RADICAL New Scoring System

**NewToBowling** · 06-01-2016, 12:56 PM

This would eliminate the perfect 300 game.

Scoring stays the same. The only difference would be the 10th frame. You keep rolling until you stop striking. So you could conceivably have scores in the 600's, 1,000's, etc

It could look like this:

First nine frames: x/x xxx /xx

10th Frame: xxx xxx x- (basically 7 strikes until he left an open)

If you mark in the 10th you still get 3 rolls (just like how it is now). The only way to advance past the 3rd ball is the get XXX

Yeah, this would never fly but I think it would be interesting...

**Jconner91** · 06-01-2016, 02:41 PM

Ive always wondered about a scoring system just like the normal but in the 10th you can keep striking until you miss. That would be pretty crazy to be losing by like 120 team total and throw 12 strikes in a row to win.

**fordman1** · 06-01-2016, 03:30 PM

There is an old saying

"Don't go away mad just go away"

**NewToBowling** · 06-01-2016, 04:20 PM

Originally Posted by Jconner91

Ive always wondered about a scoring system just like the normal but in the 10th you can keep striking until you miss. That would be pretty crazy to be losing by like 120 team total and throw 12 strikes in a row to win.

That would be fun to watch. Just like baseball, no guarantee until that last out

**foreverincamo** · 06-01-2016, 05:25 PM

Already 3 hour league night. This could make it 4 hours. No thanks

**LyalC52** · 06-01-2016, 05:56 PM

back in the 90's I bowled some tourneys that had endless 10ths

fun way to shake things up

I think the PBA did an event or two with this format too

**jimgilmore** · 06-01-2016, 09:22 PM

Sound like a system that would let better players sandbag to the very last frame by even more.

**NewToBowling** · 06-02-2016, 10:59 AM

To make the game even last longer play it with "baseball" rules. You get 1 out per frame (any non-strike is an "out"). So you strike until you leave an open. You have the chance to pick up that spare but after that you're "out" and you move onto the next frame. Would be some interesting scores.

**Mike White** · 06-02-2016, 01:56 PM

Originally Posted by NewToBowling

To make the game even last longer play it with "baseball" rules. You get 1 out per frame (any non-strike is an "out"). So you strike until you leave an open. You have the chance to pick up that spare but after that you're "out" and you move onto the next frame. Would be some interesting scores.

Will it take 45 seconds or more between each "pitch"?

And 5-7 minutes between frames for commercial breaks?