Pin: I don't know if your medication is out of whack, or what your problem is, but you really seem to be taking this too seriously.

The USBC isn't going to do squat. Bowling is what it is, so we have to make the best of what we have.

Do you want some semblance of integrity? Then bowl regionals and enjoy the challenge/competition. If that's not acceptable, then strive to average 240+ in a local house.

There is always a way to find a new level to try and reach. You just seem to be a little too uptight over being challenged over your comment of "Current conditions and balls have made scoring easier for all styles". It's not necessarily true in the context of making bowling too easy to be worth pursuing.
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I just recieved this months BTM... and what do I find but an article by John Jowdy reprinting an aritcle printed some years ago, "Are modern drilling methods technically illegal?" in which he proclaims amoung other things, that todays technology has gone to far in allowing scoring for unskilled bowlers.

Steven,

   I am not a great bowler and probally never was. I have won two regionals in my long past and most recently have averaged near 240 for a couple seasons in one particular house. You are right there is always something to strive for but dare I say that any more accomplishments I achieve is ridiculous. In fact, I view many of them already as such. Given the amount of skill I most recently showed at the nationals I should be averaging about 200 at home.

   I dont dilude myself into believing for a minute that I am any good (while others might think so). I completely realize that whatever I score, its about the bowling ball and condition and not about me. Sure, I cheat by using technology, and cheat by increasing my rev rate despite the loss of accuracy to produce scores. And the more I do it, the more I realize that this game has become a joke.

  And you are right, I am off my medication that allows me to accept what this sport has developed into. I dont expect USBC to do anything about it. They dont feel it is there responsibility. They have left that decision to the proprietors and the ball manufacturers who are after only one thing, money.

  So who does this leave it up to? I was hoping that some number of bowlers accross the country could ban together in some fashion to reguest/demand change. But I fear that Bones is more than on the target, that bowlers simply dont care about integirty and want there cake and eat it too.

Pinbuster,

   I must have misunderstood. I agree that all bowlers have been helped by technology. Perhaps some have been helped more but I suspect those that are not helped as much have not learned the right technology combination for there game (perhaps label drillings might help them in there time of need).



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Pinbuster: I wholeheartedly agree with your last statement regarding your stance on taking what has been put in front of you and score as high as possible on the condition(s) at hand. That's why I chose this year to bowl more in different houses so that my game will improve. The two main houses that I bowl in have conditions that are night and day- you can't throw the ball the same way in one house compared to the other and expect to score well. Riding the oil line at the correct speed to the breakpoint is the shot on Mondays, whereas repeating shots with slower ball speed and accuracy would be the shot on Tuesdays. My average disparity reflects the conditions, and I've come to terms with the fact that in one house the higher average ranks probably 20th-25th in terms of highest in the house, compared to the lower Tuesday average that would be 2nd high in the house.

I've learned to roll with the changes. Plastic to urethane to resin to particle, wood lanes to synthetic lanes, I've come to expect a good time bowling in whatever house I bowl in. Give praise to the people that bowl well and they will hopefully do the same when you outscore them.

Matt