My friend moved to Sweden last year and is bowling on a team. They have different levels of leagues, just like here, but it seems to be much more prestigious to be able to bowl on certain teams. They also tend to bowl on more sport patterns. Each house usually has their standard shot but it can change from time to time as well. Even their "house shots" tend to be pretty tough. Also, all of the scoring at the bowling alleys is linked to the same system so you can log in on the internet and see the scores of who is bowling at anytime.. even if someone is just practicing. When I visited him a couple months ago , I went to watch him bowl. The Swedish culture is very different.. In normal life it is looked down upon to really stand out or be different than everyone else.. This kind of shows through in the bowling in that , when I was there, it seemed that all the bowlers had almost the same exact style.. Like they have all been coached from the same coach since they started bowling or all learned how to bowl by reading the same book. That being said, they are very very animated when they bowl.. screaming, chanting, and singing team songs to try to get their team pumped up and win. As far as the stand by players, if someone doesn't bowl well in one of the matches, they get pulled and substituted with a different bowler..
The bowling alley I saw had 7 lanes I think..My friend said most alleys have been transformed from something else.. The one I went to used to be an indoor swimming pool. With all of the places starting out as something else, that means that you get some very unusual circumstances.. like a wall right to the left or right of the end lanes.. or support poles in between the lanes on the approach
As shown in the video, changing before the matches and showering after a sport is very common over there.. I know they get together before bowling to change and give pep talks and it is a pretty big deal.. because my friend didn't arrive in time to go to the pre-meeting and he said they would probably say something to him about it.. They also think he is weird for coming to bowling in his bowling clothes instead of changing with the team before hand.
FYI .. everything is expensive in Sweden, but equipment is really expensive.. My friend paid what amounted to about $300 US for a Lucid.. and he got a deal because he knows the guy that runs the pro shops.. He said it is about $400-500 US for a new bowling ball there.
