full ball return- where does spare ball go?

[NewToBowling]

Yep, from what I understand a + number indicates how many pins over 200 the player is over course of x amount of games.

[JaxBowlingGuy]

Yep, from what I understand a + number indicates how many pins over 200 the player is over course of x amount of games.

Correct. Quite a few tournaments are tracked like that. It's just a running tally like below.

216- +16
210- +26
185- +11

[1VegasBowler]

Yep, from what I understand a + number indicates how many pins over 200 the player is over course of x amount of games.

That is correct.

During the year I worked a few USBC tournaments here in Vegas and every score above 200 gets bonus points. It is also true, that, it goes to the negative when they go under 200.

The challenges are interesting in these tournaments, where they bowl on fresh, burn & double burn.

But I have also seen where they have to bowl 8 games in a day where there is no re oil.

Either way, it's fun to watch!

[bowl1820]

Can you not keep your lies straight anymore in your other thread about being in the special olympics you just said you are averaging 156? Which lie is it?

I looked him up,He was on 2 leagues 1 winter and 1 summer

156 is his actual USBC 93 game average for (2015-16) winter season, no report for the summer league yet.

But checking league Sec. standings he appears to have bowled the summer on a 13 week league, started with a 156 ave. and ended with a 147.
High game was 195 and high series was 493

He doesn't appear to have a current 16-17 usbc card, so he's either on a unsanctioned league or just open bowling or the usbc hasn't received the app. yet.

He posted on Brunswicks high score page that he shot a 219 last season but I can't find the standings to confirm it.

[collinwho]

I put my spare ball on the floor below the rack. I don't use a ball cup, I just try to set it on the thumb hole so it won't roll around. If I need to use it, I pick it up off the floor and throw it and then move my strike ball to the floor so I don't have to wait for my spare ball to come back before leaving the approach.

[Amyers]

That is correct.

During the year I worked a few USBC tournaments here in Vegas and every score above 200 gets bonus points. It is also true, that, it goes to the negative when they go under 200.

The challenges are interesting in these tournaments, where they bowl on fresh, burn & double burn.

But I have also seen where they have to bowl 8 games in a day where there is no re oil.

Either way, it's fun to watch!

Not sure that I would refer to it as bonus points though. It's just a different way of tracking score using a baseline of 200. 212=+12, 205=+5, 187=-13 so the previous series would go down a +4. No "bonus" really involved it's just the total above or below 200.

[bowl1820]

Not sure that I would refer to it as bonus points though. It's just a different way of tracking score using a baseline of 200. 212=+12, 205=+5, 187=-13 so the previous series would go down a +4. No "bonus" really involved it's just the total above or below 200.

Unless of course the tournament he's referring to actually have a bonus system based on the pins +/-.

There's been tournaments over the years here that have had "bonus pin" systems, like if you didn't cash. You got bonus pins for the next time you bowled the tournament etc.

I don't remember seeing one based on the +/-, but you probably could.

[2handedsniper]

some PBA events are pin total 1555 / 8 games = 194

[2handedsniper]

and i also have sanctioned games of 197, 199, 200, 212, 193,

[1VegasBowler]

and i also have sanctioned games of 197, 199, 200, 212, 193,

And you're still not getting a PBA card anytime soon.

For the last week alone I have sanctioned scores of 254, 213, 205, 237, 215, 211, 207, 216.

If you're going to spout off about scores, come up with something that's better than a year old.