http://www.leaguesecretary.com/LeagueBowlerHistory.aspx?LID=81019&BID=35
10-300's and 9-800s in 16 weeks. I wonder if this is a real league or 9pin no0tap since there arent any 9's in any score.
A no tap LEAGUE?
They actually have such a thing? And they actually report averages from it? ???
WHY ON EARTH WOULD ANYONE BOWL IN THAT?
Some things just escape me I guess. :-[
robertbrowder? ;D :P :PThey said they wouldn't admit to all those score being No Tap scores...Dang It...lol
robertbrowder? ;D :P :PThey said they wouldn't admit to all those score being No Tap scores...Dang It...lol
A no tap LEAGUE?
They actually have such a thing? And they actually report averages from it? ???
WHY ON EARTH WOULD ANYONE BOWL IN THAT?
Some things just escape me I guess. :-[
What makes you think the averages are "reported"
A no tap LEAGUE?
They actually have such a thing? And they actually report averages from it? ???
WHY ON EARTH WOULD ANYONE BOWL IN THAT?
Some things just escape me I guess. :-[
What makes you think the averages are "reported"
It was more a question than a statement. They are obviously online somewhere, because they were found and talked about here.
I just found it hard to believe that anybody would even try to keep up with the "averages" in a no tap format, much less actually write them down and record them somewhere.
People love the no-tap leagues just for the fun aspect of it and getting to see the higher scores up on the monitors.
Why would ANYONE want to go "real" bowling, but keep "fake" scores?
IF YOU WANT TO BOWL NO TAP, THEN GO RIGHT AHEAD!
Yes, no tap bowling has been around for ages. Heck, it was even around back when I was coming into the sport. Thing is, I didn't get it back then either.
Why would ANYONE want to go "real" bowling, but keep "fake" scores? Even back when my average was in the 140's and 150's I didn't like no tap bowling. It always felt wrong to act like I was accomplishing something that I wasn't.
See, I would rather go bowling and shoot a 150 game and have it be my actual score, than I would to go "no tap" bowling and shoot a "fake" 200 and know I didn't deserve it.
You want to bowl for fun? Fine, then bowl for fun, just take your actual scores and have all the fun in the world. You want to get better scores, then get up off your duff and learn how to actually get those scores, don't fake it with no tap scores.
If you want to bowl no tap, I suppose that's fine if that's what you want, but I just don't understand how that is what ANYBODY could want.
Why would ANYONE want to go "real" bowling, but keep "fake" scores?
The masses do it every night in handicap leagues. ::)
There isn't anything wrong with no-tap bowling. And you can't convince how it isn't the essence of bowling or anything like that. No-tap bowling has been around longer than I have been alive and I have been bowling for 40 years.
Scratch bowlers should revel in the idea of no-tap bowling. No-tap bowling encourages the middle average bowlers to compete with the high average bowlers. Someone with a 200-210 average can compete game-to-game against a 240 average bowler if they get strikes for 9-counts, or at least they think they can. But we all know, no matter the format, the higher average bowler will prevail.
So embrace no-tap bowling (especially the weekly no-tap doubles and the such) since it is another way high average bowlers can take the money of the middle average bowler.
I just philosophically can't even begin to understand the premise that no tap bowling is founded on. As crazy as it may sound to some of you, the entire concept of why anybody would ever WANT to bowl no tap eludes me. Just as foreign a concept as if you were speaking ancient phonecian to me. I wouldn't understand that either.
Have fun. If no tap turns you on, then go get you some, but it is NOT for me
If you're bowling for scores, they should be actual scores. If you're bowling for fun, scores shouldn't matter, except to see who buys the next round.
I just philosophically can't even begin to understand the premise that no tap bowling is founded on.
If you're bowling for scores, they should be actual scores. If you're bowling for fun, scores shouldn't matter, except to see who buys the next round.
I just philosophically can't even begin to understand the premise that no tap bowling is founded on.
In a way it isn't any different than bowling on THS. Some feel the scores bowled on THS aren't actual scores.
There isn't one way to bowl and all ways have their merit. There are games on different conditions. There are different formats. Different scoring methods. Just bowl what you want.
Curious! Would there be more entries to an advertised tournament that was 'NO TAP' / 'SCRATCH' or 'HANDICAP'?
OK, OK, you've made your points.
(But I still don't get it)
If you're bowling for scores, they should be actual scores. If you're bowling for fun, scores shouldn't matter, except to see who buys the next round.
I just philosophically can't even begin to understand the premise that no tap bowling is founded on. As crazy as it may sound to some of you, the entire concept of why anybody would ever WANT to bowl no tap eludes me. Just as foreign a concept as if you were speaking ancient phonecian to me. I wouldn't understand that either.
Have fun. If no tap turns you on, then go get you some, but it is NOT for me.