Day 3 – WSOB Reflections: Becoming Through Every Frame June 18, 2025 – EJ Tackett Pattern

Day 3 – WSOB Reflections: Becoming Through Every Frame

June 18, 2025 – EJ Tackett Pattern

After finishing my morning walk, movement, mindset study, and a quiet breakfast, I stepped just outside the front doors of the hotel. It’s become part of the rhythm now—this small act of standing at the entrance, breathing in the day, and mentally preparing to support Bella and Lindsay as they step into another full day of bowling. I wasn’t rushing. I was settling in, getting grounded before heading back upstairs to get ready.

Today is Day 3 of the World Series of Bowling, and it’s a full one.

Bella and Lindsay will bowl six games of qualifying on the EJ Tackett long pattern. After that, bowlers will go straight into a two-game total pinfall match play elimination to determine the EJ Tackett Pattern Champion. Once that’s complete, all three individual oil pattern events—Bill O’Neill (short), Danielle McEwan (medium), and EJ Tackett (long)—will be finished.

From there, the focus shifts to the overall World Series of Bowling Championship.

The top 12 bowlers based on total pinfall across all 18 games (six games on each pattern) will advance to match play. That begins tonight with Round One: four games.

Tomorrow, Rounds Two and Three will follow—four games each, totaling 12 match play games.

After that, the top five bowlers by total pinfall will advance to the final stepladder showdown, where one will be crowned the World Series of Bowling Champion.

But for us, it always comes back to the present moment.

Bella and Lindsay are doing what they love—competing, learning, and becoming. Bowling isn’t a game of static skill. The lanes shift. The oil breaks down. Ball reaction changes shot by shot. Success in this sport demands awareness, adjustment, and an open mind.

That’s why I carried this line from my morning reading into today:

“You’re not fixed. You’re becoming.”

Carol Dweck’s work on mindset reminds me that greatness isn’t about perfection. It’s about persistence. About being coachable. About watching every shot—yours and others’. Staying a student of the game, always.

My role today is simple: be intentional, be supportive, be aware. Whether it’s helping carry gear, tracking lane transitions, or being a calming voice in the fire—I’m here for them.

Bella and Lindsay have done the work. They’ve prepared. Now, they just need to trust the process and enjoy the moment. Perfection isn’t the goal. Presence is. Growth is.

Soon, we’ll head down together, grab breakfast in the lobby, load up the car, and step into another arena with one intention:

Do our absolute best—frame by frame.

We’re not fixed.

We’re becoming.