Summer Leagues

[NewToBowling]

So do most of you join summer leagues or do you skip and wait until the fall.

It seems like the bowling alleys are advertising the heck out of them. Must be harder to get people to play during the summer.

We are doing our first league this summer so just wondering.

[Amyers]

I bowl year round and on holidays if I can

[hddon]

I am bowling league this summer for the second year in a row. only started in Sept 2011 though so still new to it and striving to improve. first summer i did not bowl league just concentrated on practice. just finished winter league last night with 175 average, very happy with that! I have found best improvement since bowling league year round

[jab5325]

Before taking a break for the game, I bowled in a summer league one year--it was a lot more relaxed, and definitely had fewer people.

I'll be bowling again this summer, and the signup sheet looks pretty thin thus far.

[mc_runner]

I do a summer league, it's pretty casual though, and like jab said a lot less people in general. Was thinking about doing a sport league, but I'm going to try to find a coach this summer instead (maybe next yr).

[RobLV1]

Every year, I look forward to summer leagues for several reasons. First of all, it gives me an opportunity to bowl primarily to have fun rather than with the goal of winning. Winning is still nice, but how much fun we have is more important. The other thing is that a summer league is often a time to work on a particular part of my game. Last year it was a challenge shot league, and a couple of years ago I bowled an entire lealgue using a urethane ball to work on developing more power in my release.

[HowDoIHookAgain]

I don't do a summer league, I enter in a "Kids Bowl Free" promotion. For $25, I can bowl 2 free games of bowling everyday all summer long. It's quite a good deal.

[epiepenburg]

My two normal leagues are finishing up in the next few weeks. This summer I am bowling a league at the house where this past years USBC masters tournament was held. I bowled there for a practice session this past weekend and did fairly well (190 avg). It took a little getting lined up going from Brunswick to AMF lanes. Also I normally bowl on wood, the AMF house is synthetic.

[SmilingBowler]

I've played in a summer league in 6 of the last 8 years. I like our Ebonite No Tap Trios that is coming back this year. I'll have more details in the weeks ahead, but basically you pay something like $20/week for 14 weeks and get your choice of an Ebonite, Hammer, Track, or Columbia bowling ball at league end. The team that wins the league gets free drilling, grips and slugs.

Last summer our Trio won and I got the Ebonite Pivot Point. I used it sparingly; mostly in heavy oil conditions or once there was carry-down and my Roto Grip Disturbed wasn't causing enough pin carry to take out the stubborn 4 pin or 8 pin. Though I still leave the 10 pin the most (of all single pin leaves) I have learned how to shoot that shot because of Sunday morning 10 pin challenge.

[Bradski9]

This summer league will be my my first time in an adult league so i am excited, won't be too many bowlers but I don't mind. Monacheli and learn jr are coming to our center in august to coach so quite a summer planned

[Amyers]

This summer league will be my my first time in an adult league so i am excited, won't be too many bowlers but I don't mind. Monacheli and learn jr are coming to our center in august to coach so quite a summer planned

Wow sounds cool man. Summer is great time to start out league bowling with the more relaxed atmosphere and meet people who are serious bowlers who might make good teammates for fall

[Tony]

I'm certainly tempted to bowl in a summer league, I have never done that in the past, but since getting some new equipment
I feel more compelled to keep using it. My other alternative is to make use of a gold level coach that recently moved to the
area. I'm going to have to find out what type of program and costs he has available. After seeing how the wealth of knowledge
around here can help, I can only imagine what some direct instruction could do to help my game.

[Hampe]

Other than a few tournaments I go to every summer, I usually try to stay away from competitive bowling for a few months. I like to take some time to try and improve different aspects of my game without having the pressure of competition interfering.

[foreverincamo]

We did the " kids bowl free " last summer and are doing that again. I'm looking into getting into a PBA Experience League, as my long-term goal is to play in the PBA 50 series, but it'll be 4 years before I'm eligible.

[NewToBowling]

Just got an email from AMF for Summer Passes. $27 for 3 free games every day from May to Sep. M-F until 8pm and Weekends until 4pm. Not bad but honestly wouldn't be able to use it much during weekdays as I usually don't get out bowling until 7:30ish.