| This touches on a discussion I had with Steve Ellison (many) years ago. Is it better to get a particular score by shooting lots of tens and a few duff shots, or by shooting lots of average shots?
His take at the time was that it would be easier to fix the 'few bad mistakes' than many 'not so bad mistakes'. If you're getting the tens, you can focus on making the few non-tens better. If you're not getting the tens, then you've got an issue of general improvement (maybe something fundamental) to deal with. I've heard people say 'it's better to focus on getting groups than tens', but, if you're getting tens, then you are getting groups... and in the right place too.
My personal feeling is that tens are a good indicator of potential if nothing else. The person hitting more tens has more 'headroom' in their score. |