any bowlers here?

[j2k4]

how is a single-digit score in bowling possible?

A seven-pin first ball, followed by several-times-several gutter-balls?

[j2k4]

how is a single-digit score in bowling possible?

If that baffles you, Thadd, try to figure out my "0".

[IPD]

i understand how it works, i just can't understand how technique could be off so much that you'd consistently throw a gutterball THAT much. i mean, if you were consistently throwing to the left, just angle your stance a bit. ditto on the right. if you can't maintain precision to the left or right, then you need medical attention.

[bluefox1081]

Exactly what kind of tips are you looking for? It's not a game of strategy...it's a game of consistency and mechanics. Get some experience and get comfortable with the way you throw, and go from there.

And seriously, if you don't have your own shoes, my tip on the first page is a tip you're looking for...buy your own shoes. The ones at the lanes are nasty, and they just don't offer the same support for long-term use, because they're not going to form to your foot after being used by hundreds of people.

[IPD]

Exactly what kind of tips are you looking for? It's not a game of strategy...it's a game of consistency and mechanics. Get some experience and get comfortable with the way you throw, and go from there.

i guess that's one reason i have more respect for golf than for bowling. no one's ever shot an 18 on 18 holes of golf.

[bluefox1081]

i guess that's one reason i have more respect for golf than for bowling. no one's ever shot an 18 on 18 holes of golf.

I'm sure it would be possible if all the holes were par 3s. Even then, it would be HIGHLY improbable.

[futurevr4man]

Exactly what kind of tips are you looking for? It's not a game of strategy...it's a game of consistency and mechanics. Get some experience and get comfortable with the way you throw, and go from there.

And seriously, if you don't have your own shoes, my tip on the first page is a tip you're looking for...buy your own shoes. The ones at the lanes are nasty, and they just don't offer the same support for long-term use, because they're not going to form to your foot after being used by hundreds of people.

exactly, its a game of mechanics. i need to learn the correct form. strategy is simple, and i can figure out how to aim on my own. my release is not correct, and i cant get the hook on the ball i would like to. ill buy shoes later, i cant afford them right now, im in the middle of my engine build lol

[AdamVR4]

I used to carry a 180+ avg.; the day I met my ex, I suffered a navicular fracture of my right wrist - 22 months in a cast.

I managed to break my wrist three more times bafore I ever again attempted to bowl - some friends convinced my current wife and I to go bowling a few years ago.

We bowled three games, and my scores were 7, 0, and 13.

I think I'm done with it.

By all means, though, get a custom-fitted-and-drilled ball - it makes all the difference.

Damn! That must've been a blow to the ego.

[j2k4]

i understand how it works, i just can't understand how technique could be off so much that you'd consistently throw a gutterball THAT much.

That was the problem, Thadd - no inclination to roll left-handed, and the right is basically at a total disconnect from the proper synaptic impulses.

Like me trying to bowl with your hand.

I shouldn't have even tried it, actually.

[IPD]

i'd be filing for disability for my job if that happened to me.