Bowlers have been eating big bannana splits and drinking strawberry milkshakes for years. And we love'em. Ninety percent of all the big HOOK monster balls aren't worth a dime on a tough shot where control, and consistancy is paramount,..yet they sell like two for one at Pay-less. If we had to bowl on gutter to gutter shots day in and day out,and the walls were taken away from us,... and know what we know now, I'd bet half the one-time-a-week-league-bowler would quit...
After eating T-bone steaks anytime you want, someone comes along and tells you NO MORE STEAK, here's your carrot sticks, we'd all be pi$$ed off. Some of us would stay,...most would soon lose intrest. We've all been nurtured for too many years,..and now we have to drink milk from a bottle,..YUCK.
The pro shops would all loose money, if the shot was tough what difference would the ball make,..you'd only need a couple since most would all do the same thing anyway. And what would ball manufactures do,..?
Everybody LOVES the easy shot,...I sure do...friction to the right, nice fresh backends,..and KA-POW...I can strike for days. It's a lot more fun than shooting at the bucket and the 3-6-10 all night,..and I rather loose with a 248, than win with a 182....
TOUGH SHOTS do have their place,..say in long format tournaments, like Nationals,..that's kinda fun, once a year, everyone gets to go down and make a fool of themselves on a shot they've never seen...we all laugh, and snuggle back up to our Tuesday night wall shot ASAP. EASY shots gives everyone a chance, with little or no effort, and the majority of the league bowlers like that. They can get in brackets without having to practice,..win honor scores by buying a new ball so they can hook the whole lane,...and stay home on weekends and watch football and not have to practice...so for all you guys and gals that say "give me the tough shot" I say baloney. Half of you would quit, lose interest,..or take up another sport in a year...
I've seen it. Living over seas for years in the military, most americans would never venture into the local bowling centers because the 'conditiond were too hard',..they'd hide on base,..bowl on the wall,..and keep them averages up...
whew,....I'm done.
