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PBA Skills Challenge
« on: November 09, 2004, 03:48:31 AM »
Whats everybody think about it? I think its kind of cool. Kind of an extra, special match to go with the telecast. Reminds me of the King of the Hill matches they use to have, I really liked them. It is kind of like trick shot bowling, just what this sport needs! Haha. I have a few friends who have great trickshots that could easily win. Oh, and I think Pedersen had some help with that 2-4-8-10. Hahaha.
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Re: PBA Skills Challenge
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2004, 12:03:47 PM »
TV show of years past....Make That Spare.
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Re: PBA Skills Challenge
« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2004, 12:19:44 PM »
I think it's a great idea.  The more bowling we get to watch the better as far as I am concerned.  We will also hopefully get to see some creatvity from the bowlers themselves.  I had never seen the 7-10 picked up like that, I had seen it done with two balls but the person I saw do it threw both balls with there natural hand they threw one shot and then the other one a lot faster so they both got there before the sweep came down.  Anyway I say again good idea anything to spark some additional interest would be good I think.
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Re: PBA Skills Challenge
« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2004, 12:46:06 PM »
I like the idea as well - it could be a lot of fun and I'm looking forward to seeing what happens every week.

I never liked the PBA King of the Hill thing though. We even had that in one of my old junior leagues and I never liked it then, but that was mainly because I rarely qualified to bowl the match!
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Re: PBA Skills Challenge
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2004, 12:51:55 PM »

Old bowling show:  PinPoint

Frame 1 - knock down one pin with one ball
Frame 2 - two pins with two balls
Frame 3 - three pins with two balls
etc.
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Re: PBA Skills Challenge
« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2004, 12:56:47 PM »
But, with one of the examples they showed on TV, making the 7-10 with 2 balls, that has NOTHING to do with TRUE bowling skills. If they want to play "games", fine. Call them "games". If we're talking "skills", I must assume they're talking about the "sport of bowling". That split, the 2/4/8/10, is a skill shot.

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Re: PBA Skills Challenge
« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2004, 01:01:22 PM »
charlest I agree with you that the two ball spare is obviously not a true bowling skill in the since that we of course can't use two balls at a time but it is a skill and rather difficult none the less.  Pedersen missed his attempt, I don't think I could make it without practice or even with practice.  Could you make it?  I think thats why this is a good idea we may get to see off the wall stuff like two ball spares and such.  To scale it down it involved a ball in this case two and some pins so it was bowling related at least skill or not.
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Re: PBA Skills Challenge
« Reply #7 on: November 09, 2004, 01:35:17 PM »
I'd rather see another regular PBA match. Or at least some highlights of some of the matches from earlier in the week.

This is just junk sport.
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Re: PBA Skills Challenge
« Reply #8 on: November 09, 2004, 01:42:43 PM »
I think robert smith could win if he challenged people to shoot 720 RPM consistantly like he has done.

I'd rather see another match than this, too.
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Re: PBA Skills Challenge
« Reply #9 on: November 09, 2004, 04:10:20 PM »
I don't remember if Norm Duke is in it, but I hope he does the towel shot.
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Re: PBA Skills Challenge
« Reply #10 on: November 09, 2004, 04:34:14 PM »
I saw what appeared to be a young WRW on Americas Funniest Videos walk to the foul line and very slowly roll a ball down the lane, walk back to the ball return pick up another ball, bowl and leave a rip solid 9 pin and after the pinsetter respots the pin, the first ball finally gets there and makes the spare. That is skill.
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charlest

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Re: PBA Skills Challenge
« Reply #11 on: November 09, 2004, 06:33:58 PM »
I guess I live in a different bowling skill world ... Sorry.
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Re: PBA Skills Challenge
« Reply #12 on: November 09, 2004, 06:42:44 PM »
Charlest can you leave a 9 pin on command, or if someone calls out a back row pin can you leave it intentionally, that is what that trick required.
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Re: PBA Skills Challenge
« Reply #13 on: November 10, 2004, 05:47:01 AM »
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Charlest can you leave a 9 pin on command, or if someone calls out a back row pin can you leave it intentionally, that is what that trick required.


Coach,

I wasn't talking about your post. I kind of like that one. I was talking about making the 7-10 with 2 balls. I consider that a trick shot, not a skills shot.
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Re: PBA Skills Challenge
« Reply #14 on: November 10, 2004, 07:14:11 AM »
Again the PBA is trying to sell the "game" to the masses and this is an attempt to draw interest. Being a purest I find it mildly interesting but would rather see another match. From a marketting standpoint it has a lot of merit unless they miss a ton of shots. I believe they did this in the late seventies or early eighties on Wide World of Sports. I remember Brian Voss, Lisa Wagner but not the rest. Who ever competes against Voss can be in trouble if he throws 4 balls at one time. He did this in Latham a few times before the show a couple of years ago. Also watched Parker Bohn or Doug Kent throw the ball full speed through the legs of a chair placed at about 40ft on the lane while someone was sitting in it. Not a ton of skill needed for the second but was visually appealing watching the poor soul in the chair get quite nervous.

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