ThePresence
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- Nov 19, 2001
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My first good job was working in a bowling alley and I worked in one during college too. My average was well over 200 but I played a LOT. I had a custom ball and all that shiznit. Never did get a perfect game but I had 10 strikes in a row once. I haven't bowled in a couple years now.
Random Variable
Lifer
- Aug 10, 2001
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I think I needed a thumb insert because my thumb would often "stick" to the inside of the ball. I would always carry talcum powder with me, but that obviously did no good.
Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
Jesus H......60 pins handicap and you shoot 239? Bet that brought your average up.Originally posted by: bubbadu
NICE! I bowl on two leagues now. Highest game just during open bowling was a 245. In league earlier this year I bowled a 239 plus 60 pins of handicap thus a 299. That is going to pay at the end of the season for HGH.Love the bowling.
BTW, unless you bowl in a really weak league, don't expect that score to hold up until the end of the year.
People shoot 300's all the time now, scratch.
Yeah it might be broken. One of the pros that works there is on the league and he bowled a 299, but they THREW IT OUT. He pre bowled but the rest of the team was not there or something. Thus he had a fresh shot and it wasnt fair. According to ABC rules, they had to throw it out, thus mine stands. Its a 30 week league at 15 bucks a week, we are 20 weeks in. Last year the team that won got 2 grand per person
iversonyin
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- Aug 12, 2004
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Nope, here's what you needed to do:
Have the ball (or thumb) redrilled to the correct size as measured by the pro shop.
Do the light honing/beveling they normally do. Let him insert your thumb and feel how tight it is, they usually rotate it both ways, too. Basically the standard ball-fitting procedure.
When the driller says it's right, chances are you won't be able to release it, and will want it honed out some more.
This is where you take some plain old Chapstick and put it on the back of your thumb, especially the knuckle.
You won't be able to hardly hold the ball then, and it will help with the mental block that is causing you to knuckle the ball.
I used to knuckle it too. Then I cut my thumb, right on the knuckle. There was a tournament coming up that I really wanted to bowl in, so I had to put some of that Nu Skin crap on to protect the cut. Plus, I had to cut a small groove where the cut was, because it had kind of had a knot there.
I found that the Nu Skin was very slick, and I kept having to add tape so I wouldn't drop the ball.
Once my cut healed, I had the thumb slug drilled out and replaced...but I had the hole drilled to the correct size. I then used some Chap Stik, which made my thumb slide right out.....and from then on, I never knuckled it again.
It's all in your head.
Edit: Oh, and with today's reactive balls, you really need an insert/slug, because your skin will really have a lot of friction with that reactive resin.
I did a 275 once, and a 222
those were my only games over 200.
I had a few 190's and quite a few 180's
my average was 145
those were my only games over 200.
I had a few 190's and quite a few 180's
my average was 145
League 300's and high averages do not translate to successful pros. To seriously consider the PBA, you need to be averaging 230+ in league play. The lane conditions for leagues are just too easy. If you average 230+ in a league, you might be able to consistently shoot over 200 on a PBA shot.
Put it like this: If you had the top pros to bowl on a league shot for awhile, they would average probably 240-250, and someone in the league would shoot a 300 every game.
I never harbored any delusions of grandeur involving me bowling professionally. my average was over 200 for the last 3-4 years that i bowled competatively, but 200 averages are a dime a dozen on tour. it takes more than that. if you win some tournaments you might find a sponser, but for the majority of people its hard to support a family when you have to spend a thousand bucks to enter yourself in the tournament...and make no mistake, the lane conditions on tour are more difficult than you could possibly imagine...
imagine playing half life 2 with a wireless mouse and keyboard and you had to sit 30 feet away from your computer monitor....that might even begin to come close to describing the shot on tour..
imagine playing half life 2 with a wireless mouse and keyboard and you had to sit 30 feet away from your computer monitor....that might even begin to come close to describing the shot on tour..
MustangSVT
Lifer
- Oct 7, 2000
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You think 10 Pin is hard? Try a little Candle-Pin. Still a few alleys left, not many, fading fast.
i really suck at bowling, i feel like a robot. i have no idea how to bowl properly and theres a company event coming up. i should cut my thumbs off now...lol.
wow nice score. in high school there was a kid that bowled a perfect game. it really wasn't fair to compare his talent with other people b/c his father owned a bowling alley and he practiced there all the time for free
KoolAidKid
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- Apr 29, 2002
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I just moved to Maryland a while ago and recently tried duckpin for the first time. It is surprisingly fun.
DainBramaged
Lifer
- Jun 19, 2003
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ONCE I bowled a 219. I was on a nearly first date with this chick along with her sister and Husband. I pretty much told them before we went that I wasn't that good... hahah, I just bowled really lucky.
my avg is normally under 120. ahaha
my avg is normally under 120. ahaha
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