Are your league's lane conditions too easy?

[vdubtx]

And chucking it 15ft at 21mph isn't going to get me there. Not with the equipment I have and my rev rate.

The first step to recovery is admitting the problem. Congrats!!

[J Anderson]

I really don't know since my Monday league is a sport shot that changes every two or three weeks, and my Wednesday league is a second shift league that follows a league of 5 person teams with no oiling in between.

[Mike White]

I is it that Parick Henry said to the British during the Revolutionary Bowling Wars "Give Me Oil or Give Me Death"

If it were today, Pat would say "Give me hold area, or I am dead".

[v33dubfox]

Ok. I can understand that many bowlers would stop bowling if they make the oil conditions harder. In your house, do they organize weekly practice on different oil conditions so that you can get some practice on harder oil conditions and learn how to read the lane and how to understand different conditons?

[Mike White]

Ok. I can understand that many bowlers would stop bowling if they make the oil conditions harder. In your house, do they organize weekly practice on different oil conditions so that you can get some practice on harder oil conditions and learn how to read the lane and how to understand different conditons?

I'm wondering if the people who are accustomed to shooting a honor score every season will stop bowling because USBC will no longer provide them a ring.

Their other option is to switch to sport leagues where you get one ring, and additional diamonds for other 300 games.

The result might be bad for bowling (loss of bowlers) or good for bowling (bring back some integrity)

[Aslan]

I'm pissed that I finally get into bowling and they decide to take away the 11-in a row award. I mean, I don't have much of a shot at ever shooting 300…so 11-in-a-row would be a HUGE accomplishment for me. But nope...

[vdubtx]

Well, that's not the attitude to have. I shot 300 before I shot an 11 in a row. Yes, it does suck the changes the usbc has put into action, but I will still bowl. Leagues may not be sanctioned in future, but we'll see what happens. I don't bowl just for the awards, I bowl for the challenge and the comaradarie with my fellow bowlers. We have fun!

[Mike White]

I'm pissed that I finally get into bowling and they decide to take away the 11-in a row award. I mean, I don't have much of a shot at ever shooting 300…so 11-in-a-row would be a HUGE accomplishment for me. But nope...

Before you cry too much about the 11 in a row award, realize it's a fairly recent creation.
They used to have awards for 299, and 298 scores, but nothing for 297 and below.
The idea you could open the 1st frame, then strike out and get an honor score is silly.

[Mike White]

Well, that's not the attitude to have. I shot 300 before I shot an 11 in a row. Yes, it does suck the changes the usbc has put into action, but I will still bowl. Leagues may not be sanctioned in future, but we'll see what happens. I don't bowl just for the awards, I bowl for the challenge and the comaradarie with my fellow bowlers. We have fun!

Technically you had to have 11 in a row before you could shoot at #12.

My fear of houses full of unsanctioned leagues is the owners would be free to turn the game of bowling into something resembling miniature golf.

[Aslan]

Before you cry too much about the 11 in a row award, realize it's a fairly recent creation.
They used to have awards for 299, and 298 scores, but nothing for 297 and below.
The idea you could open the 1st frame, then strike out and get an honor score is silly.

Why is it less an accomplishment if you open in the 1st frame and then strike out versus throwing 11 strikes then choking on the last ball?

I've had a lot of near "clean" games but it is ruined by just one frame…usually the 2nd. Not sure why…but I tend to strike in the first and then open in the 2nd…then do well. It's mecha-annoying.