We do have a handicap cap of 72 pins based on the 160 average and we also have a 90% of 240 handicap. If you go 80% or 85% you give too much of an advantage to the higher average bowlers. Thanks for your imput James.
Those are some good ideas you have there Hogs, but I have a few more that may help also: 1) Go to less than 100% handicap for the league. I would suggest going to 80% to be honest, but both of the leagues I bowl in settled on 90%. This way, the lower you average, the more pins of handicap you lose to the higher average bowlers. There is less incentive to sandbag, and more incentive to get better, if you know you are getting less pins for doing it. 2) Institute a handicap "cap" for the league. One of my men's leagues has the cap set at 50 pins. Even if you average low enough to get more pins, the max you can have is 50. This is another safe guard against sandbagging. Like you said Hogs, there is no fool-proof way to stop sandbagging short of scratch leagues with no average caps. But, hopefully with the ways you stated, and the ones I have mentioned, we see that there are those of us who care enough about the integrity of the game of bowling to defend it. Thanks, and take care! -James (Maine Man)
extraacount. It's great having a center so close. I can run up to mine, get 2-3 practice games in and be home within an hour.
Haha so true... but for me, it's in a kid's perspective. After hearing the news of my old bowling center is going to open a new one right by me, I just can't wait to bowl again. It usually takes 45 minutes to go bowling, now it takes 5 minutes but the thing is it doesn't open untill school starts around september or mid-september. Plus I'm getting a new bowling ball this week. So I just can't wait to bowl @ the new center.
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