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I don't really remember tbh

I wound up in a youth bowling league when I was 5 years old so I imagine I was like 4 years old when I first went bowling. No idea how I was first exposed to the sport, short of the family deciding to go bowling one day. <_<


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Putting my fragile body near giant balls of pain and then sticking my dainty fingers in the holes of agony? No thanks.

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I dont remember, but I have vivid memories of a tenth birthday party at the bowling alley

We played with bumpers so my friends prolly ripped on me for that

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Think I was 8, got about 2 innings in when one of the employees raised up the bumper rails because we were getting gutter ball after gutter ball and they must have felt bad for us.

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Flockaveli posted...

Think I was 8, got about 2 innings in when one of the employees raised up the bumper rails because we were getting gutter ball after gutter ball and they must have felt bad for us.

They're called "frames."

I was pretty much raised in bowling alleys. My parents met in a bowling league. I had a bowling birthday party when I was 4 or 5. I joined my first youth league when I was 8. I'm 36 now and have been bowling competitively in leagues and tournaments ever since.

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Mom and dad decided that I should join a youth league in 3rd or 4th grade. Twenty years later, all I have to show for it is one 300 game and a 791 series (three games).

Bomberhead posted...

Mom and dad decided that I should join a youth league in 3rd or 4th grade. Twenty years later, all I have to show for it is one 300 game and a 791 series (three games).

Hey, 300 is nothing to scoff at. I know people who have been bowling for 40 years and don't have one yet. And they're not slouches, either. I mean league bowlers with 200+ averages.

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Young enough that I don't even remember.

I've bowled a lot though. I've even played in a weekly league before.
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