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Fuller300

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Lefty Bashing
« on: December 16, 2007, 01:17:51 PM »
I was curious to know why lefties take so much crap, especially on the pba tour (I am right handed by the way). What makes them so much different (aside from the obvious difference) then right handed bowlers?
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Re: Lefty Bashing
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2007, 09:23:11 PM »
Well....it's all in who you ask.  Some people think they have an advantage....and in some areas they do.  I think the same thing that gives them an advantage on some conditions gives them a disadvantage on others.

Example one - Relatively easy condition on the fresh, as the lanes break down the scoring pace goes down.  Lefties will thrive in this environment because their transition is less and therefore they can ride the wave of scoring much longer.

Example two - The fresh condition is VERY tough, and only gets playable once the track has had time to break down.  The righties have the advantage here because they have a higher traffic volume and will open the track up easier.

Example one happens more in league bowling because the house wall is easier when fresh 95% of the time.  Example two happens more in tournament environments.....a specific example is the US Open....a VERY brutal condition that never gets "easy", but a little more playable as the track is worn down.

To answer your question many people think the lefties have the nuts all the time....so they grow to despise them.  When an week like this happens....everyone complains...forgetting the many weeks that there are NO lefties on the shows.
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Re: Lefty Bashing
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2007, 09:46:38 PM »
They are picked on or whatever you want to call it because there seems to be less leftys then rightys I guess.
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Re: Lefty Bashing
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2007, 09:50:20 PM »
Well if us righties are gonna complain then we should just learn to bowl left handed. That's how I feel about it.
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Re: Lefty Bashing
« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2007, 09:56:10 PM »
Yes good point. I have been practicing left handed recently. I can hook the entire lane with my plastic ball. Last week i shot my first 200 game left handed, needless to say the lanes were flooded.
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Re: Lefty Bashing
« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2007, 09:58:33 PM »
the lefty vsd righty debate will never end however i cant tell you this that you will never see a lefty make the show on the shark or us open and if you do  that lefty will have found something noone else did
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Re: Lefty Bashing
« Reply #6 on: December 16, 2007, 10:01:01 PM »
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Well if us righties are gonna complain then we should just learn to bowl left handed. That's how I feel about it.
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I can bowl left handed as well it just takes more time to get warmed up but can usually shoot about a 150 haha
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Re: Lefty Bashing
« Reply #7 on: December 16, 2007, 10:05:00 PM »
A guy in our league used to carry like a 180 right handed but he messed up his shoulder and had to learn to bowl left handed. He only averages around 120-130, not completely sure, but I think it's awesome that he dedicated that much time and effort just to keep bowling.
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Re: Lefty Bashing
« Reply #8 on: December 16, 2007, 10:27:54 PM »
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ya i could shoot left too. with my right handed stuff. i think it would be nice to learn how to shoot both.
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Re: Lefty Bashing
« Reply #9 on: December 17, 2007, 06:57:38 AM »
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They are picked on or whatever you want to call it because there seems to be less leftys then rightys I guess.
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I believe that they are picked on because the average bowler is a whiner and a complainer. He is never happy unless he gets all the breaks and his opponent gets none whatsoever. We just never seem to know when we have it good.

My take is what's to be gained from bashing lefties. It doesn't make you a better bowler. And it certainly doesn't make any rational person think less of any lefty bowler. It only makes you sound like a whiner and like someone with whom no one wants to bowl.

That said, we all need to complain to someone about something, just get pressure off our minds. I just think it should be done to a friend, in private.
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Re: Lefty Bashing
« Reply #10 on: December 17, 2007, 07:15:05 AM »
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They are picked on or whatever you want to call it because there seems to be less leftys then rightys I guess.
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I believe that they are picked on because the average bowler is a whiner and a complainer. He is never happy unless he gets all the breaks and his opponent gets none whatsoever. We just never seem to know when we have it good.

My take is what's to be gained from bashing lefties. It doesn't make you a better bowler. And it certainly doesn't make any rational person think less of any lefty bowler. It only makes you sound like a whiner and like someone with whom no one wants to bowl.

That said, we all need to complain to someone about something, just get pressure off our minds. I just think it should be done to a friend, in private.


Yeah basically.  On the whiner and complainer front, I think it's better for a bowler to just focus on what they are doing with their game and not worry about the advantages someone else has or what breaks they are getting.  They are going to end up with whatever score they get and you need to maximize yours really...
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Re: Lefty Bashing
« Reply #11 on: December 17, 2007, 07:28:51 AM »
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Re: Lefty Bashing
« Reply #12 on: December 17, 2007, 07:39:59 AM »
We play different games. Weather easier or harder they are different.

Take this week on the pba. When the lefties have the nuts all they have to do is beat the other lefties. So in their case 6 exempt, 1 qualifier all make the top 16, 6 make top 10, 5 make the show.

No condition could be put out that would give a top 10 finish to a right hander as they still have to beat 55 others.

Talk of the first 7 tournies locking out leftiees. What about rhino? He been qualifing and making match play. Finishing high in the points.

Who has it easierer i dont know if either side does but it is easier for a lefty to make a show.
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Re: Lefty Bashing
« Reply #13 on: December 17, 2007, 07:49:09 AM »
Don't pick on the lefties.
It's not their fault their doing it wrong!

On a serious note:
I could care less which hand people use. If I really thought is was an advantage, I would learn to throw lefty. Turth is, I have a hard enough time keeping my right hand under control. I don't want to have to worry about what the other hand is doing!
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Re: Lefty Bashing
« Reply #14 on: December 17, 2007, 08:34:15 AM »
I never really understood the lefty bashing. I give some of the lefties that I know a hard time, but it is all in fun.

Lefties are born that way and they have the athletic ability to be able to bowl well and that is great. No matter what anyone thinks, bowling is not easy. No matter if you are right or left handed.
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