JV or scrubs depending on the size of the team, but coaches will see kids that have a good attitude, work hard to get better, ask questions and then are able to execute without being too clingy. it's like any sport, but since it is just you up there the emotions play a big part in how you do.

for any bowling but especially HS if you can make spares you can get yourself on the team. so have him work on those.

dont think a kid who is hitting 290 is gonna be a jv scrub

depending on the school bowling is very competitive

pacino wrote:depending on the school bowling is very competitive

You're right. North Penn, despite its size, does not have a huge rush of kids going out for bowling. The coach is counting on him as one of the replacements for his two lost seniors.

But going back to your earlier point, attitude and composure are huge parts of the game, especially in that environment. It is actually one of his biggest strengths; very even keel. If he shows ANY kind of emotion at a tournament (like half a frown), people are surprised. But I also see some kids who are tremendously talented who have absolutely no hold on their emotions and won't listen at all. They can melt down and take themselves out of a game at the snap of a finger. Talent is important, but the mental game may be even more important, especially when the competition gets higher. And he's also had a lot of experience now on challenge shots thanks to PJBT. The NP squad did very poorly at States primarily (IMO) because those kids had zero experience on challenge patterns and were just overwhelmed by it.

I will be there next year encouraging them to at least hit up Sunday tournaments when there is a challenge shot.

CalvinBall wrote:dont think a kid who is hitting 290 is gonna be a jv scrub

Good scores may get you noticed, but consistency keeps you in the line-up. And as Pac pointed out, it's all about making spares.

Good bowlers throw strikes. Great bowlers make spares.

snakster wrote:

pacino wrote:depending on the school bowling is very competitive

You're right. North Penn, despite its size, does not have a huge rush of kids going out for bowling. The coach is counting on him as one of the replacements for his two lost seniors.

But going back to your earlier point, attitude and composure are huge parts of the game, especially in that environment. It is actually one of his biggest strengths; very even keel. If he shows ANY kind of emotion at a tournament (like half a frown), people are surprised. But I also see some kids who are tremendously talented who have absolutely no hold on their emotions and won't listen at all. They can melt down and take themselves out of a game at the snap of a finger. Talent is important, but the mental game may be even more important, especially when the competition gets higher. And he's also had a lot of experience now on challenge shots thanks to PJBT. The NP squad did very poorly at States primarily (IMO) because those kids had zero experience on challenge patterns and were just overwhelmed by it.

I will be there next year encouraging them to at least hit up Sunday tournaments when there is a challenge shot.

i grew up bowling with the two guys that run the PJBT stuff. They love helping kids improve, thus why they put down those sport shots.