Today I bowled in the team event at the state tournament. We were paired with a team from a small town about 90 miles away.

During the announcements they stated we would be given 10 minutes of practice time and asked that people not to re-rack to get full racks to shoot at.

Our normal team procedure is that we throw one shot and go to the back of the line. This was an older house that never installed the A2 fast back ball returns so it takes a while for the ball to return. You can get more total shots thrown by everyone this way if you don't wait.

We mentioned this to the other team and I thought we were in agreement that was what we were going to do. 3 of their bowlers did throw one shot and went to the back of the line.

During practice I felt things were going slow then I noticed a couple bowlers ahead of me standing on the approach after he had left a 10 pin. I mentioned we were just throwing one shot. He then proceeded to get a fresh rack to throw his second ball at it. I protested and his teammate turned to me and said it wasn't my tournament and that everyone was getting 10 minutes and we were not being shorted any time. I protested again, he repeated his 10 minute speech and said to relax that it as going to be ok and I told him it was too late and that I was already pissed off.

Nothing else was said or done and the bowling was civil but not friendly with those two.

If 2 balls was going to be the norm for everyone I wouldn't have had the problem but the re-rack really sent me over the edge.

Was I wrong? 

During the announcements they stated we would be given 10 minutes of practice time and asked that people did not re-rack to get full racks to shoot at.

He then proceeded to get a fresh rack to throw his second ball at.

All you need to know about these d-bags.

Theres people on one of my leagues that ill regularly watch throw a strike ball, leave a pin, rerack, shoot another strike ball, then pick up the spare before walking away.

On tournaments i usually expect practice courtesy to be even worse.

Although saying things to people like that usually only makes it worse.

I cannot, for the life of me, understand why people still throw two shots, everyone gets more shots if everyone takes one shot. But, these "old goats" as I like to call them are stuck in their  ways. Nothing more aggravating than watching these blokes miss the head pin left on the first ball and right on the second shot and continue to do so throughout the entire practice while slowing down the line.

Quote from: northface28 on April 15, 2014, 01:36:41 PM

I cannot, for the life of me, understand why people still throw two shots, everyone gets more shots if everyone takes one shot. But, these "old goats" as I like to call them are stuck in their  ways. Nothing more aggravating than watching these blokes miss the head pin left on the first ball and right on the second shot and continue to do so throughout the entire practice while slowing down the line.

This.

Cue "you don't know what it's like to be old" pontificating (even though 1 shot gets them more overall)? 

Yup, they need to actually see their ball NOT come close to hitting the headpin in practice, even though they have 3 FULL GAMES to see it that evening.