Since my husband spends most of his free time on here maybe you can help me.  To give you a little background bowling is his only recreation and he is pretty good at it.  At least he used to be.  The problem is he is almost 60.  Not exactly a spring chicken anymore and isn’t as good as he used to be.  We both love to travel and for the past 15 years after he retired from the army we have went someplace everytime he had a weekend off from work.  This year though he told me his last tournament is the ABC in Reno.  I sure he serious since he has already given away or sold most of his bowling balls.  He says its just because he cant compete anymore.  Maybe some of you older bowlers can help me convince him winning doesn’t really matter.  He has spent his whole life taking care of me and the kids I fell its his turn now.  Personally I like the idea of him walking in the door after work and telling me to pack some bags were going to Vegas or Kansas City and places like that.  Thank you.

I concur that you need to tell him that bowling is in his blood, and that it doesn't matter what the scores are, as long as he enjoys the sport he should continue to do it. My father is turning 69 next week and still enjoys bowling in our Tuesday night league that he runs as secretary/treasurer, plus enjoys bowling an occasional association/state run tournament when given the chance. Sure his average is in the 170's compared to his 190 days 20 years ago, but I think he likes the sport as much if not more than he did when he was bowling 5 nights a week. I try to keep him up to date on the latest equipment and help him with his game where I can, and he does the same for me...

Matt