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BrianCRX90

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Is kicking the ball return the most inmature thing you can do?
« on: March 31, 2006, 03:42:49 PM »
We all have tempers. Some of you may not, some just get preturbed but don't hit stuff, some get preturbed and depressed and occasionaly say some swearing and may slap or hit something. I usually don't care what a bowler does, but I have always felt kicking the return is the lowest of the low you could do.

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Re: Is kicking the ball return the most inmature thing you can do?
« Reply #31 on: April 02, 2006, 07:39:10 AM »
I used to hit myself really hard in the forhead with my palm whenever I'd miss easy spares.  I almost knocked myself out one time, so I've stopped doing that.  I was woozy for about three frames.
Now when I get angry it only last for about 10 seconds and I'm over it, and I don't show any emotional out bursts anymore.
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Re: Is kicking the ball return the most inmature thing you can do?
« Reply #32 on: April 02, 2006, 11:15:53 AM »
I typically utter the words "stupid" or "dumba5s" under my my breath.
9.9 times out of ten it is my own fault and I have nobody or nothing else to be upset with. The other .1 times, it is just a bad break, and that is part of the game. The more wound up you get over a bad shot or a bad break, the more likely you are to see your misfortune continue. Leave it in the past, and move on with a positive attitude.

Funniest thing I've seen someone else do was to throw their shoe at a nine pin (shoe landed right next to it). The desk called out on the PA system, "Shoe on lane 14...shoe on 14". The whole place erupted in laughter. It was pretty funny to see the pinboy drop down to grap the shoe.
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BrianCRX90

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Re: Is kicking the ball return the most inmature thing you can do?
« Reply #33 on: April 02, 2006, 11:03:22 PM »
On an unrelated note, I once saw a girlfriend guyfriend couple bowl on this same team and both were very good bowlers, the girl was the top in the woman's average and the guy were up there on the men's side. The girl bowled before he got up and she missed a 10 pin. Insted of the bowler putting up the clinched fist for "better luck next time" he takes his hand and slaps her ARSE right in the pit area. I was shocked along with everyone that saw it. Everyone saw it and he wasn't grining as he proceeded to go for his shot right after that as if it was no big deal to him.
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Re: Is kicking the ball return the most inmature thing you can do?
« Reply #34 on: April 03, 2006, 11:18:40 AM »
Not proud of it, but I've hit, kicked, screamed, yelled, etc... I've noticed that aging takes a little of the edge off.  Nowadays I just have tourette's syndrome that is kicked off by bowling bad.  I'll still throw my towel occasionally.

I've never understood those guys who never get upset. To me, they have no passion for the game - they just sit there and take it, seemingly not caring about their failures. I know they don't understand people like me either.  I guess that's what makes life interesting, everyone being different.

On a side note: nobody ever has memories or tells stories of the guy that sat there quietly and never said a word while he rolled a 98.

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Re: Is kicking the ball return the most inmature thing you can do?
« Reply #35 on: April 03, 2006, 11:23:32 AM »
At the tournament yesterday I noticed that on of the returns had a big chunk of plastic broken off.  A hole about 3 inches by a foot.  Can't imagine quite how it was done (foot?  ball?) but I know who did it - a big idiot.
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Re: Is kicking the ball return the most inmature thing you can do?
« Reply #36 on: April 03, 2006, 12:09:47 PM »
One of the funniest things I have seen was a male bowler throw his shot and stood at the foul line while it dove through the 4-7 pocket.  He then proceeded to jump up & down screaming "F**K!!  F**K!! F**K!!"  Later he missed an easy spare and came back to the ball return, kicked it good & hard and yelled, "S**T!"  Now the truly hilarious part of this...   He was 7 years old!

As for me I normally get quiet and start processing in my mind what to do to get my game back on track.  The other night, however, I found a new method to help me with that!  I was struggling early on, couldn't carry anything.  As I was waiting on my ball to return, I slapped my left hand with my towel out of frustration.  Well it cracked like a whip and left a big red welt on the back of my left hand.  Being right handed, it was a good reminder to calm down!  After that I managed to salvage a 600 series, took all 8 on Friday night in a big money-league battle for 3rd place,  1st game of tourney this weekend shot 279 and a 1237 for a 6 game scratch set (179 entering average).  The welt is going away but I'm tempted to put it back!  
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Re: Is kicking the ball return the most inmature thing you can do?
« Reply #37 on: April 03, 2006, 01:34:38 PM »
Worst thing I did as a kid was to kick the scorer's table, only to hit the ash tray dead flush from below and then find out that the ash trays were NOT attached to the tables. I think it landed about 10 feet away and made quite a racket!
I also used to hit the wall in the settee area quite hard until it started hurting my hand. All of this when I was a junior bowler.
Also in juniors, I heard about someone whipping it out and wetting the heads but I wasn't there to see it myself.

You know, I just get frustrated because I have high expectations for myself. When I bowl in Vegas or fun leagues, I don't do this at all because there's nothing much at stake. But in my scratch league, when I flag a 10-pin or throw a terrible shot to lose to someone I shouldn't lose to, I get a little perturbed with myself.  
And this has been happening a lot lately. I give little thumps to the automatic scorer or hit the seatbacks, maybe even gently kick my bag. Never hard enough to make a scene but just hard enough to release some frustration. And I never kick the return or cuss loudly. I don't think I'll ever change, so the only solution is for me to make better shots (or only bowl in Vegas or fun leagues).
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Re: Is kicking the ball return the most inmature thing you can do?
« Reply #38 on: April 03, 2006, 01:47:39 PM »
We had a bowler punch a hole in the wall at a tournament.

At nationals one year a kid punched the wall and broke his  knuckle
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Re: Is kicking the ball return the most inmature thing you can do?
« Reply #39 on: April 03, 2006, 02:43:31 PM »
I haven't kicked, punched, or thrown anything in a long time, but in my younger days...  I am not proud of these moments, but like I wrote, I have learned to control myself...

---took my shoe off, and threw it against the lockers (35-40 ft way).  The house failed to clean up after a party, and I ended up with gum on my shoe.  I was suspended from house & league for 3 weeks.

---headbutted a wall after a 7-10.  ended up with a mild concussion and stitches (this was my last major erruption)

---kicked a the lense for the foul lights.  broke into many pieces, repair and fines totaled $250.00  And, I received another suspension... different house & league.

My favorite wasn't me.  A teamate of mine decided he was going to walk down and kick over a 10 pin he had left.  Well, after 4 steps onto the lane, he fell flat on his back.  That may have been one of the funniest things I'd ever seen.  Especially when he was trying to get up...
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Re: Is kicking the ball return the most inmature thing you can do?
« Reply #40 on: April 03, 2006, 03:00:06 PM »
My late monday night league there is a renouned tempremental piece of crap (who i happend to bowl with on tuesdays) that hits things, screams, whacks balls together at the return, pouts and acts like a 5 year old, even tries to change the surface of his equipment.  Well some guys started to keep a tally sheet of how many times he does things a night on the back of the standings sheet.  Its rather funny to see titles with tally marks undertneath them to keep track of this antics
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Re: Is kicking the ball return the most inmature thing you can do?
« Reply #41 on: April 03, 2006, 04:43:49 PM »
now ask yourself who was doing this,  hitting the ball return, saluting the missed 10 pin, banging the telescore.  odds are it was not a 150 bowler.
more than likely it was an elite bowler. "wan a bees"
a few years ago we had a similar thing happen in one of our leagues. the guy was
"pba"  a regional pba player,  or better, one who joins just to get the bag tag, and bowls 1 regional a year,  usually the one closest to his house.
i asked him once if that " giving the finger to the 10 pin"  was pba  101,
is that a requirement???
he was not happy.  but he's pba!!!!!!
and this guy would dress like a pro, because the pba said to,  but they must have left out a few other things,  like not giving the finger to the 10 pin, or kicking the rack or banging a telescore etc etc. and than of course other
bowlers see this, and think it's ok. so they do it.
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Re: Is kicking the ball return the most inmature thing you can do?
« Reply #42 on: April 03, 2006, 04:49:32 PM »
some people's mental ages are retarded from the time they're ten, others, like myself try to play the game in a respectful and mature manner.
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Re: Is kicking the ball return the most inmature thing you can do?
« Reply #43 on: April 03, 2006, 05:24:33 PM »
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At the tournament yesterday I noticed that on of the returns had a big chunk of plastic broken off.  A hole about 3 inches by a foot.  Can't imagine quite how it was done (foot?  ball?) but I know who did it - a big idiot.
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Re: Is kicking the ball return the most inmature thing you can do?
« Reply #44 on: April 03, 2006, 05:36:32 PM »
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hacking on a poor pro bowler is what?
they are suppose to set an example,  especially for youth bowlers,  but when they throw a BAD shot and leave the 10 pin,  giving it the finger while standing on their toes at the foul line, is not setting a good example.
banging a telescore or kicking the rack is not setting a good example.
I"LL bet,  you would not want one of these class acts to date your daughter,
assuming your married with children.
and they are not pro bowlers.  they are wan a bees.
and if you want to bowl in a league that allows this,  go for it
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Re: Is kicking the ball return the most inmature thing you can do?
« Reply #45 on: April 03, 2006, 05:40:03 PM »
One night while 10 of us were moonlight bowling, my temperamental mid thirties brother-in-law threw a bad shot in the 8th frame of the second game, came back and POUNDED his fist on the scoring monitors.  This immediately blacked out the screens for both lanes and erased all of the scores, forcing us all to start the game over.  He was pretty quiet after that, but it turned into a very late night.  I've also been on the golf course with him and seen him bend shafts twice and once break the head off his driver by pounding his club into the ground after a bad drive.  Still a fun guy to be around, but waaaay too competitive.


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