What is your Bowling average?

[onefrombills]

I just started bowling this year and this is my first league and i'm at a 149 average, hopefully it will get better with practice and maybe some lessons

Welcome to the boards and were all here to help ya out if ya have any questions ......JUST ASK!!!!!

[PrettyLilMoon]

I've been bowling consistently now (meaning without 10 year/5 year/2 year breaks in between!) for two years. I started off with a Tuesday night mixed league, finished and then joined a summer big money league. The next fall I ended up on three leagues and two for the summer! I am now on two fall leagues and really wishing I could join a 3rd! I would bowl every night if I could! I started out with a 131 average, got it to around a 142 in the middle of my first fall league and then decided to start using a fingertip ball and learn to throw a hook. I think I ended that league with a 133...and a teammate that was pissed that I would change my "style" during the middle of the league! But I digress!

I have found myself since this past summer only joining big money leagues. I have found that by surrounding myself with better bowlers, I bowl better! There is soooo much to be learned from watching, asking questions, and getting lessons if the opportunity is there. I have had about 4 or 5 lessons but am always open to constructive criticism from anyone I feel can help! My current average is 164 with my yearbook average having gone from 131 to 156 in one year. I just rolled my highest game ever on July 2nd with a 257 and sadly enough STILL have NEVER gotten a 600 series! Highest series was 591 twice! And on the night of the 257, I bombed with a 546 series (I can't even remember my other two scores but they were BAD! Anyhow, that's my story!

[onefrombills]

PrettyLilMoon welcome to the site and you are so right when you said "I have found that by surrounding myself with better bowlers, I bowl better!" I dont tell people to bowl in the top leauges to just bowl with better bowlers cause as YES you will get better by bowling with better bowlers in the long run you pay a lot and would loose money in the long run, so I say work with a USBC Coach and you can find them on bowl.com or check your local pro shop

[PrettyLilMoon]

PrettyLilMoon welcome to the site and you are so right when you said "I have found that by surrounding myself with better bowlers, I bowl better!" I dont tell people to bowl in the top leauges to just bowl with better bowlers cause as YES you will get better by bowling with better bowlers in the long run you pay a lot and would loose money in the long run, so I say work with a USBC Coach and you can find them on bowl.com or check your local pro shop

With the price difference only being around $7.00/league to join a "money" league vs. a "fun" league, I find it more cost and time effective for me to bowl in the "money" leagues. Two of our Tuesday night leagues ended up merging this season as many of the teams went to the "money" league when they figured out that last place in the "money" league had a bigger prize amount than first place in the "fun" league. On my Tuesday night team, I am bowling with a former pro and he's great about giving me tips, etc. that have really improved my game. As soon as I can afford a coach, I'm all for it, but as a stay at home momma, I value my league time way too much to give one up in order to pay for coaching!

[The KingPin]

I've been bowling consistently now (meaning without 10 year/5 year/2 year breaks in between!) for two years. I started off with a Tuesday night mixed league, finished and then joined a summer big money league. The next fall I ended up on three leagues and two for the summer! I am now on two fall leagues and really wishing I could join a 3rd! I would bowl every night if I could! I started out with a 131 average, got it to around a 142 in the middle of my first fall league and then decided to start using a fingertip ball and learn to throw a hook. I think I ended that league with a 133...and a teammate that was pissed that I would change my "style" during the middle of the league! But I digress!

I have found myself since this past summer only joining big money leagues. I have found that by surrounding myself with better bowlers, I bowl better! There is soooo much to be learned from watching, asking questions, and getting lessons if the opportunity is there. I have had about 4 or 5 lessons but am always open to constructive criticism from anyone I feel can help! My current average is 164 with my yearbook average having gone from 131 to 156 in one year. I just rolled my highest game ever on July 2nd with a 257 and sadly enough STILL have NEVER gotten a 600 series! Highest series was 591 twice! And on the night of the 257, I bombed with a 546 series (I can't even remember my other two scores but they were BAD! Anyhow, that's my story!

Great post. And Welcome to the site. If you need anything at all or have a suggestion, please let me or onefrombills know.

Anyways I understand what you are saying, if you are a round better bowers you bowl better. I agree with this alot, yet I have seen some bowlers do really bad because of all of the pressure. They try so hard to be good that they actually do bad.

Anyways thanks again for being a member and tell a friend please.

[onefrombills]

With the price difference only being around $7.00/league to join a "money" league vs. a "fun" league, I find it more cost and time effective for me to bowl in the "money" leagues. Two of our Tuesday night leagues ended up merging this season as many of the teams went to the "money" league when they figured out that last place in the "money" league had a bigger prize amount than first place in the "fun" league. On my Tuesday night team, I am bowling with a former pro and he's great about giving me tips, etc. that have really improved my game. As soon as I can afford a coach, I'm all for it, but as a stay at home momma, I value my league time way too much to give one up in order to pay for coaching!

Its good to know that you want to bowl and that the money isnt that much more...I bowl in a very Big scratch league and we pay 27 a night for a 3 man leauge

[TenPin]

Well, I'm a 200 (even) bowler, but I had broke my ankle back the first of June so my first night back was a little tough and very uncomfortable. 138-175-180. I had missed a 5 pin for a spare on the first frame of the first game of the year. Talk about second guessing if I started to early. Any how, the only other missed spares were 5 splits and a washout (most in the first game). Not a lot of strikes that night either, only about 8 or 9. I'm still hoping to push above the 200 even mark this year, maybe 205-210, but my ankle will have to stop hurting for that to start to happen.

TenPin

P.S. I broke my push off ankle. My ankle was sprained real bad in the accident also, so that may be where most of the pain is coming from (the sprain, not the break).

[The KingPin]

Well, I'm a 200 (even) bowler, but I had broke my ankle back the first of June so my first night back was a little tough and very uncomfortable. 138-175-180. I had missed a 5 pin for a spare on the first frame of the first game of the year. Talk about second guessing if I started to early. Any how, the only other missed spares were 5 splits and a washout (most in the first game). Not a lot of strikes that night either, only about 8 or 9. I'm still hoping to push above the 200 even mark this year, maybe 205-210, but my ankle will have to stop hurting for that to start to happen.

TenPin

P.S. I broke my push off ankle. My ankle was sprained real bad in the accident also, so that may be where most of the pain is coming from (the sprain, not the break).

Wow, I am sorry to hear of your injury. I hope that you can recover to the point that you can enjoy life in the way that you want. I have bad wrists from past football injuries and they kill me sometimes.

I wish you the best

[PrettyLilMoon]

Its good to know that you want to bowl and that the money isnt that much more...I bowl in a very Big scratch league and we pay 27 a night for a 3 man leauge

My Monday night league has a $12,000 first prize payout for four man teams and is $21/night. My Tuesday night league has an $8,000 first prize payout for four man teams and is $20/night. Anything much higher than that and I would probably have to reconsider!

[PrettyLilMoon]

Great post. And Welcome to the site. If you need anything at all or have a suggestion, please let me or onefrombills know.

Anyways I understand what you are saying, if you are a round better bowers you bowl better. I agree with this alot, yet I have seen some bowlers do really bad because of all of the pressure. They try so hard to be good that they actually do bad.

Anyways thanks again for being a member and tell a friend please.

I will definitely spread the word, what a great site and thank you for doing this for us!

I like to put myself with competitive bowlers but that are not so serious that they are going to be truly upset with me if I'm on a bad streak. Therefore, I don't find the pressure from others to be any more than what I place on myself and truly, I just try to stick with the mind frame that I am there to have a good time and just do my best. The one thing that my teammates seem to respect is that I always try my hardest and if I happen to be having a bad night, I am willing to take suggestions and try to make them work! Sometimes I do get a bit of a bad attitude if NOTHING seems to be working, but I try to snap out of it quickly and remember that it's just a game and that there are going to be nights where even the BEST bowlers can't get anything to work right!

I bowl with some AMAZING bowlers! I have a friend that has 13 300s to his name and actually bowled a 300 while we were practicing!! I have another friend that had only bowled one 300 game 13 years ago and within two weeks on both teams that he and I bowl on together, he bowled two 300s and got his first ever 800 series. I've also seen both of these guys have less than 500 series, so I always try to keep things in perspective. Although some nights there worst games are my best!