This is Joseph, one of the writers here at Beginner Bowling Tips. In this blog I’m planning to give a more personal view of serious bowling as I document my quest to raise my average in my local bowling league.
I think this will be a good contrast to the regular strategy articles we write and I encourage you to say hi or post a suggestion in the comments. It’s great when bowlers can
Personally, I have been bowling competitively for several years now and have gone through a variety of leagues in that time. The one I’m in this Spring is made of mostly of college students. A lot of them are under 21, so there is no alcohol being consumed during the games. This is a big change from the leagues I’ve bowled in in previous years, where it seemed like the majority of the participants were taking a load off after a tough work week. In one league, things got downright boisterous most of the time.
In this league, there is a pretty wide variety of skill levels. A lot of the guys are serious bowlers but for a few this seems to be their first experience in a competitive setting. One thing I’ve noticed so far is that a lot of teams have done their research on handicap scoring systems and seem to know exactly how to use it to their advantage. It looks as though the winning team might not necessarily be the best bowlers, but rather the team that knows how to leverage its handicap to maximum advantage.
The league has only been going on for three weeks and my team is currently sitting in second place out of eleven total teams. It’s a good start, but there’s quite a long way to go. Next post I’ll break down the most recent league night.
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