Originally Posted by stargell1
get your own team together with friends
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Most summer leagues are laid back social leagues. What you really need is a league that is more serious. The employees at the center can tell you which leagues are more serious and even rank them in order. Most of the top leagues have a minimum average to get in (and stay in) but the only way to establish that average is through a certified (sanctioned) league.
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As someone who enjoys competition I prefer league bowling. Also I like that for league the conditions are somewhat consistent while for open bowling the lanes are usually similar to the Sahara desert.
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This.
It's like asking, "What do you prefer? To have a job or to live in an imaginary storybook world you've created for yourself?"
League is real. Open bowling is for fun. League bowling is a 'sport'. Open bowling is an "activity". Nobody is a "bowler" if they don't bowl leagues. They are just a drunk that likes to hurl heavy objects while drinking.
The thing I like most about leagues in lane courtesy. Open bowling good luck. Lately more then once I have been just at the release when I hear the bang of a ball bouncing within 4 ft ....hate that. I do get to laugh as they throw the ball and hit the fence
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League bowling is where it's at. I love the competition!
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Not every person/bowler has the competitive gene. There are plenty that may have had bad experiences as Stargill has had, so you can understand the hesitation to bowl in another league. Someday he may decide to try it again, as as Louvit wrote, get on a team with friends.
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I think I liked them equally. I liked the competition of the league, even the sniveling of other teams on occasion. For three seasons we named ourselves "The Snivelers" and won the league each time.
Over 23 years I would practice first thing on Sunday morning when I didn't have to work. The four houses I bowled at during this time always had freshly oiled lanes when the house opened on Sunday morning. The first dozen years I'd practice by myself but as the years went by more friends joined in and sometimes we'd have as many as 8 show up to practice.
In the 70's, I watched Ann Marie Duggan (Pike) grow up bowling Rent A Lane every Sunday with her dad at Valley View Bowl in Garden Grove.
League bowling for sure
The competition, the people, and lane courtesy. I go bowling with my wife and it is only practice. Even if I play games with myself its not like striking 3 times in the 10th against another team to win by 3 pins. I am in 2 leagues (one social and one serious) and I wish I could be in 3-4 haha
Definitely league bowling. I enjoy the competition and it's something I look forward to every week and I miss it when we are in the off season. Open bowling, I don't miss but I just enjoy bowling so I will bowl every chance I get.
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