Author Topic: Fell on my face tonight (literally) (Read 1970 times)

THIRTYSIXRED · « **on:** September 03, 2009, 01:19:47 PM »

Well at least all up and down my right hand side to avoid chipping teeth or breaking glasses.

Bowling center supposedly buffed the approaches and whatever they did left them all filled with moisture, almost a tacky feel.

First practice shot I stopped dead about 2 feet behind the foul line and wound up with oil all over my right hand side as my forward momentum took over.

I bowled 1 game on a pair of lanes (as I demanded we be moved) and found all the approaches were just a poor. I left as I did not feel it was worth risking my health just to bowl.

I gave the owner a 1 week ultimatum that he makes the approaches "baby powder smooth" or he loses another bowler. As it is I am current President of the league. Right now I am starting to turn black and blue where my keys were in my right hand jeans pocket.

Anyone think a lawyer could be called ??

J_Mac · « **Reply #1 on:** September 03, 2009, 09:22:29 PM »

I'm surprised none of the employees had you fill out an accident report.
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snowspike1 · « **Reply #2 on:** September 03, 2009, 09:36:40 PM »

the last tournament i went to i had somethin similiar.. only i caught myself with my hands while wearing my bowling brace. Luck for me the Pro release popped apart otherwise i could have had a few broken fingers or worse..

for that tourn. i might have sqweeked out my ave. but also agrivated my bad knee in the process.

guess we need to learn how to plant the slide for those occations..

JOE FALCO · « **Reply #3 on:** September 03, 2009, 09:40:44 PM »

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Well at least all up and down my right hand side to avoid chipping teeth or breaking glasses.

Bowling center supposedly buffed the approaches and whatever they did left them all filled with moisture, almost a tacky feel.

First practice shot I stopped dead about 2 feet behind the foul line and wound up with oil all over my right hand side as my forward momentum took over.

I bowled 1 game on a pair of lanes (as I demanded we be moved) and found all the approaches were just a poor. I left as I did not feel it was worth risking my health just to bowl.

I gave the owner a 1 week ultimatum that he makes the approaches "baby powder smooth" or he loses another bowler. As it is I am current President of the league. Right now I am starting to turn black and blue where my keys were in my right hand jeans pocket.

Anyone think a lawyer could be called ??

Thirty .. it's not clear to me if this is LEAGUE or a PRACTICE session? If it was league were there others having the same problem? Last Monday, at league, I fell TWICE! Others had sticking problems (normal for this house) but none fell (I did)
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JessN16 · « **Reply #4 on:** September 04, 2009, 03:44:49 AM »

There are a couple of things from a legal standpoint...

1) Standard of assumed risk. If we have a lawyer here, he can tell you what the acceptable level of assumed risk is in bowling, but it's a part of all sports-related injuries and claims and sliding while wearing shoes already puts you under some level of assumed risk.

2) If the total amount of your injuries ends up being a key bruise and some bruised pride, you have no real loss, therefore no claim.

On a side note, I was commiserating right along with you until you got to the part about suing. Please, we have enough lawsuit abuse in this country as is. We've all fallen in a bowling alley before. Complain to the management and leave it at that.

Jess

98custom · « **Reply #5 on:** September 04, 2009, 06:49:19 AM »

Chalk it up to a lesson learned and check the approached before throwing your first practice shot. You may look silly, but its safer...
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jls · « **Reply #6 on:** September 04, 2009, 09:50:22 AM »

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Chalk it up to a lesson learned and check the approached before throwing your first practice shot. You may look silly, but its safer...
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With conditions the way they are in centers, this is basic 101....
You should do this each and everytime before you even pick up a ball...

Especially in humid weather...

In many cases the A/C was probably not turned on till late in the afternoon, shortly before the evening leagues start...With the bad economy, centers may not be willing to run the air all day unless they have decent play during the day..

At this time of the year, we sell a lot of those shoe slydes for this very reason...
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Smash49 · « **Reply #7 on:** September 04, 2009, 01:28:58 PM »

Bowling center maintenance goes on all the time. Sometimes things come out perfect other times they don't. I don't think the center manager/owners planned on making the approaches tacky just to make bowlers mad. Threatening the manager probably just pissed him off. A simple what's going on with the approaches would have been probably enough. He probably knows you are a league president and is well aware of what is going on with the leagues. It's funny people work hard to make people happy by maintaining or improving something and the first thing happens and the bowlers threaten to walk out.

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rvmark · « **Reply #8 on:** September 04, 2009, 03:42:14 PM »

I agree with several of the previous comments. I have fallen before on sticky approaches and that has taught me to check the approaches each night before we bowl. By checking the approach you can find out if their is going to be an issue before you fall.

Good luck and good bowling.

Mark

dicnic · « **Reply #9 on:** September 04, 2009, 09:09:36 PM »

Don't you try out the approaches prior to bowling? As soon as I get my shoes on, I push my slide foot around in the area upon which I slide on both approaches of my pair. If there are sticky places, I find them immediately and get them fixed, or change soles as necessary.

Cannot imagine NOT doing this to prevent exactly what happened to you!
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THIRTYSIXRED · « **Reply #10 on:** September 06, 2009, 08:54:19 PM »

Seems that some sort of "water based lacquer" was applied to the approach to protect in after refinishing. The story I'm given is the top layer dries but what is absorbed into the wood may not be fully dry yet and needs to be "worn in" by normal use. Says the bowlers should go easy for a while until the approaches get "broken in"

Would have thought if someone purposely did something like this it should have been brought to the leagues attention before people went full out and risked injury.

Will be using easy slide for a while it looks like.

Lefty_bowler · « **Reply #11 on:** September 06, 2009, 09:25:03 PM »

One of the centers in my area uses rubbing alcohol with a high speed buffer, and don't have enough air conditioning. The approaches are so sticky I have to use a sock over my shoe to any slide . I few people use tennis shoes so they know what to expect, because of people using powder. The manager has threaten to kick them out till 4 they found out they would lose four teams.

AngloBowler · « **Reply #12 on:** September 07, 2009, 03:55:48 AM »

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Will be using easy slide for a while it looks like.

If it's a sanctioned league, you can't do this.
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Spider Ball Bowler · « **Reply #13 on:** September 07, 2009, 04:19:41 AM »

I'm personally a fan of alleys that steam clean their carpet, but don't put up a note. Go to grab a drink, come back to throw a shot and nearly fall on my face. The carpets up by the vending area were soaked.

I got lucky I didn't face plant or blow a knee.
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JohnP · « **Reply #14 on:** September 07, 2009, 09:38:01 AM »

I avoid walking on the carpet. If I do have to I either put on a shoe protector or walk on my heel. I also use the Bowler's Slide Sock, so if the worst happens I just go to my locker and get out my spare until the one I was using dries out. -- JohnP

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