Week 1

 

Adams PBA Journey

My personal journey in life, health, and renewing my passion

    It has been 15 years since I've bowled in a league.  I saw that there was going to be a meeting at a local bowling lane, so I decided to attend, hoping that there would be a team looking for one more member.  Lucky for me, there was a team seeking a member.  We decided to call ourselves 4 of a kind.  

    My first week was so surreal being back on the lanes.  This was over 20 years of my life, where I looked forward to going so many times.  Sitting there, I wondered just how much rust I would have and what my fatigue would be like.  I questioned the strength of my wrist and arm.   I had been doing pushups at work to build my stamina and my strength.  So there I was, looking down the lanes again, feeling the joy I had missed for so long, waiting to once again roll the ball down the lanes and try to help my team reach victory. 

    I believe this first week we went 1-3 (you bowl 3 games and the 4th is overall score).  However, I was pretty happy with how I bowled.  I still have a lot of areas to work on, but here are my stats and figures for the first week.  


    At one point of time in my life, I was really good at hitting my spares, but this week was a different story.  I kept reminding myself that this was a good way to start back up my bowling.  There is work to do but I feel this was a good start.  As you can see below, I really need to work on my makeable spares, but I'll keep working on that.  

    

    





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