My high game was a 221...great game and there is so much to write about... including the number of bowling alleys in Southern California that popped up in the post WW II era... the signs...the mid century architecture with the look that just tells a story of its own even before the games begin.
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
@coinkat said:
My high game was a 221...great game and there is so much to write about... including the number of bowling alleys in Southern California that popped up in the post WW II era... the signs...the mid century architecture with the look that just tells a story of its own even before the games begin.
I"m all ears (or eyes). I'd love to hear some stories. And that goes for all of you. Great thread. I glossed over my experiences but I definitely enjoyed my years as a young bowling enthusiast. At the time it was bowling and soccer for me in terms of my main sports participation. This was the 1980s. As I got older I didn't spend any time around the game or the alleys. Reading through this thread, I kind of regret that and think about once again maybe putting those shoes on.
@thisistheshow said:
As a youth, I was in a candlepin league up in Massachusetts. Some of you guys might not know this game. Then around 4th grade I switched to the big balls. I never was taught proper form. Did it for a few years. Didn't throw a spinning hook as much as a no-spin curve. Lots of fun. A couple of years ago me and the family decided to go bowling. Before we went I thought about my old approach. Practiced it. Realized that I didn't do a 4 step, or a 5 step. I did a 3 step starting with my left foot, and I bowl right handed. It kind of freaked me out when I realized that I had bowled so unconventionally for many years. That night, out with the fam, I was in a state of confusion as I tried to bowl. I couldn't do it. I stunk. I was all in my head. I told myself that I never wanted to bowl again unless I took a lesson first. MY question to @doubledragon or anyone, how do I "approach" this situation?
Sorry for the late reply, you know I go to bed at 2:30. p.m. Anyway, to answer your question, I actually never learned to bowl like the pros do, where the ball is thrown and then curves back in and hits the pins. I always bowl the old school way where you roll the ball straight down the middle of the lane. I just aim for the middle section of the pins and roll the ball straight down the middle of the lane. I never could master the technique that the pros use where they roll the ball and it curves back in. Everyone has their own method, I managed to get really good using my technique through determination and practice. It just takes practice and determination.
Yea, but somewhere out there may be a professional bowler reading this thread who says to himself, "Gee i sure wish i had learned to post great GIFs like that doubledragon does."
@thisistheshow said:
As a youth, I was in a candlepin league up in Massachusetts. Some of you guys might not know this game. Then around 4th grade I switched to the big balls. I never was taught proper form. Did it for a few years. Didn't throw a spinning hook as much as a no-spin curve. Lots of fun. A couple of years ago me and the family decided to go bowling. Before we went I thought about my old approach. Practiced it. Realized that I didn't do a 4 step, or a 5 step. I did a 3 step starting with my left foot, and I bowl right handed. It kind of freaked me out when I realized that I had bowled so unconventionally for many years. That night, out with the fam, I was in a state of confusion as I tried to bowl. I couldn't do it. I stunk. I was all in my head. I told myself that I never wanted to bowl again unless I took a lesson first. MY question to @doubledragon or anyone, how do I "approach" this situation?
Sorry for the late reply, you know I go to bed at 2:30. p.m. Anyway, to answer your question, I actually never learned to bowl like the pros do, where the ball is thrown and then curves back in and hits the pins. I always bowl the old school way where you roll the ball straight down the middle of the lane. I just aim for the middle section of the pins and roll the ball straight down the middle of the lane. I never could master the technique that the pros use where they roll the ball and it curves back in. Everyone has their own method, I managed to get really good using my technique through determination and practice. It just takes practice and determination.
Yea, but somewhere out there may be a professional bowler reading this thread who says to himself, "Gee i sure wish i had learned to post great GIFs like that doubledragon does."
Then he better get to practicing, because I'm the GOAT of gifs, and I'm very confident that my records will never be broken!
OK guys, as you can tell from my handle, I've been at this game of bowling from the time my dad first took me; I was 7 at the time. He was pretty good in his day but never bowled a 300 game. I got to be pretty good at the game as well, and was close multiple times, but couldn't close it out. Almost 2 months to the day after my father passed, I bowled my first 300 game; felt like he was right beside me the whole way. Have three more since that one, but now father time is creeping in and making it more difficult to repeat the task.
FYI, The thing that gives the ball the ability to hook is the fingers turning at the time of release, along with the wrist turn. The new equipment also makes it much easier to hook the ball, as there are different surface types for different types of lane conditions.
My son bowled a 227 when he was 12 years old. He uses two hands and spins it like the pros. He doesn’t use the thumb hole. Just two fingers in the ball. He only had three open frames. He’s 17 now and just bowled a 237. Three open frames again.
Did anyone ever bowl duck pins ? They had them in Massachusetts in the 1970s.
@coinkat said:
My high game was a 221...great game and there is so much to write about... including the number of bowling alleys in Southern California that popped up in the post WW II era... the signs...the mid century architecture with the look that just tells a story of its own even before the games begin.
This is near me is So Cal. Love neon
I grew up in Detroit and used to roll at the Thunderbird Lanes. When I was ages 4-9 my Dad would take me to hockey practice at 6 am and then league bowling at 9am. Hockey was outdoors. My Dad stayed for both puck practice and bowling. He used to audibly cheer for me at both He may or may not have had something in his coffee. Damn, now that I think of it he was in his 20’s at the time. I always think of 70’s something Dad and surely not my Dad at a younger age then me now . Man I miss him. There may have been men as good as my Dad but no one better.
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Walker Proof Digital Album Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
This is officially weird. my high game was 221 back in college decades ago. I really have enjoyed bowling as a sport but there is more to be written about the bowling alleys, the look and what it all represented at the time as leisure time in America expanded in the pst war era . And for the record, I was never a Brunswick shareholder.
One other noteworthy comment- bowling was popular in Europe back in the day- take a look at some German beer steins and the attention the sport had especially in the pre WW I era.
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
@doubledragon said:
See, this is basically the technique that I use, just a straight aim and roll the ball down the middle of the alley. I learned to master it and it works well for me.
Dick Weber Sr. bowled that way and was one of the greatest bowlers ever, but that was on lacquer. Closest I came to getting a 300 in league was when I bowled 257,298,267 for a 822 series. Did it in practice but that dose not count.
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
@Goldenage said:
My son bowled a 227 when he was 12 years old. He uses two hands and spins it like the pros. He doesn’t use the thumb hole. Just two fingers in the ball. He only had three open frames. He’s 17 now and just bowled a 237. Three open frames again.
Did anyone ever bowl duck pins ? They had them in Massachusetts in the 1970s.
I was born in 76 in Massachusetts. I used to watch it on TV and bowled it too. Loved it.
Haha. Thanks Tim. Started bowling again ~4 years ago. Gave it up for 14 years. I have shot 27 300 games. Only had 4 until I started bowling again 4 years ago. Yes, the scores are much higher today compared to the first 300 I shot in 1981.
STAY HEALTHY!
Doug
Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
@doubledragon said:
I'll never forget the time I got hustled for $2.00 at pool in the bowling alley game room when I was about 16. The woman that hustled me pretended she couldn't play, and all I had was $2.00 to bet with, and she made it seem like I could beat her easily. She destroyed me, and took my $2.00 True story.
That's a horrible thing your Mom did to you.
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somehow I was always lights out in the beer frame.
#LetsGoSwitzerlandThe Man Who Does Not Read Has No Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read. The biggest obstacle to progress is a habit of “buying what we want and begging for what we need.”You get the Freedom you fight for and get the Oppression you deserve.
I thought that I did. I was really jazzed too! But then the official score keeper informed me that my final pin count was only 150. That bummed me but the next morning I figured it out......I was shooting at 20 pins on every first roll.....I was wasted. 🍻+ 🎳=😵
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My high game was a 221...great game and there is so much to write about... including the number of bowling alleys in Southern California that popped up in the post WW II era... the signs...the mid century architecture with the look that just tells a story of its own even before the games begin.
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
I"m all ears (or eyes). I'd love to hear some stories. And that goes for all of you. Great thread. I glossed over my experiences but I definitely enjoyed my years as a young bowling enthusiast. At the time it was bowling and soccer for me in terms of my main sports participation. This was the 1980s. As I got older I didn't spend any time around the game or the alleys. Reading through this thread, I kind of regret that and think about once again maybe putting those shoes on.
Yea, but somewhere out there may be a professional bowler reading this thread who says to himself, "Gee i sure wish i had learned to post great GIFs like that doubledragon does."
Then he better get to practicing, because I'm the GOAT of gifs, and I'm very confident that my records will never be broken!
Hee hee can anyone here do Fred Flintstone bowling?
D's: 54S,53P,50P,49S,45D+S,44S,43D,41S,40D+S,39D+S,38D+S,37D+S,36S,35D+S,all 16-34's
Q's: 52S,47S,46S,40S,39S,38S,37D+S,36D+S,35D,34D,32D+S
74T: 37,38,47,151,193,241,435,570,610,654,655 97 Finest silver: 115,135,139,145,310
73T:31,55,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,80,152,165,189,213,235,237,257,341,344,377,379,390,422,433,453,480,497,545,554,563,580,606,613,630
95 Ultra GM Sets: Golden Prospects,HR Kings,On-Base Leaders,Power Plus,RBI Kings,Rising Stars
I thought only Globetrotters can do that...
D's: 54S,53P,50P,49S,45D+S,44S,43D,41S,40D+S,39D+S,38D+S,37D+S,36S,35D+S,all 16-34's
Q's: 52S,47S,46S,40S,39S,38S,37D+S,36D+S,35D,34D,32D+S
74T: 37,38,47,151,193,241,435,570,610,654,655 97 Finest silver: 115,135,139,145,310
73T:31,55,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,80,152,165,189,213,235,237,257,341,344,377,379,390,422,433,453,480,497,545,554,563,580,606,613,630
95 Ultra GM Sets: Golden Prospects,HR Kings,On-Base Leaders,Power Plus,RBI Kings,Rising Stars
He has a good curve on his roll, but needs to work on his accuracy a little.
I had been wondering my entire life if cats could bowl.
Thank you!
You're quite welcome, it's the least I could do, you've given me a lot of interesting things to study lately.
All the more reason that kitties are my very very very favorite of all of God's creatures
D's: 54S,53P,50P,49S,45D+S,44S,43D,41S,40D+S,39D+S,38D+S,37D+S,36S,35D+S,all 16-34's
Q's: 52S,47S,46S,40S,39S,38S,37D+S,36D+S,35D,34D,32D+S
74T: 37,38,47,151,193,241,435,570,610,654,655 97 Finest silver: 115,135,139,145,310
73T:31,55,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,80,152,165,189,213,235,237,257,341,344,377,379,390,422,433,453,480,497,545,554,563,580,606,613,630
95 Ultra GM Sets: Golden Prospects,HR Kings,On-Base Leaders,Power Plus,RBI Kings,Rising Stars
OK guys, as you can tell from my handle, I've been at this game of bowling from the time my dad first took me; I was 7 at the time. He was pretty good in his day but never bowled a 300 game. I got to be pretty good at the game as well, and was close multiple times, but couldn't close it out. Almost 2 months to the day after my father passed, I bowled my first 300 game; felt like he was right beside me the whole way. Have three more since that one, but now father time is creeping in and making it more difficult to repeat the task.
FYI, The thing that gives the ball the ability to hook is the fingers turning at the time of release, along with the wrist turn. The new equipment also makes it much easier to hook the ball, as there are different surface types for different types of lane conditions.
Note my site name 8x300, high series 826, and 4-299 games. My avatar has some of my awards.
I spent many, many, many hours practicing and practicing as a 20 some year old, while my friends did other things.
Never had the nerve to go pro, but have bowled in plenty of amateur tournaments and have done OK. Top 20 finishes but no titles.
This spans a career from 1970-2015. Can't compete with the two handers nowadays.
no 300, the closest I came was like a 265. I have made the 7-10 once, that was pretty cool.
You just brought me back to the late 70’s when I would visit my grandparents house in the city and my Aunts would take me bowling 😍
Anybody watch The Jesus Roles? That was...interesting.
My son bowled a 227 when he was 12 years old. He uses two hands and spins it like the pros. He doesn’t use the thumb hole. Just two fingers in the ball. He only had three open frames. He’s 17 now and just bowled a 237. Three open frames again.
Did anyone ever bowl duck pins ? They had them in Massachusetts in the 1970s.
This is near me is So Cal. Love neon
I grew up in Detroit and used to roll at the Thunderbird Lanes. When I was ages 4-9 my Dad would take me to hockey practice at 6 am and then league bowling at 9am. Hockey was outdoors. My Dad stayed for both puck practice and bowling. He used to audibly cheer for me at both
He may or may not have had something in his coffee. Damn, now that I think of it he was in his 20’s at the time. I always think of 70’s something Dad and surely not my Dad at a younger age then me now . Man I miss him. There may have been men as good as my Dad but no one better.
m
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
No. 237 is my best.
I went from 90-something to 237. I would imagine 135 to 165 is my normal range.
Rarely go bowling...it's fun though!
Erik
This is officially weird. my high game was 221 back in college decades ago. I really have enjoyed bowling as a sport but there is more to be written about the bowling alleys, the look and what it all represented at the time as leisure time in America expanded in the pst war era . And for the record, I was never a Brunswick shareholder.
One other noteworthy comment- bowling was popular in Europe back in the day- take a look at some German beer steins and the attention the sport had especially in the pre WW I era.
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
Dick Weber Sr. bowled that way and was one of the greatest bowlers ever, but that was on lacquer. Closest I came to getting a 300 in league was when I bowled 257,298,267 for a 822 series. Did it in practice but that dose not count.
@Dboneesq has done it numerous times
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
I was born in 76 in Massachusetts. I used to watch it on TV and bowled it too. Loved it.
If you add up several games. Yes 🙈😂
Lafayette Grading Set
Haha. Thanks Tim. Started bowling again ~4 years ago. Gave it up for 14 years. I have shot 27 300 games. Only had 4 until I started bowling again 4 years ago. Yes, the scores are much higher today compared to the first 300 I shot in 1981.
Doug
Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
That's a horrible thing your Mom did to you.
somehow I was always lights out in the beer frame.
I thought that I did. I was really jazzed too! But then the official score keeper informed me that my final pin count was only 150. That bummed me but the next morning I figured it out......I was shooting at 20 pins on every first roll.....I was wasted. 🍻+ 🎳=😵
245 was my best game years ago in league play. I'd be lucky to smell a 200 these days.