I Hate Pre-bowling

[dnhoffman]

Anyone else do awful when they prebowl?

I swear I'm just taking a blind from now on when I can't make league and can't get a sub.

I just hurry too much, don't read the pins well, and suck!

I shot sub-600 for the second time this season, both when pre-bowling, I need a pacer or something, ugh.

[bowl1820]

Anyone else do awful when they prebowl?

Most of the league's here's don't allow individual pre-bowling.

I swear I'm just taking a blind from now on when I can't make league and can't get a sub.

I just hurry too much, don't read the pins well, and suck!

I shot sub-600 for the second time this season, both when pre-bowling, I need a pacer or something, ugh.

Well learn to pace yourself better, after every shot go back and sit down and wait like you would on league. I do that when I practice, so I don't get in a rush.

[Mike White]

Anyone else do awful when they prebowl?

I swear I'm just taking a blind from now on when I can't make league and can't get a sub.

I just hurry too much, don't read the pins well, and suck!

I shot sub-600 for the second time this season, both when pre-bowling, I need a pacer or something, ugh.

Around here pre-bowling is for teams only, not individuals.

My Thursday team did a pre-bowl a few weeks ago, and to "pace" ourselves each individual bowls 2 frames then sits down and waits for the others to complete the same.

That way you end up bowling at about the same pace as league, but you only have to get up, walk down to the approach, and walk back to your seat half as often.

Where I bowl at, they still have the hard plastic bench seating, so nobody on my team sits near the lanes.

Us old guys need something soft to sit on.

Iceman, you'll like this.

One of my team mates pitched for the KC Royals back in 76-77

http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...hallto01.shtml

[J Anderson]

For USBC sanctioned leagues, a legal line-up is required for pre- or post-bowling. So for most adult leagues individual pre-bowling should be illegal.

I really hate unopposed bowling. To me the main point of league bowling is to have some friendly competition. To have one team bowl either before or after the regular league time and not face their opponent robs the game of much of its appeal.

[Mike White]

For USBC sanctioned leagues, a legal line-up is required for pre- or post-bowling. So for most adult leagues individual pre-bowling should be illegal.

I really hate unopposed bowling. To me the main point of league bowling is to have some friendly competition. To have one team bowl either before or after the regular league time and not face their opponent robs the game of much of its appeal.

It's not like people pre-bowl for no good reason.

Given the choice between being robbed of it's appeal, and forfeiting.

Kiss the appeal good bye.

[Konvict1982]

Same as most of these guys if we pre-bowl it has to be a team decision not single members. With that said the one time my team pre-bowled I actually bowled above average at the time since I was able to hold my line longer with less people on the lanes but I can see how rushing could cause issues since I tend to break down fast when practicing endurance games shooting 6+ at one time quickly.

[dnhoffman]

That's interesting! I've never heard of team-only pre bowling. Here in saint Louis (I've only bowled leagues at 3 houses here, so I guess I can't speak for the entire city...) the standard is usually 2 pre-bowls a season (or a half-season) per person.

This is for things like vacation, work travel, etc when you can't get a sub

[Aslan]

For USBC sanctioned leagues, a legal line-up is required for pre- or post-bowling. So for most adult leagues individual pre-bowling should be illegal.

I really hate unopposed bowling. To me the main point of league bowling is to have some friendly competition. To have one team bowl either before or after the regular league time and not face their opponent robs the game of much of its appeal.

Agreed.

[bowl1820]

That's interesting! I've never heard of team-only pre bowling.

That's actually a USBC rule, unless a league rule states otherwise:

Rule 111 – Pre-bowl/Postponements
111a. Types
Types of pre-bowls and postponements:
1. Bowling in direct opposition.
2. Team unopposed bowling: Permitted, unless the league adopts a rule prohibiting
this type of competition.
3. Individual unopposed bowling:
a. Adult leagues: Prohibited, unless the league rules state otherwise.
b. Youth Leagues: Permitted, unless the league rules state otherwise.

[Sourtower]

That's actually a USBC rule, unless a league rule states otherwise:

Rule 111 – Pre-bowl/Postponements
111a. Types
Types of pre-bowls and postponements:
1. Bowling in direct opposition.
2. Team unopposed bowling: Permitted, unless the league adopts a rule prohibiting
this type of competition.
3. Individual unopposed bowling:
a. Adult leagues: Prohibited, unless the league rules state otherwise.
b. Youth Leagues: Permitted, unless the league rules state otherwise.

D'oh! I didn't know it wasn't permitted. I guess I'm going to have to find a way to show up to one of my leagues then since I was not going to be available for the next 4 out of 5 days due to work constraints. I was hoping I could prebowl. Guess I can talk to the league president about it...