lefty vs righty

[MisterSinister]

This is a great example of some of the absolute cry babies that call themselves bowlers. Why hate on someone because they are left handed? Some people just need an excuse when they lose cause thy can't deal with the fact you are better than they are, or they can't do what you can do. There are a lot of people out there who need to stop crying, and stop worrying about what other people do. Stop the hate, and just bowl!

[Greenday]

This is a great example of some of the absolute cry babies that call themselves bowlers.

This. So someone is a lefty. Big deal. That's not their fault. It's nothing to get upset over.

[billf]

YES, there is an advantage for left-handers. The only people who have an issue with it are right-handers who can't bowl their weight and want to blame everyone but themselves for it.
I think most, not all, lefties have great form, very smooth and fluid. Why don't more righties try bowling that way? Instead a ton of righties want to crank the heck out of it, throw stupid hard, etc. and all with form that truly sucks (myself included).

[AZBowla]

I never understood the hating left handed bowlers get. I've never seen anyone win a PBA title just because they were left handed, so if it is an advantage it's not much of one. It's certainly never helped me bowl better than a good right handed player can. Anyone crying about you being left handed needs to learn not just how to bowl better but how to cope with life. Some people's kids....

[10-in-the-pit]

I think hating is different than an opinion of which handed bowler has an advantage. These are two completely different discussions. For the same reasons stated by lots of other people, I think lefties do have a general advantage over righties. This is not me hating, this is my opinion based on what I've seen. There are just not as many lefty bowlers or people than righties. In the end, it just comes down to who can bowl better by adjusting to the lanes.

[75lockwood]

I think hating is different than an opinion of which handed bowler has an advantage. These are two completely different discussions. For the same reasons stated by lots of other people, I think lefties do have a general advantage over righties. This is not me hating, this is my opinion based on what I've seen. There are just not as many lefty bowlers or people than righties. In the end, it just comes down to who can bowl better by adjusting to the lanes.

Agreed.

[JaMau24]

I never understood the hating left handed bowlers get. I've never seen anyone win a PBA title just because they were left handed, so if it is an advantage it's not much of one. It's certainly never helped me bowl better than a good right handed player can. Anyone crying about you being left handed needs to learn not just how to bowl better but how to cope with life. Some people's kids....

That's because the PBA bowlers are so much more advanced than the general league bowlers, so it really becomes a moot point. Plus, the lane patterns are going to be very difficult for either left handed or right handed, and even so, it's still an advantage for the lefties. No matter the hand for the PBA bowlers, they can adjust quickly and be extremely accurate, so that makes it more of a moot point as well. Furthermore, I believe the top right handed bowlers in the PBA are a lot better than the top lefties in the PBA (My opinion).

[TheSheibs]

I just want to point out that the general consensus on here is that Lefties have a slight advantage over Righties when a Lefty is the only one on a set of lanes. AND, that when you put several Lefties on the same lane, it evens out and they have the same issues to deal with that Righties have to deal with when bowling against other Righties.

Can we all agree on that and move on to another topic?

[Basisud]

I tried to quote the statement that right handed PBA bowlers must be overall better than lefties but it wouldn't let me. On a sport shot, lefties have a disadvantage (yep i said DISADVANTAGE) because they don't have the luxury of having 9 other people to help break down the God awful amount of oil. If you have watched practice for any PBA event, you will see everyone throwing charcoal like bowling balls to break down the shot. I have bowled in sport shot tournaments and I bowl collegiately (sport shot) and the righties can break down a lane to almost a house shot type forgiveness (5 to 7 board misses). Through the entire day, lefties have to make accurate shots (3 board misses at most) and that's where the perception comes that professional bowlers that are right handed are overall better than left handed bowlers.

I would also like to apologize for being disgruntled on the last time i posted in this thread. I've dealt with this argument daily since I started bowling and it gets old. I know, if I don't like it I should have just ignored it but that's not my style.

[americantrotter]

I tried to quote the statement that right handed PBA bowlers must be overall better than lefties but it wouldn't let me. On a sport shot, lefties have a disadvantage (yep i said DISADVANTAGE) because they don't have the luxury of having 9 other people to help break down the God awful amount of oil. If you have watched practice for any PBA event, you will see everyone throwing charcoal like bowling balls to break down the shot. I have bowled in sport shot tournaments and I bowl collegiately (sport shot) and the righties can break down a lane to almost a house shot type forgiveness (5 to 7 board misses). Through the entire day, lefties have to make accurate shots (3 board misses at most) and that's where the perception comes that professional bowlers that are right handed are overall better than left handed bowlers.

I would also like to apologize for being disgruntled on the last time i posted in this thread. I've dealt with this argument daily since I started bowling and it gets old. I know, if I don't like it I should have just ignored it but that's not my style.

That makes sense for the pros, I'd never heard that before.

I like watching lefties bowl, just like baseball they have the better form and it just looks right. But people are always going to hate, somehow it has gotten into the collective consciousness that if it isn't like your own self it's unequal or unfair. For a country that hates communism it's a weird thought pattern.