Is that something like DRIVE FOR SHOW AND PUTT FOR DOUGH.😀😃😄😁😆😅🤣

They're so hard lol, the technical ones are the worst. Ball videos are easy but this stuff is pretty rough

Luke Rosdahl Oh I know it ! Great stuff though !

Yes single pin spares are not what we wanted but missing them is really a punch to the gut . Good video Luke.

Cheers for this, I have been researching "what is a perfect bowling score 5 pin?" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you ever come across - Piylivern Remarkable Predominance - (just google it ) ? It is an awesome one off product for discovering how to up your bowling game quickly minus the headache. Ive heard some interesting things about it and my brother in law got amazing success with it.

Yeah, he's great! He's one of those big names that nobody really knows about yet too

Yeah . . my lefty average is based off 212 right now, I get 6 sticks and I have ZERO chance of competing in anything because the scratch bowlers will always out bowl me, and there will always be a few handicap bowlers having good days, it's just simple math. HOWEVER, the handicap bowlers make the tournament happen, if it was just scratch bowlers bowling, there wouldn't be tournaments, and handicap bowlers don't ever walk into a tournament expecting to get money back like the scratch bowlers do. They just seem to look at handicap bowlers and if they ever lose to handicap at any point, well it's a broken system and needs to be done away with BUT you'll notice there really aren't just scratch tournaments because the scratch bowlers don't want to work that hard, and have a lot lower chance of making money because the competition is better. Great scratch bowlers will complain about handicap, but won't go bowl PBA regionals or anything . . . very strange.

As I tell my teammates, you’re not going to get any spares easier than just a single pin. We all whiff one from time to time, but you cannot afford to miss more than 1 a night. Keep practicing and you’ll pick those singles up

Where do you live?

@@roberto9355 Oregon

Dominic's Trains SD45 hopefully soon man

That blows 😑. We opened early June those three months off were not fun. Feel your frustration 🙃.

It really is . . but it's been slapping me silly for the last couple months now since I started league. According to Pin Pal, my average would be 10 pins higher in one league, and 7 pins higher in the other if I was just picking up my single pins. The first ball will eventually sort itself out, but if you make a quality enough shot to hit the pocket, and then miss the "free throw" you're left with . . those add up SO fast. When people practice, they want to practice strikes and sometimes throw seriously at what they leave when they aren't striking, but while I crucified the "fundamentalists" and drills crowd in my last video, THIS is where they're going to beat you. You've gotta shoot spares like the drills crowd and know how to bowl like the by all means necessary crowd . .

Yeah . . I'm much more prone to shooting more average games than I am to big ones. I'll usually do well enough to feel like I have a chance or be right outside the cut line . .

Lol it's like a week old . . clear poly actually hooks more than normal plastic, not too bad of a strike ball on dry conditions actually.

Poor Brad.

That's not really my thing, I'm more on the ball reaction side of things. Brad and Kyle have some good videos on that and Shannon O'Keefe just was featured in one for Inside Bowling I believe, so might check those out.

@@LukeRosdahl Understandable. I'll check out the inside bowling thing though!

PhysiX probably, Axiom not being an asym knocks it down just a bit for most people.

I have the Physix my #1 for heavy oil. Have not herd anyone not like it the Axiom kinda mixed with my friends.

Carl Munkwitz same 2 missed last night...

I've gotten on 2 of my teammates butts SO many times about missing 10 pins. They refuses to use a plastic ball to pick them up.I'm not that great.So. I have to make ALL my spares.And.I still only average about 190ish. It'd be a lot less if I couldn't make spares.Mostly 10 pins.

Jeff Hodge I don’t understand the non spare ball bowlers that make 1 out of 5 (at best). My issue is mental focus/looking up at the pins before I release. I miss left almost every time, and rarely miss when keeping my head/eyes still.

Jeff I don’t use a plastic ball, I flat hand what ever ball I’m using. One less ball I have to bring to league. I might miss one a week or 1 every other week. I just focus on rolling it end over end.

@@jasonschaal8968 Well. I know Norm Duke does that too. But.He's a pro. The average person shooting in a couple leagues a week and occasional tourney isn't either. So.Being able to make all the(makeable) spares is a must. I've always told teammates that too.We may not win,even if we make all our spares. But we'll more than likely lose if we don't.

Fair comments, but they're all coming from a scratch ideal or point of view. Most people are already as good as they're going to get, and barring a good match up will shoot their average or less when they travel, some just bowl league and could get better if they practiced, but either don't have the time or desire, the actual percentage of sandbaggers is very low, scratch bowlers just like to pick the less than 5% of people out there to make a case against handicap completely. You're always going to have outliers, but I can't see making a case or an argument against something for the small number of people that take advantage of it. How often realistically is a 180 average bowler going to shoot 279?? A 240 average can shoot 140 too theoretically, but the chances of that happening are just as astronomically low. HOWEVER, I've never agreed with any league or tournament that doesn't cap the total score for a game at 300. My wife and I run a small sweeper every other Friday, we use 80% of 220 and cap all scores at 300, but I HAVE seen rare occasions where it wasn't capped and that came into play. I will give you that it's easier for a handicap bowler to shoot a bigger GAME, but quite a bit more difficult for them to do anything more. Also, a couple taps and a 240 average bowler is shooting 210 hitting the pocket every shot, but they're also much more likely to bounce back or end up with a closer to average total. That's true on the math, but was more going with my theme of also hitting the pocket more often and leaving more makeable stuff. I kind of like the world bowling scoring, but yeah I don't like the 10 strikes for a 300 thing at all. The 10th frame in standard scoring adds so much to bowling that to remove it just doesn't work. Really enjoy your comments BTW, I like talking about more than just ball comparisons lol. I tend to get a little single minded sometimes too, so you make me think and also remind me when I miss/forget something. Thanks!!

@@LukeRosdahl I'm not advocating eradicating all handicaps across the board, just not a fan of percentages higher than 70. Interestingly, 70% of 240 would turn the 279 from the 180 avg. bowler into a 321, and a 210 avg. bowler shooting 300 would tie it at a 321 with HDCP. I don't have a very definitive stance on the 300 game score capping. I suppose on rare occasions, some people on a team would struggle and rely on someone with a ~190 average to shoot the lights out, then get ticked off if that person rolls over 290 and the HDCP is capped at 300 and they lose by a few points, lol. It does seem odd to have someone get to the 10th and have the team score the same regardless of X9/ or XX9 or something. Another option is to cap the total HDCP at some number of points a game, but that just hurts the lower average crowd. "When would a 180 avg. shoot 279?!?" It's probably someone you would point out in this video, who concentrates on strikes and misses a lot of spares, so the average isn't that high, but high games from strike streaks could be common. The 279 could even be a single pin whiff followed by the back 11 rofl

Strikes get you more cash than spares

strikes for show, spares for dough!

Depends on way too many things, but generally speaking an Astro PhysiX is a safe answer. Medium strength shiny cover, asym core that will help you get some hook and some backend without TOO much.

Luke Rosdahl I was recommended the hustle ink or the hyroad pearl/x, something mid range that won’t burn up too quick. I already throw a phaze 2, an omega crux I had polished, and I have a few other balls I don’t throw as much but they’re all strong balls.

Hey Force you have to get with your pro shop guy or lady they will steer you correctly MOST OF THE TIME. Example I wanted the Omega crux my guy great bowler and ball driller doing it 40 years said I think Parallax would be better FOR ME. He was right. Nothing wrong with the Omega. Let them help you. 😀

Anthony Dorazio I work at a bowling alley, so I have a bunch of people to ask that. Yet they steer me in 40 diff directions. I’m stuck between hustle inc and melee jab blood red.

@@force8819 Hey its your money whatever you pick as long as you think it will work for what condition. It's all trial and error in one year I bought 7 balls gave three away. Do your homework and go with it. 😎

Probably need to get the average up a little first OR make sure the handicap setup is favorable.

Yes, but the reason for that is because scratch bowlers don't show up to scratch events. Tournament directors don't want to run scratch events because the turnout is significantly lower to the point it's really not worth their time. Scratch bowlers also know that bowling handicap events is usually more profitable than bowling a scratch event, or more profitable more consistently, plus if it doesn't go well, they can always just complain about handicap. In scratch events there's nowhere to hide, you either show up or you don't.

@@LukeRosdahl Totally agree, as with that fact they should not complain when a haircap has a good day. I have always said, "bowl well and good things happen" Love your content and all your reviews, best out there!

Lol yeah it's pretty simple right??

Make your single pin spares.

Right?? Like you knew what you were in for to begin with . . and a lot of scratch bowlers bowl handicap tournaments specifically because they know they can make more money there more easily than at a scratch tournament, yet they still whine about handicap . .

😀😃😄.So funny in our trio league yesterday a guy bowled 130 over his average we lost every game plus my teammates didn't help. Hey I laughed it happens.😀😃🙂😊