Drinking while bowling, how does it effect your game ?

**collinwho** · 09-28-2016, 10:01 AM

I used to drink 1 beer per game. Then a couple of years ago I cut down to 1 beer per night. Now I basically don't drink at all anymore. I haven't really noticed a big difference in my bowling, but I am a lot healthier, now.

**fordman1** · 09-28-2016, 10:57 AM

I have not had more than 1-2 drinks a year in the last 15 years. I used to drink a lot of beer while bowling. The Dr. said it was time to stop so I did.

It could be that the DUI laws have hurt bowling quite a bit. You now have much stricter laws and Mothers against Drunk Driving monitoring courts.
Remember the old days when the bar would be full after bowling with teams talking about what went good and what didn't, NOT ANY MORE.
Not drinking didn't make much of a difference if you factor in age. I had better scores and avg. when drinking but was also younger.

**Tony** · 09-28-2016, 11:34 AM

Originally Posted by zacks

I usually have a few beers per night. It really just depends on how I'm feeling but I always have at least a couple. Just enough to take the edge off and keep it off for 3 games. If the pins start to get blurry I know I better stop. Some people in my leagues don't drink at all, others get tanked every night. Some of the guys that get tanked every night are really good bowlers. One night I remember one of the better bowlers in the house was on lanes 1-2 and had awful first and second games, so naturally he starts taking shots with his teammate then proceeds to bowl a 300. I don't even think he shot a 600 series.

Wait, the pins aren't supposed to be blurry !!!
I used to bowl with a guy who would decide he needed a couple of shots when he was bowling poorly, he used to say I need to see the Nurse and get a shot ! It often helped his bowling, I assume mentally he thought it would, and so it did.

**zacks** · 09-28-2016, 12:08 PM

Originally Posted by Tony

Wait, the pins aren't supposed to be blurry !!!
I used to bowl with a guy who would decide he needed a couple of shots when he was bowling poorly, he used to say I need to see the Nurse and get a shot ! It often helped his bowling, I assume mentally he thought it would, and so it did.

Haha. I'm usually good about pacing myself, plus I usually drive so I behave when that's the case. I had a bad start to our sweeper in one of my leagues last season so I took advantage of that and yes the pins were blurry at the end of the night. Had to take Uber home and come back in the morning to pick up my car, but had a fun night even though I bowled awful.

**dmet225** · 09-28-2016, 12:36 PM

I've had 3-300 games. The first 2 were my third game of the night after drinking beer during the first 2 games of the night.

I've had a 298, which was my 2nd game of the night, and I'm convinced that it was because I wasn't relaxed enough due to lack of beer.

I overcame that thought when my 3rd 300 was in my 2nd game back in June.

I limit myself, though, because I'm conscious of the drive home.

**fokai73** · 09-28-2016, 01:29 PM

I don't drink beer!!!!! instead I drink Bourbon - woodford reserve lol

here's my story.... when I was at the stadium for a two day tourney. I struggled to shoot 600 series the first 4 squads. I was tense and my body and mind were not aligned. I also delt with elevation sickness as well. Normally I arrive a day or two early just to get my body used to it, or I pop a pill. Well, I had no pill.........

The morning squad in day two was horrible 490 something!!!! I wanted to go home and not finish the last two squads......

Then my friend passed me a mary jane, a Maui wowee, a blunt....actually it was a roach..... guess what? I shot in the 1340's the last two squads..

**Goose** · 09-28-2016, 02:00 PM

I like Killians with a shot of tequila in it and they don't serve that at my alleys, so I have to wait to get home, probably better I don't drink and bowl or else may be throwing it down your lane.