I just use the 3-point targeting method, move left and crank the crap out of it. I don't need an arrow or board that way and still slightly more accurate than when I was bowling blind
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My summer league bowled on the cosmic lights/lanes. Unlike many houses, they illuminated the lane with black lights, you could actually see the marks pretty well. I loved it, I bowled fairly well and enjoy the music and atmosphere. It made me a better bowler to tune stuff out when I'm on the approach, honestly.
If I do ever go comsic bowling, I don't even bother looking at the score. I just go, have fun with friends, or the wife, have a few drinks and relax.
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Real practice = having the lights on. Cosmic bowling = going out for the night with your wife and having fun. Don't worry about what your score is, save that work for when the lights are on. Remember......"BOWLING IS THE MOST FUN YOU CAN HAVE WITH YOUR CLOTHES ON AND THE LIGHTS ON"
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I have this strange tendency to bowl more consistently during cosmic. While it may seem like there are more distractions, I find it very easy to adjust. I don't have to watch little details about the ball or the lane. The noise is so chaotic that I drown it out. I can focus on my primary nemeses: the pins and the oil. I line up my feet and watch the breakpoint. Doesn't get much more simple than that.
I don't think I have ever encountered much oil while cosmic bowling, that would be a new experience!Originally Posted by CeKnauss
The noise doesn't bother me, unless you are on the tour bowling on TV there is usually some sort of noise in a bowling alley. I think the quiet effects me more, although I have had some decent games when I was basically the only one in the alley.
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I go and just have fun on those nights. I do enjoy the one lane that gives cash for converting splits. It's nice to get paid to bowl even if it is only a couple of dollars.
I see it from the lane owner's perspective. Like any industry, there is the particiipant's market and the novice's market, with money to be made from both markets. Bowling lovers, they might be, but they still have to meet overhead. They do that by filling the lanes, be it kids ane birthday partiies or leagues and coaching. That said: I know what to expect at the lanes depending on the day and time of day.
As I understand bowling, it is a game of making adjustments. On the bowler's level that means ball speed, release, etc. In this case, it means adjustng to the busy, distractives of family bowling. Noisy kids, house lights down, laser lights, strobes, pins illuminated. Rather than dwelling on what I can't see, I focus on what I can see and work on that part of my game. If the arrows are neon illuminated, I focus on rolling through a mark and seeing as much of the break point as I can. If I can almost see my break point, I work on concentrating on hitting that point through murky conditions. It can only help my vision and focus in the long run. I can also focus on precision, swing, release, delivery speed, etc. I save fine points score concerns for more ideal conditions. This is, after all, just another practice session. If I want to focus on spare conversions and the like, I simply select another venue.
I live by three simples rules:
1. Don't ever ask about my business
2. Never discuss business at the table
3. Don't ever side with anyone against the family
I've never been able to take Cosmic/Neon bowling to serious, mainly its the loud music blaring way to loud. I don't actually mind all the people I feel more comfortable being surrounded by lots other bowlers serious or not but I much rather prefer to hit the lanes middle of the day when they are empty just cause I don't feel frustrated if I'm throwing bad. At neon I can never see the boards either and the blinking lights throw me off when I got to throw, I usually try to huck it down the lane and crank it if it fails, Ill use a lane ball and throw straight as an arrow.
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