Quote Originally Posted by Stormed1 View Post
I much prefer the sport paterns for several reasons,many of which were listed in posts before me. First and foremost is sport shots require much more consistancy in ball speed and release.The level playing field is another aspect. I love to watch the spray and pray 220+ house bowlers struggle to average 180 when they have to hit a 2-3 board area and all of the boards don't have arrows on them. We recently had a king of the hill on a 50 foot patern. If you missed a little in the ball went 60 feet withot wrikling. If you missed out it was gutter. Onee 230 house bowler went 119-quit. The bottom third of qualifying was all 220+ house shot guys and the cut was only 367 for 2. USBC need to eliminate the house wall and put integrity back into bowling
Agree to a point...but it can be like the A and B teams in grade school I completely understand what you're saying, but if we make it all similar to a Sport pattern, I bet you'll see league numbers (physical persons) drop drastically...I think the tube shots keep people interested in the sport - people like to succeed. I think the sport patterns are a blast, too...it really does thin out the crowd of "competitive" bowlers