Author Topic: 300 a right of passage? (Read 4113 times)

Russell · « **on:** February 24, 2008, 12:25:59 PM »

I see more and more posts on this site from people throwing their first 300 games and the title of the posts are "finally"...or some variation. Since when did shooting a 300 game become a right of passage and not a great accomplishment?

I know these are rhetorical questions...but I just wanted to vent for a second. I remember when I ran a pro shop a kid shot 300 on the Saturday morning youth league. He came in and said...and I quote "Oh man I finally got my 300 game". It was like he was just supposed to get it....and it finally happened.

How many bowlers do we have to lose before we realize this has to stop?
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pate08 · « **Reply #31 on:** February 25, 2008, 10:53:01 PM »

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I have a feeling that this topic is kind of in regard to my post. I'll be the first to admid that I shouldn't have shot the 300, my last shot shouldve been about 7, I just got lucky, but in bowling, you take what you can get whenever you can get it. There have been times where I have thrown it perfect with about the front 7 and I have stoned 9 or wrapped 10. And it isnt that easy to shoot 300 in our house, the carry just isnt there for people to be shooting them all the time, I am actually suprised that I had 12 shots in a row that I carried. I have had high league average a couple times, and I have won a couple tournaments, but the first question that I am asked when I tell someone that I bowl is "have you shot a 300?", and even though I know thats not what bowling is about, I still had to say no. The only thing that was held against me when I talk about bowling with people that bowl is that I had not shot 300. Maybe "finally" was percieved in a different way that what I meant for it to be, because for me its that I am "finally" not going to be held to a lower standard just because I had not shot 300.
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Edited on 2/25/2008 11:12 AM

Congrats on the 300, but what you said here is one of the major problems of bowling. You felt you were held in a lower regard cause you never shot 300. Well shooting 300 doesn't mean much anymore. Does the fact that I have 25 mean I am a better bowler then you? No. I am better because of the little things, working at my game, bowling in PBA Regionals on difficult conditions, etc. You want to talk about honor scores meaning something, at least look at 800's, those show you at least bowled well for 3 games, not just got lucky in one. Add to the fact that you call out everyone to come down there and lose their bankroll to you shows that you do suffer from what Russell was mentioning. You think you are good bowler and as such deserved a 300. No matter what you may say now, your other posts show the real truth. So congrats again on the 300, great game, now become a real bowler.
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Telling that guy to come down here and bowl me has nothing to do with the 300, I couldve shot 170 that game, and I would still be saying the same thing. And Im not "calling everyone out", I said it to one guy. So you are a "real bowler"? You dont think that I bowl on diffucult conditions? I acually bowl in a sport shot league and I had high average for about 4 months. I had the highest amount of match play points for about 5 months, and the highest at the end of the year gets a junior gold spot and money for junior gold to go with it, so its a pretty serious league. I work on my game all the time. I also never said that I "deserved" a 300 game. You are trying to put words in my mouth that I never said to make it seem like I am some hack that got lucky, and now think that I am better than everyone else now because of it. It seems to me like you have some ego on you.
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Author Topic: 300 a right of passage? (Read 4113 times)

Russell

300 a right of passage?

pate08

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