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Silencer

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Whats With 2 Balls Per Turn In Practice?
« on: January 14, 2004, 01:00:11 PM »
It bugs alot of us Cali bowlers because we all take one shot and walk away, but every year in national tournaments, everyone outside of Cali always throws at whatever they leave, which is kind of not fair because you dont get as many shots in, does everyone else do that in all their leagues and tournaments???
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Re: Whats With 2 Balls Per Turn In Practice?
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2004, 07:13:42 AM »
what are the rules?
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Re: Whats With 2 Balls Per Turn In Practice?
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2004, 07:43:08 AM »
In my area it's standard practice to shoot a 2nd ball if you leave something standing.
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Re: Whats With 2 Balls Per Turn In Practice?
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2004, 08:18:42 AM »
Our machines don't recycle so after they are knocked down doesn't matter what you shoot at, they are not there! In the past I had wished they recycled but after hearing this maybe we should just leave well enough alone.
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Re: Whats With 2 Balls Per Turn In Practice?
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2004, 08:19:34 AM »
Round here, we dont practice with pins. Usually get 5-10 minutes and then the pins come down. Dont think I would like practicing with them. Seems like more of a hassle waiting for the racks to cycle and etc..
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Re: Whats With 2 Balls Per Turn In Practice?
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2004, 08:38:22 AM »
Where I live, it varies from house to house on whether it is 1 shot or 2 shots.
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Re: Whats With 2 Balls Per Turn In Practice?
« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2004, 09:13:39 AM »
Yeah, it does seem that most of us from Cali do throw just one shot and go on, and most from other regions do not. And it is annoying, but who really cares?
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Re: Whats With 2 Balls Per Turn In Practice?
« Reply #7 on: January 15, 2004, 09:21:47 AM »
Up here in the north in some of the better scoring leagues, if anything is left standing after the first ball, trip the foul light and full rack comes back up.  1 shot, everyone gets full rack, everyone gets happy time.
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Re: Whats With 2 Balls Per Turn In Practice?
« Reply #8 on: January 15, 2004, 09:24:28 AM »
One league I bowled on, it was one and done.  Another league in a different house, it was pick up whatever you left.  So it varies by house/league I guess.
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Re: Whats With 2 Balls Per Turn In Practice?
« Reply #9 on: January 15, 2004, 12:29:05 PM »
Around here we take two shots.
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Re: Whats With 2 Balls Per Turn In Practice?
« Reply #10 on: January 15, 2004, 01:26:06 PM »
our leagues shoot at pins in practice and also re-rack the pins.
So we all shoot a 2nd ball at our spares.  I've been in leagues
where you shadow bowl and we would just throw 1 ball since we
didn't have to wait for the pinsetter to operate.
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Re: Whats With 2 Balls Per Turn In Practice?
« Reply #11 on: January 15, 2004, 02:30:26 PM »
Hey guys,

Guess what? Tradition rules!
If the league or the area has 1 ball per turn, fine. Someone tell the ne wguy and he/she has to live with it.

If the tradition is 2 lane courtesy, then it's two lane courtesy, NO MATTER WHAT YOUR OPINION IS!

If it's 2 ball's per turn or 1 ball then throw th espare, then just have the decency to tell the new guy.

Here in NJ, you throw one ball and either foul (to reset it) or the next guy will tell you "don't foul; I'd like to shoot at a spare." With two 5-man teams and 5 minutes of practice, sometimes we're lucky to get 2 balls per lane in practice. Some houses, some leagues do give you 10 minutes of practice, but that is very rare, from what I have seen.

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Re: Whats With 2 Balls Per Turn In Practice?
« Reply #12 on: January 15, 2004, 02:35:38 PM »
Our league also allows two shots in practice, which doesn't really bother me but what does bug me are those few guys who will throw a shot and then RE RACK for the second shot!  Come on, get with it...how can you let the next guy stand there and watch you reset the machine!?
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Re: Whats With 2 Balls Per Turn In Practice?
« Reply #13 on: January 15, 2004, 02:37:29 PM »
I guess I don't really understand how everyone gets more shots in by only throwing one.  Then again, if you want more STRIKE shots, I understand. Maybe this is the reason that you guys from Cali can strike as if there's no tomorrow. Personally, I normally throw two shots unless I strike or leave something stupid like a 1-2-4.  

The way I look at it is, I'm trying to get as many shots in that have a purpose as possible in any given practice session.  If that means that I'm a donater, then so be it.

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Re: Whats With 2 Balls Per Turn In Practice?
« Reply #14 on: January 15, 2004, 06:06:42 PM »
Whether you get pins or not sometimes depends on what make of pinsetters/spotters are used in the house.

AMF machines can be set for shadow bowling, after a practice shot the machine doesn't activate until the alloted time is up for practice (usually 5-10 minutes)- but many proprietors don't use the system anymore because the balls crashing into the back cushion break the welds on the pit frames. On Brunswick, the A-2 type at least, this is not possible.

We get an alloted amount of time for practice before league (we have A-2's)regardless of how many balls you throw on each lane.
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