getting back into bowling after 20 years

[DanielMareina]

Personally, I give free lessons to league bowlers. Most centers won't do that, but the way I figure it, if you don't get better at bowling you quit. Beginners especially! If she just needs the basics, he should be able to give them to her in about 1/2 an hour. If you pay for an hour, the guy spends half the time watching and saying meaningless things to you as you learn things that take time to get used to. If she plans on getting her own ball, sometimes you can get some free lessons out of the pro shop guy by buying the ball if you mention it before hand. Then spend the $40 an hour to get her from the basics to a 130 average.

[threeripmin]

we think alike, daniel. she has her own ball(white dot) and a brand new pair of pink and white linds. i told him that id pay him but he seemed to wave it off so we'll see. he is a good bowler, i watched him in league a little, he is averaging 221.

right now im throwing my 15 lbs reign of fire for strikes and my 16 lbs yellow dot at spares, is this bad? last week i was using my reign of fire for most spares but the lanes were not so dry. my timing felt off today and i'm wondering if that could have something to do with it.

i'm thinking about getting a 15 lbs WD for spares anyways. i'm not really liking my thumb hole on either balls so i'm thinking about trying out the guy here at my local place, ill ask the manager about him and where he gets his balls drilled.

[DanielMareina]

I know a decent amount of people that throw a lighter spare ball to gain control. Not many use a heavier one. I think that it is better to have all your equipment weigh the same so it doesn't throw your timing off. If you don't feel comfortable with either thumb, get them fixed for sure. The thumb is very important. Personally, I recommend the Ice storm over the white dot although for some reason they are both made in China. Anything polyester with bowling equipment is made there. I am not sure why they are the masters of polyester, but that is another conversation. As for your wife, I am glad that you found someone to give her some pointers for free. That is very nice of him! Make sure to let his manager know that he is going beyond the call of duty to please the customers. I always like to hear when one of my employees does things like that.

[threeripmin]

i just went bowling and im very happy with my scores. they didnt oil until the 5th frame of the first game and i was pretty lost for the rest of the game and some. so, the first game was a 158 which should just get thrown out. lol then i went 233 225 268 with an open in the 1st and ended with a 230.

i really hate that you dont get a few practice shots before you start keeping score. i really need to get a new spare ball, i missed a 10 pin because i hung up so bad then i missed a 4 pin spare(as in i left 4 pins) because i didnt want to hang up and used my strike ball and threw at it all wrong, full mental mistake.


the manager didnt get there until we were leaving so no lesson today, maybe on sunday.

[threeripmin]

sunday bowling, 242 233 264 247 with 5 opens, so sick.

[DanielMareina]

Holy crap! Very well done!!! I think you got it all figured out now. Congratulations and good luck keeping up with that average.

[threeripmin]

thanks. i had the first 5 in all 4 games and the first 7 in the 3rd game. im averaging 221 over the last 19 games and that includes a 158 game. i missed the easiest spares, it was unreal. i left 7 spares and only picked up 2, omg.

i bowled at another bowling alley the other day and shot 234 200. in my 3rd game i hung up in my ball at the foul line at full speed, that wasnt cool at all. im just glad i did throw out my back, it felt like i could have pulled something real bad but i feel pretty good today.

[threeripmin]

on thursday im going to bowl in some sort of pot game scratch league where they team 2 people together every game and you either win or lose money each game? these dudes told me that i can just walk in and bowl in it, i just have to get my usbc card.

[DanielMareina]

Well good luck with that! There are many different formats and many different sets of rules for pot games. Definately find out the rules and format ahead of time, but most are legit and quite a bit of fun. During the summer we have pot games after closing between my employees and our friends, and it is always a good time.

My brother has a finger that won't straighten fully because of hanging up the ball. He flew almost to the arrows and had the 15lb ball land on his finger while it was still in the ball. It tore his tenden and the physical therapist was bad at his job. It makes it very hard to drill his equipment for him! So be glad that you didn't end up like him!

[threeripmin]

that sucks about your brother. i feel like i dodged a bullet. my back isnt the best to start with and ive thrown it out before by doing nothing so i thought i was going to be messed up from it.

the pot game league thing is a HI low something. they match up the high average and the low average each game i guess. sounds fun and its worth a shot. if the guys that told me about it are like the average bowler over there then i dont think it will be too tough.

im bowling in a no tap tournament on saturday and i have to bowl scratch since i dont have any sort of book average. it should be fun though, im looking forward to it. it sure would suck to shoot 300 and lose to a 310. lol