Thanks for the encouragement!
@boatman37
I am also in Pittsburgh, where is your league located?
Asking the pro-shop is not a terrible idea if they aren't any silver level coaches in your area. At least my personal experience is the bronze one mostly got the certification to work with youth and aren't interested in being hired. That's what I've seen here locally. Best case scenario would be to find a good certified coach but in some areas of the country that's just not possible. It's a 2 1/2 hour drive to the closest certified coach to me. I've done it a few times and he's good but I have a guy that I work with who's a Senior PBA bowler who does a great job and much closer.
Enjoy yourself and never feel bad about being inexperienced everyone starts off somewhere. I doubt any of us started off rolling 200+ at least I didn't lol
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Current arsenal
900 Global Badger Claw - Radical Ridiculous Pearl - Spare Ball Ebonite T Zone
Thanks for the encouragement!
@boatman37
I am also in Pittsburgh, where is your league located?
Arsenal "15# Global Eternity Pi-45x4.5x40" "15# 900 Global Xponent-60x4.5x40" "15# 900 Global Zen Soul-60x4.5x40" "15# Roto Grip Idol Helios-90 x 2.25 x 45" "15# 900 Global Altered Reality-50x3.625x30" "15# Brunswick Uppercut-80x3.625x35" "15# Brunswick Igniter-70x5.5x35" "15# Raw Hammer Pearl 45x5.75x40" "15# Brunswick T-Zone"
Rev Rate about 270 @ about 15.5 MPH at the pins* High Game: 290 - High Series: 733. PAP: 5 1/8"x1" up; tilt 20*, rotation 75*. YTD highs - 290-733
Oh, and LEFTY!!!
Does it surprise anyone else when you hear people say they've been bowling just a few years..I started league bowling when I was 5.. though between age 25 and 35 I didn't bowl on a league
Still though I've taken a bunch of lessons over the recent years to fix what I was doing wrong
yeah. we have a kid in our summer league that is about 22 or so. Said he started bowling about 4 or 5 years ago. Last year in our 16 week summer league he rolled 3 or 4 300's. He's a 2 handed bowler that is very consistent. He said he bowled in a Pro-Am and went up against one of the pros (think it was Pete Weber) and beat him. Currently his league average is 216 but last summer he was at 230. Just checked bowl.com and his sport adjusted average shows 197. Kid is good. No 300's so far for him this season yet but just about everyones average is down about 15 pins this season.
Arsenal "15# Global Eternity Pi-45x4.5x40" "15# 900 Global Xponent-60x4.5x40" "15# 900 Global Zen Soul-60x4.5x40" "15# Roto Grip Idol Helios-90 x 2.25 x 45" "15# 900 Global Altered Reality-50x3.625x30" "15# Brunswick Uppercut-80x3.625x35" "15# Brunswick Igniter-70x5.5x35" "15# Raw Hammer Pearl 45x5.75x40" "15# Brunswick T-Zone"
Rev Rate about 270 @ about 15.5 MPH at the pins* High Game: 290 - High Series: 733. PAP: 5 1/8"x1" up; tilt 20*, rotation 75*. YTD highs - 290-733
Oh, and LEFTY!!!
Damn.. Wonder when it is my turn for a 300. I'm 40 with finger arthritis though I did get a 268 last week and it felt effortless. The 2 I missed I knew I didn't throw it right. I only get 3 chances a week so that makes it less likely too. I think I am trying too hard
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