"OLD SCHOOL" Team Review
Preview: We are in our 19th week in, and surprisingly still placed 5th with 40.5 wins and 31.5 loss record. Going up against a good team whose bowlers can reach the upper echelon of 200's. Can we pull off the win?
Summary: After the game, I took a great deal of time to review and analyze our performance and still I'm not sure exactly what to say other than we did not perform the way we should be up to this point in the season. We won two and we loss two. That right there speaks for itself on how today's games went.
June Wei (Avg: 106)
Scores: 117, 100, 132
Overall Grade: B-
Review: A major improvement over last week's scores. I can not begin to tell you how proud I am to witness June starting to show effort on spinning the ball or more like throwing the ball along the correct arrows. Still though it goes without me saying how little the spin is applied to the ball when she releases it. Really needs to work on not being afraid to flick the ball. Experiment is key when practicing. Other than the 2nd game, good job and hopefully she'll be able to hit at least 120 on a consistent basis by the end of February.
Russ Overton (Avg: 158)
Scores: 188, 116, 141
Overall Grade: B?
Review: I'm having the hardest time giving Russ his grade and still I'm not sure, which is why I gave a question mark at the end (talk about being confused this week). I did Russ's review last hoping I would have a final grade by the time I got his review, but for some reason it's too difficult for me with Russ being sick and all. Great first game, hit his mark, bowled fabulous, got his strikes and hit his spares with exception to some easy ones that helped him get a score of 188. Then...the drop off happened and a big one, too; like Angel's Falls drop off. From 188 to 116, that right there is 72 points and comparing it to his average, that's a minus 46 points. *shaking head* Third game was a little bit better, but it took Russ til the 4th/5th frame to really start turning it up, again. I understand he's still little bit under the weather, but can't miss those easy spares down the line. I wouldn't say focus was his problem today, the lanes were a little bit different as each game went on, and Russ did some experimentation during those games so judging from all of that the best thing Russ can work on for next week is adaptation.
Henry Wei (Avg: 153)
Scores: 216, 162, 155
Overall Grade: B+
Review: For someone who did not feel it today, I think overall I deserve an A, but...because how competitive I am and how last weeks performance was uber (German/Deutsche) krap, I gave myself a B+ instead. Had a marvelous score of 216; can't complain. But I wasn't able to keep it up and eventually lost my strike lane. Please do take notice on me mentioning strike lane and not the lane completely. I did get my spares when I had to and eventually came back strong towards the end of the 2nd and 3rd game (minus the gutter frame at the end). Still though no excuse on several of the other frames I muffed up on. Still need to work on staying focused and not letting other things bother me.
Roum Evangelista (Avg: 168)
Scores: 134, 147, 232 (last week)
Scores: 134, 141, 223 (this week)
Overall Grade: Roum's Choice
Review: Is it me or does this look really familiar to you? In fact, last week's performance was better than this week. Yes I will give Roum lots of credit of helping us staying in the game against the opponent and allowing us to even get the chance to win the 3rd game (we did). BUT, what happened in the first two games leaves me clueless and pretty much speechless. It's like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Strikes Back, which leads me to allow Roum to grade himself so he can get a good visibility on how similar the scores are from last week and this week. Anyways, Roum really really and I mean REALLY needs to work on finding his lanes quick. I'm tempted to allow him to use most of the practice time so that way he can start feeling the lanes. It's all in the head!!! Haha, thats what she said.
Team's Overall Performance: B
In a big way, I can't complain with a 2-2. Obviously getting a 3-1 would be far more enjoyable than a 2-2, but it's still way better than getting 1-3 or the God-awful sweep. Everyone is to be blamed for the 2 wins and 2 loss, we all have a hand in it. Sorry guys, no star this week. I want to bring up something really important. Our opponent's total scratch scores were 525, 536, 545 and 553. June's were 349, Russ 445, Henry 553 and Roum 498. As you can see, our opponent is very consistent and yes they do know how to bowl and they have far more experience than we do, but the way I look at it is if we wanna do any damage coming sweeps then we need to be more like our opponent and find our consistency. I'm not asking for scratch totals like our opponents, I'm asking for better like 600. Just kidding. I actually decided to give each of you total scratch goals so it will give you some indication on what to aim for. June 450. Russ 550. Henry 550. Roum 600 cause you know you can. I think this sounds very reasonable and hopefully when we're at Vegas bowling, we'll be the team that blows everyone away even that dreadful Team 6 (you know who I'm talking about).
Post Notes: I want to say thanks everyone for getting the rooms on time at South Point. I'm starting to plan out what we can do at Vegas. So far I have practice bowling on Friday evening so we can get a feel for the lanes. AND, a dam good buffet; don't ask (it pains me explaining it every single time). If you have any suggestions on where to go and what o do, please post them on comments and we can all talk about it. Thanks.
Summary: After the game, I took a great deal of time to review and analyze our performance and still I'm not sure exactly what to say other than we did not perform the way we should be up to this point in the season. We won two and we loss two. That right there speaks for itself on how today's games went.
June Wei (Avg: 106)
Scores: 117, 100, 132
Overall Grade: B-
Review: A major improvement over last week's scores. I can not begin to tell you how proud I am to witness June starting to show effort on spinning the ball or more like throwing the ball along the correct arrows. Still though it goes without me saying how little the spin is applied to the ball when she releases it. Really needs to work on not being afraid to flick the ball. Experiment is key when practicing. Other than the 2nd game, good job and hopefully she'll be able to hit at least 120 on a consistent basis by the end of February.
Russ Overton (Avg: 158)
Scores: 188, 116, 141
Overall Grade: B?
Review: I'm having the hardest time giving Russ his grade and still I'm not sure, which is why I gave a question mark at the end (talk about being confused this week). I did Russ's review last hoping I would have a final grade by the time I got his review, but for some reason it's too difficult for me with Russ being sick and all. Great first game, hit his mark, bowled fabulous, got his strikes and hit his spares with exception to some easy ones that helped him get a score of 188. Then...the drop off happened and a big one, too; like Angel's Falls drop off. From 188 to 116, that right there is 72 points and comparing it to his average, that's a minus 46 points. *shaking head* Third game was a little bit better, but it took Russ til the 4th/5th frame to really start turning it up, again. I understand he's still little bit under the weather, but can't miss those easy spares down the line. I wouldn't say focus was his problem today, the lanes were a little bit different as each game went on, and Russ did some experimentation during those games so judging from all of that the best thing Russ can work on for next week is adaptation.
Henry Wei (Avg: 153)
Scores: 216, 162, 155
Overall Grade: B+
Review: For someone who did not feel it today, I think overall I deserve an A, but...because how competitive I am and how last weeks performance was uber (German/Deutsche) krap, I gave myself a B+ instead. Had a marvelous score of 216; can't complain. But I wasn't able to keep it up and eventually lost my strike lane. Please do take notice on me mentioning strike lane and not the lane completely. I did get my spares when I had to and eventually came back strong towards the end of the 2nd and 3rd game (minus the gutter frame at the end). Still though no excuse on several of the other frames I muffed up on. Still need to work on staying focused and not letting other things bother me.
Roum Evangelista (Avg: 168)
Scores: 134, 147, 232 (last week)
Scores: 134, 141, 223 (this week)
Overall Grade: Roum's Choice
Review: Is it me or does this look really familiar to you? In fact, last week's performance was better than this week. Yes I will give Roum lots of credit of helping us staying in the game against the opponent and allowing us to even get the chance to win the 3rd game (we did). BUT, what happened in the first two games leaves me clueless and pretty much speechless. It's like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Strikes Back, which leads me to allow Roum to grade himself so he can get a good visibility on how similar the scores are from last week and this week. Anyways, Roum really really and I mean REALLY needs to work on finding his lanes quick. I'm tempted to allow him to use most of the practice time so that way he can start feeling the lanes. It's all in the head!!! Haha, thats what she said.
Team's Overall Performance: B
In a big way, I can't complain with a 2-2. Obviously getting a 3-1 would be far more enjoyable than a 2-2, but it's still way better than getting 1-3 or the God-awful sweep. Everyone is to be blamed for the 2 wins and 2 loss, we all have a hand in it. Sorry guys, no star this week. I want to bring up something really important. Our opponent's total scratch scores were 525, 536, 545 and 553. June's were 349, Russ 445, Henry 553 and Roum 498. As you can see, our opponent is very consistent and yes they do know how to bowl and they have far more experience than we do, but the way I look at it is if we wanna do any damage coming sweeps then we need to be more like our opponent and find our consistency. I'm not asking for scratch totals like our opponents, I'm asking for better like 600. Just kidding. I actually decided to give each of you total scratch goals so it will give you some indication on what to aim for. June 450. Russ 550. Henry 550. Roum 600 cause you know you can. I think this sounds very reasonable and hopefully when we're at Vegas bowling, we'll be the team that blows everyone away even that dreadful Team 6 (you know who I'm talking about).
Post Notes: I want to say thanks everyone for getting the rooms on time at South Point. I'm starting to plan out what we can do at Vegas. So far I have practice bowling on Friday evening so we can get a feel for the lanes. AND, a dam good buffet; don't ask (it pains me explaining it every single time). If you have any suggestions on where to go and what o do, please post them on comments and we can all talk about it. Thanks.
for the buffet the only one I'm getting that's kid friendly is the RIO
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