League Play?

[J Anderson]

That makes sense. I just don't think I am consistent enough yet. My games are varying to much in my opinion. anywhere from a 163 to a 201 right now is where more scores have been falling everytime I bowl.

My two cents: Do not wait until you feel that you are good enough or consistent enough. If you join a summer league, you'll establish an average the first week, probably somewhere around what you average now. As you improve you'll start beating your average on a regular basis, making you a valuable member of the team.

[TotallyDefiant]

sounds good. I am going bowling tonight and will talk to them about it then. hopefully role close to 200 all 3 games tonight.

[bowl1820]

Can you go in to more detail about this? Rock & bowl at my centers is just a time for kids to come out and playing under the disco lights and have fun. What are the others you mentioned?

Colored pin or Jack pot bowling is where they usually have three colored pins in the rack and when the pins show up in different positions and you throw a strike you some money. Or you pick up a certain split. They also have things like high game pots, clean game, Best ball etc. Like say a red headpin is worth a $1, a yellow is worth .50 cents etc.

Moonlight is similar but you do it with the lights out except for the pin deck. One house here had a special shot they turned all the lights out even on the deck the rack had all black , over weight pins. They then did a drawing and if you got picked, you got to shot at it. The pot on it got up to $1500 one time because it rolled over (You had to fill out a tax form on the winnings)

Moonlight is good for concentrating on your mark.


And rock & bowl is basically like you said, but it's good for bowling and getting use to distractions. They also had prizes like drinks and food no money prize since its lots of kids.

[TotallyDefiant]

Colored pin or Jack pot bowling is where they usually have three colored pins in the rack and when the pins show up in different positions and you throw a strike you some money. Or you pick up a certain split. They also have things like high game pots, clean game, Best ball etc. Like say a red headpin is worth a $1, a yellow is worth .50 cents etc.

Moonlight is similar but you do it with the lights out except for the pin deck. One house here had a special shot they turned all the lights out even on the deck the rack had all black , over weight pins. They then did a drawing and if you got picked, you got to shot at it. The pot on it got up to $1500 one time because it rolled over (You had to fill out a tax form on the winnings)

Moonlight is good for concentrating on your mark.


And rock & bowl is basically like you said, but it's good for bowling and getting use to distractions. They also had prizes like drinks and food no money prize since its lots of kids.

Ok. I have seen them doing that before but never knew what they were doing. They had raffle tickets and all going on that sunday. have not seen them do it in a few months though.

[zdawg]

My two cents: Do not wait until you feel that you are good enough or consistent enough. If you join a summer league, you'll establish an average the first week, probably somewhere around what you average now. As you improve you'll start beating your average on a regular basis, making you a valuable member of the team.

That's exactly what I did, in fact the day my league started I hadn't so much as set foot in a bowling alley since college so were talking 15 years or so. That's what handicaps are for LOL

[vdubtx]

No reason I see to not start in a league as soon as you can. Don't need to have a certain average until you get better and get into scratch leagues etc. Leagues are fun and you will learn a lot from just watching others bowl and how they play the lanes compared to yourself.

[Blacksox1]

Do not wait TD. Sub in the remainder of the season in both leagues. Join a team if a spot is available. Make contacts now. Meet people and see if you are compatible with them, or them with you. Consider it a trial period till the end of April, get the word out that you want to bowl full-time in the fall!

[TotallyDefiant]

Did not get a chance to talk to the guys about leagues lastnight and boy was it a bad night of bowling. Bowled two games 137-144. Could not get any kind of rotation on the ball all night plus my thumbhole ended up cutting my thumb on the first role of the night. At the end of the second game I decided to try the two handed bowling style. WOW!!! The power and revs I was able to put on the ball was unbelievable. Threw 3 shots like that to end my night and I tell you that was an explosive impact hitting the pocket. Did not lose any mph throwing it that way either. The screen still said 18.5mph on my two handed throws. I may use this method until my thumb heals back up.

[vdubtx]

How did the hole cut your thumb up?

[TotallyDefiant]

How did the hole cut your thumb up?

On the inside of my thumb right on the last crease of the thumb. Hurts like **** to bend it due to the cut now. I am guessing the edge of the hole is a little on the sharp side and not smooth enough. But to better describe it where the ball sits on your thumb at setup is where it cut my thumb.