Hammer
03-25-2018, 12:43 AM
I turned 71 not long ago. As far as the old body of mine I had my left hip replaced almost two years ago and now my right hip is ready to be replaced. I just have to decide when. My knees are not great either. Maybe they will last a year or two I hope. When I bowl league I shoot down a couple Tylenol extra strength tablets an hour before we bowl. I am not one of those old folks who walk up to the foul line and just drop the ball on the alley. I have a good approach and can post my shots. My ball speed at the pins is 13mph. I have good revs and have no trouble hooking the ball. But age and joint issues are making my bowling more like work then easier like it used to be.
I used to maintain a 186 average. Sometimes on league night I could bowl all three games over 200. It was not hard for me to get a few scratch series over 600. Very seldom did I get a series under 500 scratch. Now I seem to struggle to string strikes or to have clean games. I am not consistent anymore. Last time out I bowled a 135, 208 and a 149. Games over 200 are not common anymore. Now I have a 167 average. Because of the body issues I don't practice because I get too sore afterwards. Plus on our league we bowl every other Saturday. I have been on this league since 1987. Thank God after all of that time I know stuff like keeping my equipment clean and using a surface that works for me on our lanes. Even though age and the body stuff is a pain in the butt I don't want to give up bowling. I have been the anchor bowler always. Tonight I was able to win the second and third game for our team tonight. If I opened in the last frame we would have lost the second and third game. My games tonight were a 169, 182 and a 170. This is how I usually bowl now.
So as long as I can still bowl a good speed and have decent revs and technique I am going to ignore my body issues and keep going as long as I can. I can actually say that I am addicted to bowling and don't want to give it up.
I used to maintain a 186 average. Sometimes on league night I could bowl all three games over 200. It was not hard for me to get a few scratch series over 600. Very seldom did I get a series under 500 scratch. Now I seem to struggle to string strikes or to have clean games. I am not consistent anymore. Last time out I bowled a 135, 208 and a 149. Games over 200 are not common anymore. Now I have a 167 average. Because of the body issues I don't practice because I get too sore afterwards. Plus on our league we bowl every other Saturday. I have been on this league since 1987. Thank God after all of that time I know stuff like keeping my equipment clean and using a surface that works for me on our lanes. Even though age and the body stuff is a pain in the butt I don't want to give up bowling. I have been the anchor bowler always. Tonight I was able to win the second and third game for our team tonight. If I opened in the last frame we would have lost the second and third game. My games tonight were a 169, 182 and a 170. This is how I usually bowl now.
So as long as I can still bowl a good speed and have decent revs and technique I am going to ignore my body issues and keep going as long as I can. I can actually say that I am addicted to bowling and don't want to give it up.