So I am not a bowler. 175 average is about where I top off at. But I bowl in a Tuesday night mixed league and its a lot of fun. One of my team mates has a 223 average. Unbelievable to me. He makes it look so freakin easy where I have to struggle.
Well last night in my second game, I shot my highest game ever. NO, it wasn’t a 300 but it was a thing of beauty for me. I finished at a 279. But I was nervous. Actually, I was scared. After my first 6 in a row, I started to feel the pressure. It didn’t help that it was position night and we are in fourth place and able to move up a place. Mike, my team mate sits down next to me and tells me to forget about the last 6 shots. They no longer matter. Don’t look at it as me getting up and throwing 7 in a row. Go up and throw 1 strike. Make each shot individual and focus on getting the strike you know how to get. So I got up there, pretended like it was frame 1 and threw a strike.
How I relate this to craps is like this. Once you get past your 10 count, then your 20 count, then your 30 count and so on and so on, I know the pressure becomes increasingly higher. For twofold. First off, the money at risk is higher and second, your trying to do only what Journey asks. "Paying anything to roll the dice, just one more timeeeeeee!" (One of my favorites). Everyone wants in that record book. Move over Patricia. Here we come.
As far as the increased dollar amount on the layout, hopefully we have taught you betting well enough that whatever you have at risk, you should have a lot more in your rack. As far as the high number of rolls, well we should all have an SRR of 7 or higher so therefore we should all be able to roll 7 numbers before throwing the dreadful (7). So when we get up there and set the dice, our goal should not be "please let me get to 40 numbers". It should be "let me throw the dice one more time. Let me get past the 7 count and evidently you could keep on rolling. That’s the way it should go anyway.
On another note, I am off next Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Kids are being taken care of and I can not wait to see everyone. I love the teaching of the students and the comrodarie amongst us instructors and the laughter we share in how well Pit Boss navigates the streets of Atlantic City. See you all in a week.
Midnight
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Posted by: TommyC on February 18, 2015, 4:37 pm
Posted by: Matt I on February 18, 2015, 6:14 pm
I agree 100%. The previous shot has nothing to do with the next shot. One shot at a time, EXECUTE… Just MAKE THE SHOT. Let the training take over, EXECUTE THE SHOT.
I say this so many times to my friends and MYSELF (I really do) when bowling and when on a long roll in craps. There are times in bowling I may have to throw 4, 5 or 6 strikes in a row at the end of a game to beat somebody by 2 pins to win some money and it always comes down to the same thing. You can’t worry about the 5th or 6th shot (or the 40th roll) before you throw the first shot. And guess what, there is no second shot if you don’t MAKE THIS SHOT. And if I do strike, the next ball is the same – "Come’on, just make the shot. Just make the shot".
As much as I would like to practice this at home, I find it’s rather difficult without real pressure. Try it and good luck.
Posted by: professor on February 19, 2015, 8:08 pm
Posted by: SevenTimesSeven on February 19, 2015, 8:36 pm
"One More Shot" or something like that ?
Anyone remember? Is he still around?
Posted by: ACPA on February 19, 2015, 9:43 pm
If your interested pm me and I’ll see if I can find his email. Been some time since we had contact but it might be good.
Noah
Posted by: brothelman on February 20, 2015, 2:40 am
lmao 11out of 12 not a bad game.
Posted by: brothelman on February 23, 2015, 6:14 am
