Bowlers cannot control the conditions they will have to compete on. All they can do is try to be aware of the circumstances that could affect them and compensate as best they can to score high.

Women bowlers have had to develop very solid fundamentals and accuracy in their bowling game in order to compete at the national (and international) levels. They are much closer to the style we need to improve our games at the local bowling center.

Unlucky? Unfortunate? I think not. I am not doing something correctly. After all, there are others who are scoring well

A bowler has got to go beyond just throwing to the second arrow and hoping that the night's lane conditions will happen to let them score higher.

In other words, one of the equations for improving yourself in the sport of bowling is - consistent armswing equals accuracy equals more strikes and spares equals higher scores equals higher averages.