Getting on a leauge

[scottymoney]

I often go to the alley about a half hour before a league starts if I want to sub. There are very few times all the league bowlers will show. If they do then I could just practice but 99.9% of the time I end up subbing. Since I moved Jan 1st I'm now 3 minutes from the alley. Last week I got a text to sub and got there in the third frame (they were waiting for me). Both teams agreed to wait as they didn't text me until they started. The opposing team started having second thoughts as I started with the front 8. Maybe warming up isn't always such a needed thing afterall.

One guy on my team bowls his best when he shows up as practice is ending, he normally has just enough time to put on his shoes and go up for his first ball.

I wish I had the extra time to sub, but having kids get in the way of that!

[Tampabaybob]

Yeah having kids and their schedules can really mess things up. Had 3, now all grown, 2 with their own kids. Paybacks are great when you hear them complaining. I always tell them I wished it on them when they were younger !! Grandchildren are great though, you can spoil them then 'send 'em home' !

[explorer05]

We bowl in a mixed league and what we did is allow 6 person rosters. We still only bowl 4 at a time but with a 6 person roster you had the rights to that person so they could not sub for another team if the team claimed him. You still had to make a legal lineup with men and women. If he or she was a sub they could bowl for anybody. Would pick a league and sign up for it as single not part of a team at the beginning of the season (fall or summer) and I always got in. There were a couple of leagues that were always full so they would ask what other league I wanted. As I got to know people it got easier to get into some of those leagues.

[SmilingBowler]

My story is quite the same as explorer05.

I've been a part of the non-sanctioned Wednesday Night Mixed League for over 15 years. Once I improved my average to a steady 155-160 for a full season, I asked my Dad about joining the USBC sanctioned Monday Night Mens League he had been in for a long time. In 2005-06 I was able to play the full season. This was my first USBC experience.

I took some time away from bowling 2007-2010. In 2010, I got back into the Wednesday Night Mixed League. After 2 years I was able to increase my average up over 175, where I am now and rejoined the Monday Mens League mid-season, as a sub. To prepare for PA State Competition in May, I have to establish a USBC average (21 games), which I'll continue to track in my signature line.

Because I have limited opportunity as a sub in the Monday League, I recently (last Thursday) joined the USBC sanctioned Thursday Mixed League. I'll be able to play the next 8 weeks (24 games) of that league to establish my average - anything I do as a sub in the Monday League will just help my USBC average stand true.

The Monday Mens League is on http://leaguesecretary.com however, the Wednesday and Thursday Night Leagues are not.