Bowled my first 300!

ROHfan
ROHfan Posts: 1,014
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My wife and I are on a league that bowls on Sundays. I never thought I would ever bowl a 300 but man, how sweet it felt! Of course, my next two games were 188 and 129, respectively, but I really didn't much care. I also learned that I get a 300 Ring from the USBC for the accomplishment along with an award. I'm in cloud 9 right now! Just wanted to share this news with my audio buds.
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  • warren
    warren Posts: 756
    Man that's great!!!
    Some final words,
    "If you keep banging your head against the wall,
    you're going to have headaches."
    Warren
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,794
    Nice! A lofty achievment,sir!
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  • scubalab
    scubalab Posts: 3,103
    Congratulations Bill! That's quite an accomplishment.
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  • WagnerRC
    WagnerRC Posts: 2,161
    That is awesome. Bowling is a blast! Congratulations
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  • starkiller
    starkiller Posts: 2,723
    Very cool!! Bowled in mixed and men's scratch leagues for a fair amount of time and my best was a 257..sigh..would have been great to bowl a 300....congrats!!
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  • polrbehr
    polrbehr Posts: 2,834
    Pics or it didn't happen, I call BS.
















    ;) Nice going Bill, Congrats!!
    I could never best the 279 I bowled decades ago.
    So, are you willing to put forth a little effort or are you happy sitting in your skeptical poo pile?


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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    I would have bowled the 300, dropped the mic, and walked into the sunset. Where do you go from there? 188 and 129......
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,666
    I would of needed a shotgun to bowl 300 and even then it would of been iffy. Nice job. How many beers did it take :p
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  • ROHfan
    ROHfan Posts: 1,014
    Bottom right. And with no beer! (I don't drink).

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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,711
    edited October 2016
    "Hook for Wood" is there more to the name or is it a team full of pr0stitutes? How does one bowl a 300 and then drop to 129?! :D
    Looks to me like you're a lane hustler!
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
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  • ROHfan
    ROHfan Posts: 1,014
    mrbiron wrote: »
    "Hook for Wood" is there more to the name or is it a team full of pr0stitutes? How does one bowl a 300 and then drop to 129?! :D
    Looks to me like you're a lane hustler!

    I started hanging up in the ball during the second game and by the time I got it under control the lanes were completely broken down in the third game. I started putting it through the headpin. Of course, I was too stubborn to change balls. Dang.
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  • DaveHo
    DaveHo Posts: 3,536
    edited October 2016
    ROHfan wrote: »
    Bottom right. And with no beer! (I don't drink).

    Well, there goes your excuse for the last game!

    Congrats! My best ever was a 220 something or other.
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  • Mike Reeter
    Mike Reeter Posts: 4,315
    Awesome achievement Bill, that is not an easy mark! Hopefully the first of many!
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  • aprazer402
    aprazer402 Posts: 3,149
    edited October 2016
    Congrats!!! Have many bowlers in my family's past. Best I have done is 297 and that was in 1980. I haven't bowled much since. But I love to. Keep it up, great family fun.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 10,716
    Well done.
    I bowled a 301 once.
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,779
    Kudos. I'm lucky to break 100...
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  • Moose68Bash
    Moose68Bash Posts: 3,843
    edited October 2016
    Well done!

    Congratulations, and I hope there are many more in your future. :)
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  • westmassguy
    westmassguy Posts: 6,850
    Awesome. I don't think I ever broke 100.
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  • hochpt21
    hochpt21 Posts: 5,423
    That's awesome! I was going to assume the later scores were because you were getting wasted from your 300 game, but seeing you don't drink....maybe you just suck at bowling...

    JK!!!!

    Congrats!!
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  • GlennDog
    GlennDog Posts: 3,121
    Very nice! Congrats, man!
    I haven't bowled in years, but is fun !
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  • scottyboy76
    scottyboy76 Posts: 2,905
    Nice, and you got the pic, and a ring, nice
    humpty dumpty was pushed
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  • dee1949
    dee1949 Posts: 1,425
    Awesome !!! 50 or so years back, when on a bowling team, I averaged 189. Never got closer than around 240.
    As Andy Warhol would say " Your 15 minutes of fame" !!
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  • MrBuhl
    MrBuhl Posts: 2,419
    That's rarefied air man! Congrats!
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  • teekay0007
    teekay0007 Posts: 2,289
    Congrats ROHfan, awesome accomplishment! Do post a pic of the ring when you get it.
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  • ROHfan
    ROHfan Posts: 1,014
    Here's the ring. Just got it last week. Almost got another...rolled a 279 a couple of weeks ago.

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  • voltz
    voltz Posts: 5,384
    WTG Bill! looks great!
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  • littlewoodboats
    littlewoodboats Posts: 823
    edited March 2017
    Totally awesome.

    I love bowling but the only way I could hit 300 is to slam the ball into both of my feet and count the fractures on the X-rays.

    I am a solid 175 bowler and have been for over 30 years. Sometimes better but not often worse.

    Care to share any tips? I could make bank with tips from an expert.


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  • kharp1
    kharp1 Posts: 3,453
    Congrats, incredible accomplishment!
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  • ROHfan
    ROHfan Posts: 1,014
    littlewoodboats wrote: »
    Care to share any tips? I could make bank with tips from an expert.


    I can't even teach myself, let alone somebody else! :smile: What helped me get to the next level was to become able to be relaxed on the approach. Let the ball dictate its own speed and be completely loose on the downswing. Don't turn the ball at release but keep my hand behind the ball until it sits in my fingertips then follow through forward and up. The bowling thumb should never go left of 12 o'clock, only up. And keep my eye on my target throughout the approach until after release and watch the ball roll over the target.
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  • mrloren
    mrloren Posts: 2,465
    Very nice. Keep it up.

    I've been bowling now for 9 years and no mr 300 for me. My best is 279 a few times. Now my son bowled his first 300 at 12 years old. his first 800 @ 14. When he goes adult next year he will be on our Sunday night team. We have to pay for any more rings for him so he has his dozen to marvel at.
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