Tenpin Bowling

[Nat82]

Me and my bf are going tenpin bowling tonight and I haven't bowled in years! Any tips or advice as I really want to do well and kick his little bum!! Unlikely but worth a try! lol xx

[girlygirl2]

1. Have the little bumper things put up! I do and guys think this is cute! lol

2. Get him drunk before hand!

[JOEYGREEN]

Uh, tell me about it. We're going bank hol monday. Last time we went I ended up throwing the ball backwards! No idea how I did it but I did. How embarrasing. Hopefully I won't be that bad on Monday - our 5 year old son is coming this time and I've at least got to be better than him.

[whiffey]

Go for the heaviest ball you can manage, and try to find one with very large holes for your fingers and thumb. On your run-up approach, crouch low, be elegant and gazelle-like, swing your whole body, and release dead centre of the alley. Getting pi$$ed first is always good advice too.

[warpig3]

joeygreen great tactics to bring your child, because if you beat him you won't come last and if you don't beat him you can always pretend you did it deliberately!

[JOEYGREEN]

Ha ha, thanks warpig - that's my plan!

[Octavius]

My tips would be to:

1) Make your boyfriends screen name something that intimidates and makes him feel daft when it is his turn to bowl
2) choose a ball that you can swing easily and not knuckle drag along the floor � its about panache, style and aim, not the heaviest balls (that�s for something else)
3) take a reasonable run up, with optional pirouetting prior to release, make sure you wiggle your booty on the run up also (v. important for spectators, as is a mini-bowling-skirt)
4) do not aim for the centre pin, aim for the centre of the lane about 2m in front of you and swing your arm straight
5) if you get a strike do a star jump, if you get a half strike do half a star jump
6) sulk if your boyfriend is beating you, he will start to inadvertently throw �gutter balls� at the hope of letting you catch up
7) if you are losing terribly, just throw a tantrum and offer to go to the bar

[warpig3]

Nat guys are notoriously competitive when it comes to games etc so I suggest you use all your womanly wiles to get your advantage, for example - ply him with alcohol, wear a very, very low cut top and lean over him a lot, wear tight trousers to show of your bum when bowling, (wiggle it as well), talk dirty to him just before he bowls (real dirty)! Not very sportswomanly I know but what the heck!

[Nat82]

Thanks for your answers so far guys!! warpig3 you are so right, men are horribly competetive! My boyfriend took great pleasure in handing me a trophy he won a couple of years ago for getting the highest score in a tenpin bowling competition! What a sad b**tard!!

[whiffey]

Octavius' point number 5 is brilliant, yes, do not look at the pins when you release, aim at the alley about 6 feet in front of the release point. It all sounds like a bombing run !

[Supernick]

Try to keep your swing and wrist really straight. Take a ball that you're comfy with, nit something that you need 2 hands just to pick up.

Failing that, get one of those ramp things and just roll the ball down it!

[Supernick]

girlygirl2 - I'm horribly competitive as well, like Nat's man. If the bumper lane goes up then I get really narked if someone bumps their ball all the way to a strike! I'll sulk.

[whiffey]

Talking of competitiveness and sulks, I'm rather good at snooker, but not very good, with the result that a lot of my balls end up infuriatingly just over a pocket. My mate *always* goes for them - and indeed why not, that's what it's all about - but it gets me so fed-up and thinking you only got that pot because I set it up for you, why can't you try something difficult for a change !

[bigmamma]

Hi Nat82 , as long as you can throw it you will do better than I did when I used to go , I was so embarrassed because I couldn't even lift the lightest of the bowls !!!! :-)

JOEYGREEN , if I took a 5 yr old with me that would make it worse and he would wipe the floor with me . :-)

Hi all :-) xx