One of my biggest pet peeves and annoyances during league bowling is when people are more concerned with socializing than bowling. Last night we bowled this one team that is notoriously slow, one guy insisting on 4 lane courtesy (not exaggerating) and another guy who yaks on his cell phone and won't bowl until he is done. Of course, they are 140 average bolwers who think they need 5-6 minutes prep time per shot, and get upset if you ask them to speed it up a bit. Any team that bowls them is gaurenteed to be the last ones in the house.
I know that in the PBA, in the interest of time they enforce a time limit for a guy to deliver a shot. If the pro's have to do it I think a similar rule should exist in leagues. I think like a 2 minute rule should be enforced. If you do not bowl within two minutes of the last bowler, your turn is forfeited. This I think is fair to everyone, and also will cut down on the chronic yakkers or people who have bowling the last thing on their mind while at the lanes.
I also think this should only apply to sanction leagues, so that way people who will not abide by the rule can still have an option to bowl in a league.
Thoughts?
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D <~~~~ Used to be terrible wiffing 10 pins. Now through much practice, can wiff any single pin spare at any time.
Darrell Guzman
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