Worst Injury you've seen while bowling.
Earlier in the season (Thursday fun league), I saw an old timer fall as his knee gave out. It wasn't too big of a deal really.
But TONIGHT...Thursday Fun League with Bunny...this rather overweight guy...probably upper 40s, maybe low 50s...he took a few steps over the foul line after his release...and slipped backwards...hit his head SO hard on the lane...it sounded like a ball being thrown...he was completely knocked out cold. The guy we were bowling against threw his ball in the gutter because he saw the guy fall out of the corner of his eye. Bunny and I went over to him...he was OUT...I mean OUT.
I've never really seen anyone hurt bowling before. I know old timers will have aches and pains...heck, if I bowl a lot...I end up walking with a slight limp because my left knee gets sore...but I've never seen an actual injury...injury.
That dude entered a world of pain...a world of pain.
In Bag: (: .) Zen Master Solid; (: .) Perfect Mindset; (: .) Brunswick Endeavor; (: .) Outer Limits Pearl; (: .) Ebonite Maxim
USBC#: 8259-59071; USBC Sanctioned Average = 192; Lifetime Average = 172;
Ball Speed: 14.7mph; Rev. Rate: 240rpm || High Game (sanc.) = 300 (268); High Series (sanc.) = 725 (720); Clean Games: 198
Smokey this is not 'Nam', this is bowling. There are rules. Proud two-time winner of a bowlingboards.com weekly ball give-away!
That was crazy. It took at least three to five minutes to get him alert and able to speak.
Then, that lady came up while we were waiting for paramedics and started saying that he was answering the neuro assessment questions we were asking him incorrectly. Turns out she had mistaken him for someone else.
What the heck?
The paramedics came and figured out she didn't know the guy so they asked her if she needed help. No joke!
Aside from people getting their fingers pinched between ball when picking their ball up from the ball return and not paying attention to the other balls coming back, I only recall one person suffer a muscle pull while bowling.
I did have a situation where I went to congratulate one of the bowlers on the other team after they had beaten my team for the first time since they had joined the league. As he reached out to shake my hand, his eyes rolled up and he fell over backwards. Given that he was a pretty goofy guy who never seemed to take any thing too seriously we thought he was just fooling around pretending to be in shock from the upset win. Turned out that is was really a grand mal seizure.
John
Worst I have seen is a knee giving out on a lady several years ago. Hard to watch someone in so much pain.Luckily we have a firefighter/paramedic in our league and he was able to stabilize her until paramedics arrived with an ambulance. She was out of bowling for well over a year.
High Sanctioned Scratch Game - 300(12) Hi Sanctioned Scratch Series - 822(3)
2016/17 Book Average=221, 2017/18 Composite Average=223
Equipment in the bag - Storm Crux Prime, Storm Physix, Roto Grip Idol, Roto Grip Idol Pearl, Roto Grip Hyper Cell Fused, Storm Sure Lock, Storm Drive, Roto Grip Winner Solid, Roto Grip Haywire, Storm Fever Pitch, Roto Grip Red ball spare.
Rev Rate 400. Speed 18 at heads, 16.5-17 at pins. Axis tilt 10, Axis Rotation 55. PAP 5 5/8 x 5/8 up
Sounds like you need a concussion rule in your league like the NFL has
Mechanic got his head caught in the pin rack.
Right handed Stroker, high track ,about 13 degree axis tilt. PAP is located 5 9/16” over 1 3/4” up.Speed ave. about 14 mph at the pins. Medium rev’s.High Game 300, High series 798
"Talent without training is nothing." Luke Skywalker
What??Originally Posted by bowl1820
Ouch!!
Did someone have to hit the reset button to get his head unstuck?
In Bag: (: .) Zen Master Solid; (: .) Perfect Mindset; (: .) Brunswick Endeavor; (: .) Outer Limits Pearl; (: .) Ebonite Maxim
USBC#: 8259-59071; USBC Sanctioned Average = 192; Lifetime Average = 172;
Ball Speed: 14.7mph; Rev. Rate: 240rpm || High Game (sanc.) = 300 (268); High Series (sanc.) = 725 (720); Clean Games: 198
Smokey this is not 'Nam', this is bowling. There are rules. Proud two-time winner of a bowlingboards.com weekly ball give-away!
A pin got stuck in it, he switched it off. But when he pulled the pin out, it took the pressure off the rack and it closed up some. Grabbing his head, he was okay when they got him out just a small cut.
Right handed Stroker, high track ,about 13 degree axis tilt. PAP is located 5 9/16” over 1 3/4” up.Speed ave. about 14 mph at the pins. Medium rev’s.High Game 300, High series 798
"Talent without training is nothing." Luke Skywalker
Does having a heart attack and dying count as an injury?
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