Do you bowl?

[Rogodin2]

The human comedy perpetuating itself! Saspirilla!

Rogo

 

[Kelemvor]

I know how to bowl and I can bowl fine... But haven't for years... So I guess I do not bowl...?

 

[Juno]

i take bowling class this quarter. i improve my average from 80s to 120s in three weeks.

 

[oiprocs]

I bought new bowling shoes for the second session of a summer league, and I bowled a 224 that night.

Sadly, I have yet to return to that number.

 

[Rogodin2]

Kelemvor

I've not bowled for a year, but I do enjoy bowling.

Rogo

 

[Kadarin]

I do from time to time, but it's been a couple of years.

 

[mugs]

Yes, but I don't roll on shabbas.

 

[manlymatt83]

Originally posted by: Juno
i take bowling class this quarter. i improve my average from 80s to 120s in three weeks.

I bowl - highest game ever was 271

 

[Rogodin2]

My highest game ever for a trophy was 162, I was 8 .

Rogo

 

[BrokenVisage]

Summary should be "With powl." damnit!

 

[JulesMaximus]

I bowl once every 5-10 years on average. How's that fit into your survey?

 

[LiquidSun]

Yes, but only with my Wiimote.

 

[Rogodin2]

I bowl once every 5-10 years on average. How's that fit into your survey?

My average is close to yours. I won't curtail anything.

Rogo

 

[trmiv]

It's been a long time. When I did go bowling regularly, my high game was a a 268 I think. Something like that.

 

[IGBT]

..they won't let me. I keep messing up the hardwood floors.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Juno
i take bowling class this quarter. i improve my average from 80s to 120s in three weeks.

I took a bowling class in college too, and my average also went up by 40 points. The main thing that helped me was the realization that the arrows on the lanes are useful for aiming.

I also learned to throw a curve, but I can't pick up a spare with a curve so I straight bowl. Switching back and forth doesn't work too well.

 

[gocubs2k5]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Juno
i take bowling class this quarter. i improve my average from 80s to 120s in three weeks.

I took a bowling class in college too, and my average also went up by 40 points. The main thing that helped me was the realization that the arrows on the lanes are useful for aiming.

I also learned to throw a curve, but I can't pick up a spare with a curve so I straight bowl. Switching back and forth doesn't work too well.

well seeing as bowling with a hook on your first shot and straight for spares is the best way to do it, and used by pretty much any pro bowler I've ever seen, you might want to give the 2 styled approach another chance. hook on the 1st ball...as straight as you can, and as hard as you can for spares...
yes, i bowl...

 

[FoBoT]

only on the Wii

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: gocubs2k5

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Juno
i take bowling class this quarter. i improve my average from 80s to 120s in three weeks.

I took a bowling class in college too, and my average also went up by 40 points. The main thing that helped me was the realization that the arrows on the lanes are useful for aiming.

I also learned to throw a curve, but I can't pick up a spare with a curve so I straight bowl. Switching back and forth doesn't work too well.

well seeing as bowling with a hook on your first shot and straight for spares is the best way to do it, and used by pretty much any pro bowler I've ever seen, you might want to give the 2 styled approach another chance. hook on the 1st ball...as straight as you can, and as hard as you can for spares...
yes, i bowl...

I tried, the hook throws off my straight balls. It's all good, I'm not in a league or anything and I don't bowl much anymore (except Wii Sports bowling ). I never had a good enough hook to make a difference anyway. Ideally the hook would give your ball a better angle of approach, but my hook wasn't good enough to accomplish that. In the end, it just complicated things and didn't make me bowl any better.

 

[kell345]

I love going out with friends to bowl, I try going every week... My highest so far is a 210..

 

[Journer]

nights that start off with lots of booze and end at the bowling alley rock

 

[imported_Devine]

And by bowl you mean drinking lots of beer with short breaks of throwing a ball . . . somewhere then yes, I bowl.

 

[BMdoobieW]

Originally posted by: Kelemvor
I know how to bowl and I can bowl fine... But haven't for years... So I guess I do not bowl...?

 

[Pacfanweb]

I'm sort of retired at the moment, but yes, I bowl and have bowled a lot.
I have multiple 300's. 3 800 series.
Lost count of the 250+ games.

Now that the local bowling center has gone smoke-free, I may start back.

 

[PeeluckyDuckee]

I rarely bowl myself but I love it whenever I pick it back up and would hit strikes and spares (given my crappy technique and lack of power). I can only handle 11lb balls , so not really much power, but my curve calls give me a slightly better chance. I can't bowl straight, even if my life depended on it.

A lot of people like throwing the ball really high then curve it up. Others I've seen are the really quiet bowlers who'd let the bowl down to the ground ever so quietly right by the arrows.

Even the stance or approach of the throw itself is pretty interesting to note, as many people strike different poses.