Author Topic: Bowling Etiquette (Read 3392 times)

BOWL119 · « **on:** February 25, 2007, 02:01:46 PM »

During shadow bowling do you follow Bolwing Etiquetts?

I ask this cause the other night during pratice, I got up the throw a ball. THe gentleman on the nest lane said something to me about him being up on the approach first.

I figured that it was only practice and we only had 10 minutes. With everyone taking 2 shots but me, I step on the foul light to cycle through, we do not get that many shots. So I was trying to get as many as I could.
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a_ak57 · « **Reply #1 on:** February 25, 2007, 10:11:04 PM »

Shadow bowling isn't any different than the 10 minutes of practice you'd have with pins. So if you follow lane courtesy when pins are up, then you should do it without them. One reason lane courtesy is to prevent injury from people colliding when on the approach, which can happen regardless of there being pins or not. BTW, what do you mean about stepping on the foul light to cycle through? I'm not sure what purpose that would serve with shadow bowling, as you don't need the pinsetter to reset?
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DanH78 · « **Reply #2 on:** February 25, 2007, 10:17:54 PM »

Andy, some places call it shadow bowling with or without pins.

I follow lane courtesy, but not quite as strictly as I do during league.
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shelley · « **Reply #3 on:** February 25, 2007, 10:18:19 PM »

During practice I try to be a little faster than during league but I try to give most of the courtesy if only to avoid running into each other. During league, if someone is up on the next lane, I won't even pick up my ball or step up on the approach (or step off it if we get up at the same time). During practice I'll relax that so as soon as someone starts moving, I'm up and ready to go, particularly on the second ball.

But I do want some courtesy so I can get a good feel for my approach and release.

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shipper50 · « **Reply #4 on:** February 26, 2007, 06:50:29 AM »

My personal thought on this is, back in the old days of the 70's and 80's when you shadow bowled you threw one ball. If you had a full rack to start you threw at it. If the guy in front of you left a pin or more you threw at that.

Now days everyone wants a full rack. The bowlers of today are so good they dont shoot practice spares. The first time I bowled in a league after coming back people were throwing 2 balls. I said is this normal? I feel if everyone has to throw 2 balls then time is shortened where you will get 2-3 shots at most. So if you stand around giving lane courtesy then your not going to get very loose.

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bgh · « **Reply #5 on:** February 26, 2007, 07:06:19 AM »

Most of the higher average leagues it is acceptable not to give "too much" lane courtesy during practice - warm-up session. I think it's acceptable to give your fellow league members "their space" and courtesy as not to arrive at the foul line at the same time or effect their shot. Everyone usually realizes that there is limited amount of time, and not to expect full courtesy.

Abbreviated courtesy is fine. Do nothing to obviously impede a players shot. Your intuition will treat you well.
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sheppy335 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 26, 2007, 07:29:44 AM »

Lane Curtisy is used by me all the time! even when glow in bowling, i always use the lane curtisy.
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KDawg77 · « **Reply #7 on:** February 26, 2007, 07:34:04 AM »

Nothing wrong with lane courtesy in practice, shadow or "con pins" (en Espanol). However, slow *ss practicing with people "wasting" (not using a decent amount) time setting up on the approach and standing too long on the approach after releasing the shot does bother me to no end.
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Pinbuster · « **Reply #8 on:** February 26, 2007, 07:40:53 AM »

I play it down a little.

I time myself to start getting set as an adjacent lane starts their approach.

Iâ€™m looking to get as many shots as possible to loosen up the old bones.

We went to throwing one shot only and no cycling the machines. Doing this we get about 50% more shots thrown during practice than before.

You get enough shots at full racks doing this.

If youâ€™re not throwing at a full rack you can still tell where the ball would hit the head pin by watching carefully.

APheLion · « **Reply #9 on:** February 26, 2007, 09:00:34 AM »

im lucky, i bowl on 4 ppl for both lanes and it's a 15 mins practice. so i can practice a good 7-10 frames
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inconsistent 1 · « **Reply #10 on:** February 26, 2007, 09:45:50 AM »

Does anyone else have this problem? I am in a 6 PM league that usually gets finished around 8:15-8:30. There is another league who's start time is 8:30 and bowl on one pair of lanes my league is on. Example-we are on lanes 11 thru 24 and they are on lanes 1 thru 12. Every week the same thing happens-they will start shadow bowling on lanes 9 & 10 without courtesy or regard that we are bowling for real. Also they like to bring their equipment in the approach area of the lane the instant we are down and crowd around when we are trying to finish up. I'm not a violent person by nature but imagine my surprise when I have the front eight and some idiot jumps up next to me while I am in my backswing-luckily I stopped myself-dumped my ball back on the ball rack-and just stared at this guy. His captain didn't say anything to him but our league president used diplomacy and told them what they did was wrong. Better that than what I was going to do! Sure enough I leave a solid 9 and go 279. My parents taught me to have lane courtesy when I was 7 yrs old. Isn't it the responsibility of the team captain to ensure the same for his team? Thanks for the rant.

FBM357 · « **Reply #11 on:** February 26, 2007, 09:54:59 AM »

I do use etiquette to a minimum during practice. We only get 7 minutes, so I usually look both directions, then go. If someone is on the approach, in their stance, I don't wait. I grab my ball and set myself to throw. Funny, as there are many who practice etiquette during practice, but amnesia becomes them during league! Anyways, with 7 minutes and 3 person teams, there isn't much time to BS.

Pretty much like someone already mentioned, don't get to the line at the same time as person on opposite lanes (especially when you're shooting a 10 pin and they're playing normal shot - RH of course

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