This is well worth knowing, and is from our own Bowlversity!!

[Aslan]

No you got issued ONE infraction for the post in this thread.

The other one was for a post in another thread.

Ahh. My bad. Now that that is cleared up, I need to send some PMs about the upcoming tourney.

[classygranny]

Don't over estimate your talent Aslan!!! Mike is a warrior!! Do you know what warriors do,,,,, they hunt and destroy lions!!!

Ok Mike gets just 100 pins,,, 50 from each of you ,,,,, he bowls a 200, that's a 350!

You two are scratch...... say you Aslan bowl a 175, and you buddy bowls a 175,,, that's 350

sign here if you accept this two against one challenge:_X______________________________________ _______

print you names here!

I wish my scores added up like this...200 +100 = 350!!!!

[MICHAEL]

I wish my scores added up like this...200 +100 = 350!!!!

WHAT???? where did you get those figures????? Classygranny, and you messing with Iceman's mind!! LOL

[Mike White]

Cliff notes:

1. Exercise
2. Eat healthy
3. Avoid Aslan

Who was the bowler who had a massive right arm that he built up for bowling? I still think that is hilarious and wrong - you have to be CENTERED. You can't just build arms, chest, legs, wrists, calfs, etc. Everything must be equally built or it doesn't work.

I know doctors that couldn't work a math problem if their life depended on it.

People specialize in the areas that make them a living.


If you want to be a jack of all trades, but an expert at none, thats your choice.
If someone chooses different, that doesn't make them wrong.

[Mike White]

I look at many of the Pro bowlers, and think to myself, where could they be if they just followed the information listed below. Sure, many of the top names are GREAT bowlers in spite of being out of shape, and over weight! Fat is not in any way shape or form an advantage to bowling. But it will, and can shorten your life, and the quality of life!

I think many could benefit from the ideas, that bowlingball.com listed below... Hey,,, I work out 5 days a week! LOL
maybe that had a lot to do with my recent 300 games.... at 65. I use the local YMCA, and they have it all! Every kind of equipment you could imagine, steam, whirlpool, sana!

One of the main reasons you see (in the past) a lot of out of shape pros, is the game didn't reward based on fitness.
If you threw a pre-resin ball 20 mph, it wouldn't hook more than a board or two.

The ones that were fit, choose to be so not for the bowling results, but for life reasons in general.
It does take some amount of fitness to bowl 40+ games a week as they did back then.

With current tourneys requiring much few games, you don't need to have an athletic body to endure the week, but it helps in knocking down the pins each frame.

[Aslan]

I'll also add that bowling isn't an athletic sport.

One of the first "bad habits" I had to break was the idea of "throwing" the ball. I would "run" towards the foul line...at one point 2 feet off the floor...and "throw" the ball. Working with a a coach at a clinic, he echoed the sentiments of my previous coach, "You're throwing the ball plenty fast...you don't need more speed." He went on to say that I was throwing the ball like an "athlete", not a "bowler". Bowling is about finesse, consistency, accuracy....you "roll" it and let the ball do the work.

Same problem I had in golf. The coach would say, "Did you used to play baseball?" I'd answer, "No...hockey." And he'd say, "I can tell." ANd it was the same advice..."let the club do the work...you're just swinging it in an arc motion and making the club hit the ball in an optimal position. It's not about torque and power, unless you're John Daly".

So, summary, athletes tend to struggle with sports like golf and bowling where having "muscles" can actually "damage" your game if you can't restrain that instinct to use those muscles as you would in other sports.

[classygranny]

WHAT???? where did you get those figures????? Classygranny, and you messing with Iceman's mind!! LOL

I got them from your post...where did you learn math?

[dnhoffman]

Cliff notes:

1. Exercise
2. Eat healthy
3. Avoid Aslan

Who was the bowler who had a massive right arm that he built up for bowling? I still think that is hilarious and wrong - you have to be CENTERED. You can't just build arms, chest, legs, wrists, calfs, etc. Everything must be equally built or it doesn't work.

I nominate mudpuppy as the official bowlingboards.com cliff notes composer.

[Mudpuppy]

I nominate mudpuppy as the official bowlingboards.com cliff notes composer.

Thank you. I accept the nomination, lol.

[MICHAEL]

Thank you. I accept the nomination, lol.

I second the nomination! Do I hear a third?????