Aslan
02-16-2017, 01:24 PM
If a person bowls a 300-game, the league secretary has to fill out a form and submit it to the USBC. On that form, they as what ball you were using and the serial number.
However, most bowlers capable of a 300-game, nowadays, use more than one ball over the course of a 3-game series. You might even use 1-3 different strike balls during the course of a game.
So, which one counts? When you say "I bowled a 300-game!"..."...with my -insert ball name- !" Which ball do you say you rolled it with?
Now...if it's a 300-game...you're MUCH more likely to use 1-2 balls (NOT 3). Three is possible....if you're really lucky and super observant...but generally...if you're striking...you stay with that ball. So, this is for the unique sitiations where you started with Ball A...then after Frame #6...of #7....you see that the last two 'strikes'...probably weren't going to continue to be strikes if you don't make a ball change. In this situation, which ball is your 300-ball?
Logic would say, it's the ball you threw 7 of the 12 times. But, I don't think thats the way they do it. I think they would say it's the ball you threw on that final shot of the 10th frame...no matter what balls, how many balls, how many throws, etc...
I thought I'd ask this question if I ever threw a 300-game with two or more balls...but figured that was highly unlikely to happen...so I thought I'd wait till my first 300-game...but I figure that's about equally unlikely...so I might as well try to figure it out now.
However, most bowlers capable of a 300-game, nowadays, use more than one ball over the course of a 3-game series. You might even use 1-3 different strike balls during the course of a game.
So, which one counts? When you say "I bowled a 300-game!"..."...with my -insert ball name- !" Which ball do you say you rolled it with?
Now...if it's a 300-game...you're MUCH more likely to use 1-2 balls (NOT 3). Three is possible....if you're really lucky and super observant...but generally...if you're striking...you stay with that ball. So, this is for the unique sitiations where you started with Ball A...then after Frame #6...of #7....you see that the last two 'strikes'...probably weren't going to continue to be strikes if you don't make a ball change. In this situation, which ball is your 300-ball?
Logic would say, it's the ball you threw 7 of the 12 times. But, I don't think thats the way they do it. I think they would say it's the ball you threw on that final shot of the 10th frame...no matter what balls, how many balls, how many throws, etc...
I thought I'd ask this question if I ever threw a 300-game with two or more balls...but figured that was highly unlikely to happen...so I thought I'd wait till my first 300-game...but I figure that's about equally unlikely...so I might as well try to figure it out now.