ever wanted to strangle another bowler?

[Shaneshu87]

so last night was the conclusion of the PBAE league, we bowled on US Open, we bowled for position, we started on whatever lane our rank in the league was, we changed pairs based on if we won we moved left, lose moved right. first game i shot a killer 96, somehow managed to win (moved left), second game roll'n against a lefty with crazy speed and power, but with little rev, i shot 162 he shot 168 (moved right), found the groove in this flat pattern rolled 189 won (moved left), the lefty from game 2 lost his game three so for game 4 we had a rematch... this is where my frustration began. he approached me before the game saying "i'm gonna throw a house ball, only shot 112 last game, just going to let out the frustration" i said "whatever" i'm usually pretty cool when it come to bowling, i figured he would throw it high and hard and split like crazy, that's exactly what he did... minus the "splits like crazy" i had a very solid line and knocked down the front 5 before my first spare, he on the other had went through the front 9! it was everything i could do to stay caught up, his luck finally ran out and he opened big time in the 10th, but it didn't matter he had me shut out in the 8th! he shot 247 i shot 219... what grinds my gears about it all is that he claimed to be "throwing" this game in frustration and was strike dancing and hollering around the house about how awesome he was, and here i was using a high performance ball that cost 10x as much as that house ball, being embarrassed by some punk kid with a 30mph fast ball. thanks for listening, rant over.

anyone ever have something similar happen?

[rv driver]

Tough luck, man! I hear ya!

[Blomer]

There's a guy on my summer league team who takes too damn long. He gets the ball, let's everyone else go, and then everyone else go again. He will get of the lane and then go back up. His ball rolls so slow down the lane. I always pray for strikes other wise it repeats. He takes this I sanctioned league too seriously. 2 more weeks, I think I can, I think I can.

[Aslan]

Nope.

I sometimes get irritated when I see a girl on another lane that I KNOW isn't a very high average bowler throw like 8-in-a-row or something. And I get irritated that probably once per series one of the high handicap guys on my team will beat me in a game. But at the end of the day, I'm more frustrated in myself for not bowling better than any of them for getting lucky. While on average once a night one of our low average bowlers will beat me by a pin or two in a given game....I don't think they've ever beat me scratch in a series.

[Amyers]

Not really used ally just pissed at myself for whatever I did to lose. Or just kind of bewildered for those rarer nights when I just don't know what happened.

[classygranny]

Unfortunately, the only other bowler I have ever wanted to strangle is my husband...but, that's a very long story.

[Shaneshu87]

from my perspective it was a clear lack of sportsmanship, and yes it sucked getting beat by a house ball, it didn't help that he was roaring drunk and spouting all kinds of profanities, i wasn't the only one ready to strangle him lol

[Amyers]

from my perspective it was a clear lack of sportsmanship, and yes it sucked getting beat by a house ball, it didn't help that he was roaring drunk and spouting all kinds of profanities, i wasn't the only one ready to strangle him lol

Oh that would suck especially if he was acting like an a**

[circlecity]

Adult youth league this summer. there was one team of kids that all had 2 balls on rack. so, I got to keep moving all the balls every time I bowled while they clogged everything up the whole night.

[Hampe]

I'm in the same boat as Ron Clifton when it comes to stuff like this (http://www.bowl4fun.com/ron/tip8.htm). Although, I can understand it can be pretty annoying if the person who is getting lucky is also show-boating and talking trash. But it still won't help your game to get pissed off about it.

Luck is just a part of bowling though.....some days, your opponent just can't do anything wrong and will get strikes off the most ridiculous shots. Best thing you can do is ride it out with a smile on your face, and stay positive in regards to your own game. For me, bowling well is more important than winning, and it's harder to bowl well when you're getting pissed off about someone else (whether it's their luck, behavior, or whatever).