never bowled in a sanctioned league. Never been called out for my stats and dont really care if anyone believes them or notOriginally Posted by Aslan
If it ain't sanctioned...it didn't happen.
And just so you don't think I'm calling you a liar/being a general x-hole....even though I am a general x-hole...we've had some professional "fish story tellers" on here...and even though Iceman is 74% psychotic...he actually had the great, great, great idea of posting USBC numbers so the fish stories could be verified. You'll notice not many have followed suit...so when you hear stories of greatness and awesome prowess....realize some people just get a kick out of living in Neverland. I haven't been "too critical" because as IceMan pointed out...I don't have a number yet because I'm in my first sanctioned league...but I post my scores every time I bowl...my average and stats are in my profile and signature...and I can probably be trusted because if I was going to lie....wouldn't I bump the numbers up just a "bit"?? Especially when folks, like Iceman, like to mock my < 195 average and few clean games and lack of a 300 performance??
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never bowled in a sanctioned league. Never been called out for my stats and dont really care if anyone believes them or not
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Ball Speed: 18Mph
Rev Rate: 450
Current average: 199
High game: 300
High Series: 769
I can understand the "fish stories" scenario, but I'd have to imagine that they would be pretty short lived. I've thought about getting my league sanctioned, but being sanctioned would only have benefits for myself and maybe 2 other people. And really, unless one gets an 800 series, 300 game, or bowls in tournaments I don't know that it buys you anything. In this league there has only been 1 300 (not me) and 1 800 series (mine) in its 60 years. Is it disappointing I didn't get a ring for my 800, yeah a little bit, but it still got my name in the paper
(now I'll have to figure out what I did with that clipping, lol)
I don't know why people "wouldn't" bowl in a sanctioned league. Why not make it official? I mean, if you're a good bowler...why not? We get on people for staying on THS patterns...yet there are some that don't even bowl in sanctioned leagues on THS patterns.
But I digress...we're getting off topic. 2-handed bowling...looks cool and I heard some latin American team is switching to it...good times.
I agree with Aslan about the difficulty of consistency. Sometimes, I can line up 4-5 strikes in a row one day, but the next day (or even next few frames) end up getting nasty splits, hitting brooklyn, ect. It also could be my form is awful, which I wouldn't doubt, and not only have I just picked up the style, I've only been bowling for 2 months. But I've been learning a lot!
This is me last week: http://youtu.be/Zz-ql5Mhn-M
Can any of you two-handed bowlers give me any tips on how I can improve that form, approach, release? :]
I've never been a person who likes giving out information to just anyone on message boards. If people choose not to believe what I said, then that's fine. They are under no obligation to believe me. But I don't see any reason why I would lie. I will point out that you apparently missed out one what I wrote because I didn't say I averaged over 200 ( > 200) but "NEARLY 200". To be exact, it was 196. You may also want to compare that to the previous year's average (entirely one-handed) of 209 (which shows that two-handed wasn't a shortcut to success!). So while I was quite pleased that I could do 190's in my first year of two-handed, to be sure, I didn't up my average any. Perhaps were I to try for longer I would, but... I stopped and just switched to left-handed (currently about 171 in case you're interested).
Perhaps one day I'll feel inclined to furnish information, but I don't really feel an obligation to do so. Also, keep in mind that even if I DID give you my USBC number and you looked at the season (2012-2013) and saw the 196 average.... nowhere does it state on there that it was two-handed. It could be one handed, backwards bowling, or between the legs for all you know. You'd still have to trust my word on it. Looks like a USBC number really does nothing to help in this case!Okay...now I REALLY want to verify that 200 average!
If you read my post, you'd see I was responding to someone's comment about switching back to one-handed for spares being difficult, not picking up spares in general. Yes, when I switched to one hand to pick up a ten pin, it could cause problems in my approach, timing, etc., because I was switching styles. In that sense, I struggled for awhile.So you carried a 200 average with spare shooting being problematic??? I wish I could carry a 175 average with spare shooting being problematic.
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