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My Bowling Life

October 30, 2018
By Jimsterjams BRONZE, Battle Creek, Michigan
Jimsterjams BRONZE, Battle Creek, Michigan
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That bowling is one of the many sports that not many people really play. Some people really enjoy bowling; the concentration you have to have to bowl. Bowling is something that I really love and find passion in. I have been bowling for 11 years now. I I have enjoyed bowling, ever since i was little. I would play the wii all week, just for the bowling game,  and then bowl on Saturday’s.

I've been bowling with Jayme since i was young. We never switched teams; I saw him bowl 300’s.  He’s been bowling since he was like 4 or something. We have never lost since we have been on a team we have always came in 1st every year. Sometimes we would place in 2nd by like 4 games and we came back in like the last two weeks of bowling. I have bowled some really low scores; now I mostly bowl pretty high, now that I have became more advanced and experienced.

Bowling is about concentration. The best part of bowling is tournaments, in my opinion. Tournaments are always fun for me because it gets more challenging with different people from other players. I enjoy challenging myself. There some players  who are better than me and some are worse. Also, once your foot grows or your ball gets beat up.You have to buy new balls and shoes.

There’s a lot of stuff you have to buy, like:  new towels,resin balls,tape for your ball and fingers and grips for your ball. There is so much to bowling that people don't know about,There is interchangeable grips and different shoe grips that are interchangeable.That the “clank” noise that is coming from when the ball hits the pins. Hearing the noises and stuff is amazing.

Sometimes they play music when we’re bowling. When the music is playing it can often distract you. When I bowl, I try to ignore all the extra noises so that I can fully concentrate.

You have to keep your arm straight and make sure you’re n the lines that you are aiming at. The lines are boards sometimes you have to move left or right. You can move forward or back  to slow down the time you’re throwing, you can move faster if you need to. My highest game is a 289.

I was so concentrated to get a 300 and every frame makes you nervous.You keep striking. The feeling you get through your body makes you feel so concentrated and nervous.  I got to the 8th frame and then i got 9 pins i missed the strike it was so bad i was so nervous.I was a little angry too that i missed the strike it was the 10 pin.The 10 pin was my worst pin i can never pick it but, after bowling for years; i'm good at it now.



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