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TonyinPortland

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Warm-up or Practice?
« on: August 23, 2014, 11:25:54 AM »
Both houses I bowl at announce that "you now have 15 minutes of practice," or whatever words they say to indicate the warm-up period has begun.

Is this a new thing?  It seems to me that it used to always be called "warm-up" and not "practice."

An NFL football team or a NBA basketball team conducts practice during the week and before a game, they warm-up.  The same is true of any sport.  Tennis players warm-up before a match, and practice with their coach at another time and place.

I have argued with other bowlers who don't agree with me.  It makes no sense.

You would think the bowling center would want to encourage the bowlers to come in and practice on their own time, not to make them think they are getting free "practice" before every league.

Is this done where you bowl?
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Re: Warm-up or Practice?
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2014, 11:29:05 AM »
Yes, because it's the only "practice" 95% of league bowlers will ever get.
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Re: Warm-up or Practice?
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2014, 11:43:24 AM »
Well that's true!
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Re: Warm-up or Practice?
« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2014, 11:52:57 AM »
It depends on the center.  Some even call it 'shadow ball.'
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Re: Warm-up or Practice?
« Reply #4 on: August 23, 2014, 12:27:16 PM »
It was always called "Practice" when I was growing up. Now that I am older, I don't care what they call it - for me it's most definitely "warm-up"!! ;-)
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Walking E

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Re: Warm-up or Practice?
« Reply #5 on: August 23, 2014, 12:29:44 PM »
Actually, now that I think about it more, I think it was called "Shadow Practice". Our bowling alley didn't have resetting pins in practice so once the pins were gone, they were gone and you shadow bowled the rest of the time. I kind of miss those days.
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Re: Warm-up or Practice?
« Reply #6 on: August 23, 2014, 12:56:27 PM »
Practice, warm-up, (And shadow means no pins.) etc., It all depends on where your at.
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Re: Warm-up or Practice?
« Reply #7 on: August 23, 2014, 01:15:12 PM »
Quote from: billdozer on August 23, 2014, 11:52:57 AM
It depends on the center.  Some even call it 'shadow ball.'

Like others have said, shadow ball is something I remember as a junior bowler and early into my adult years.  Shadow ball = no pins.
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Re: Warm-up or Practice?
« Reply #8 on: August 23, 2014, 01:43:23 PM »
I seem to recall that shadow ball (no pins) was at AMF houses.  I don't remember any Brunswick houses that could do that.

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Re: Warm-up or Practice?
« Reply #9 on: August 23, 2014, 01:52:18 PM »
Quote from: Walking E on August 23, 2014, 12:27:16 PM
It was always called "Practice" when I was growing up. Now that I am older, I don't care what they call it - for me it's most definitely "warm-up"!! ;-)

What difference does it make what they call it?
Since they often say, after this session is over, "Begin bowling for score", think of the previous 10 minutes as "bowling, not for score". What you do with it is your business.

I also use it to warm-up, get the feel, get my slide right, etc. I know when I'm "warmed-up"; then I begin to try to learn how the oilman screwed up the pattern this week or how many screaming 10 year olds threw plastic/urethane balls down the lane between the time the lanes were oiled and the time we're bowling.
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Re: Warm-up or Practice?
« Reply #10 on: August 23, 2014, 08:47:06 PM »
100% warm up.  You want to practice, come in when it's not competition time (league or tournament..) 
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TonyinPortland

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Re: Warm-up or Practice?
« Reply #11 on: August 23, 2014, 09:59:12 PM »

100% warm up.  You want to practice, come in when it's not competition time (league or tournament..) 


That's it exactly!
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Re: Warm-up or Practice?
« Reply #12 on: August 23, 2014, 10:13:11 PM »
I can't believe I just read this argument.

warm-up: a period or act of preparation for a game, performance, or exercise session, involving gentle exercise or practice

practice: (noun) repeated exercise in or performance of an activity or skill so as to acquire or maintain proficiency in it. (verb) perform (an activity) or exercise (a skill) repeatedly or regularly in order to improve or maintain one's proficiency.


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Re: Warm-up or Practice?
« Reply #13 on: August 23, 2014, 10:22:51 PM »
Quote from: kidlost2000 on August 23, 2014, 10:13:11 PM
I can't believe I just read this argument.

warm-up: a period or act of preparation for a game, performance, or exercise session, involving gentle exercise or practice

practice: (noun) repeated exercise in or performance of an activity or skill so as to acquire or maintain proficiency in it. (verb) perform (an activity) or exercise (a skill) repeatedly or regularly in order to improve or maintain one's proficiency.


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