How important are shoes in bowling?

[chrono00]

chrono its much ebtter getting shoe covers cause they are really easy to take off and put on rather then having to tak off your bowling shoes put your normal shoes on and then come back and have to put your bowling shoes back on that takes abit longer and plus with shoe covers u can slip on in a second and have more time to do stuff i got shoe covers my self but i rarly wear them cause in my league me are a single perosn team and it takes me a hr with tking time to bowl my 3 games soo i just go to the bathroom right befor i bowl and im good for the rest of the night i cant go out side for a smoke cause are league dose not want any of us going out side for a smoke cause it makesother people hold up.

but one thing me and some of my buddys in the league hate is one person who always needs to leave and wants us to rush soo when ever we play here we throw the ball and go and talk for abit and if she says anything to us we jsut tell her to go sit down im not going to rush and mess up my game just for you i want to take my time lol its just soo funny cause she has been kicked out of the allie over 10 times for swearing with little kids near her

meh, I wear all my shoes laces tied by loose enough that I can slip them off and on so it's not a big deal

and that's funny about the girl in your league. I love ****ing with people like that. theres one guy that works at the allie I shoot at and he's like that. I always have to come right from work so I usually show up like right at 930 when we start or maybe 935. at least twice when he was working I showed up and practice time was either almost up or already over cause of him. although one of those nights was the night I shot my high series

[striker12]

alright thats good that you keep shoe laces not soo tight( srry forgot how to spell the one word drawing a blank lol).

but yeah im alwasy at the bowling allie like 30min-hr earlyer but only cause its sunday and i get really board on sundays jsut waiting to bowl soo i go earlyer and talk with everyone there and watch how the guy oils are lanes but one thing i hate about the one girl is her son he really starting to make everyone in the league made and manly me he has screwed up all of my games where im going streght strikes.

the thing he dose is say im beside you and you are him i get ready to go im in my stance just looking at my target clearing my mind and he grabs his ball stands there soo u think you can go right as soon as you take 1 step he just runs up right beside you and makes you mess you i have ahd it once wher he hurt my ancle cause i was going for my throw and in standing far left and my right lag kicked out and he swung his ball and hit me right in the angle and he never even sead srry soo i waiting for him int he parking lot after wards and i go into his face never hit him cause i did not want to get kicked out of the bowling allie or band from the property and i stopped him from getting in his moms car untill he sead srry and he never did she started yelling at me soo she called the cop and i told the cops i want this kid to say srry to me for hitting my ancle bowling i was pissed

[tigerbait6]

I have a pair of dexter bowling shoes and I had problems with sliding. Then I bought an Easy slide, that fits over your left shoe if your right handed. It works fantastic! $10.00 Brunswick. Ed

[travkoiboi]

SST-8 all you need period.

[kev3inp]

8's are nice. I've found what works in the house where we bowl, and almost never change the slide sole. But if you go anyplace else the approaches can be "interesting" so it's nice to have the option to change. I have a slide sock from Ebonite and it's way too slippery for anywhere I go, but I bring it anyway. And I put on a shoe cover when I go to the bar for beer. Remember, lubrication is our friend, and it's a wonderful knee lubricant.

[billf]

Three Sundays ago during league I was in the 8th frame of game 1, lining up for the 10 pin. As I looked down I said to myself, "when did I get white bowling shoes?" That's when it dawned on me. I still had my new sneakers on. Talk about feeling stupid.

I bought a new pair of Dexters in May from bowlingball.com. My non-slide toe is starting to separate from the shoe. I emailed Dexter. They had me send pictures and now are shipping me another pair. They were extremely helpful, professional and handled the situation in a timely manner.

[tigerbait6]

Shoes are very important, because you want to slide close to the line. New shoes can also be a problem as well. I bought an Easy Slide by Brunswick and it works well. It fits over your sliding shoe

[Grimthrow]

I think Fagan's been using the tennis shoe a lot more now...obviously on the right foot.

[resstealth]

Striker if that little prick did that to me, second time I would beat the brakes off his punk @$$.

[jaydee]

I went from regular $30 bowling shoes to 3G Tour Ultras. Helped me a little bit, but it wasn't the earth shattering improvement in my game that I was hoping for. Yes they do help, but temper your expectations.

And absolutely use shoe covers. After sticking and missing a key spare in a tourney last year, I've been checking my sliding sole for any foriegn objects before every shot (just a quick swipe with my hand). I only find something once a month or so, but I'm sure I've made shots that I would have missed if I didn't check my sliding sole before every shot.