renting a lane by the hour

[ghoul31]

I hate renting a lane by the hour. I do crappy at first because it takes me a while to warm up.

But then near the end of the hour I start doing well.
I will start a game and get like 5 strikes in a row, then the lane turns off right in the middle of the game because the hour is up.

[barcar]

If you are close to the end of the game you might be able to get the desk to turn it on so you can finish the game.
I have done that at my home lanes, and being a regular they will usual do it.

[jbeck]

I personally don't rent by the hour unless I was bowling with a group because it takes me an hour to bowl four games and that cost is $3 less than an hour rental.

[ecub]

Maybe you start doing better by the end, because you already burned up a line that you're used to. It should take you probably just a game or 2 at the most, to warm up to loosen up your arm, wrist, etc. But by the 2nd game, you should already have the lined figured out.

[panbanger]

Renting by the hour is the only way I practice anymore. I don't even keep track of the games. I'll practice for about 20 minutes, then bowl a "real" game to see how I'm doing, then go back to practice, etc.

[billf]

We don't even have the hourly option.

[swingset]

No hourly here...but from noon to 5 it's all you can bowl for $10. You can do it by game, or just have the pinsetters "on", which is what I do.

[Derrick1183]

If we had the hour rental option bill and I would be able to get like at least 12 games in and then the house would be losing money on that one lol

[got_a_300]

At our center we now have a 2 hr special on Tuesday evenings
it used to be .99¢ per game plus tax but now it is $5.00 plus tax
per person for 2 hrs of all you can bowl.

I can definitely get my moneys worth in 2 hrs of bowling if I'm
practicing shooting 10 pin and 7 pin spares in the first hour and
then bowling 5 or 6 or more regular games in the second hour.

[Zothen]

The house I go to in Mission Hills,Ca has both by the hour rates and league bowler($1.75 game)rates. Matador(Northridge,Ca)has deals from $1 a game to 2 hour specials depending on when you go.

Zothen