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- April 14th, 2021, 1:30 am
- Forum: Layout Advice
- Topic: Axiom layout for route 66 v2
- Replies: 25
- Views: 5607
Re: Axiom layout for route 66 v2
Anyway, I have an Axiom with the same layout. Best bowling ball I’ve owned, by far.
- April 11th, 2021, 5:02 am
- Forum: General Bowling
- Topic: Grip Pressure, Tape, and Optimal Mechanics
- Replies: 32
- Views: 10231
Re: Grip Pressure, Tape, and Optimal Mechanics
I struggled with this for a few years, until I changed my release. I discovered that by just cupping the ball fully on the downswing, then ‘dropping’ it at the bottom, I get a much better ball reaction, and my thumb issues went away entirely. I had a recurring issue with getting ‘hung up’ on release...
- November 28th, 2020, 8:36 am
- Forum: General Bowling
- Topic: High School Bowling
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2421
Re: High School Bowling
For a ‘disease’ that barely even affects high schoolers, this is pretty absurd.
- November 11th, 2020, 10:50 pm
- Forum: General Bowling
- Topic: Ball surface on THS question
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1441
Re: Ball surface on THS question
I fluctuate between 1000 and 3000, depending on the weather.
- August 18th, 2020, 4:29 am
- Forum: General Bowling
- Topic: League Bowling Your Preferred Team Size.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1864
Re: League Bowling Your Preferred Team Size.
4 or 5 is too slow, imo. 2-3 is about perfect.
- August 17th, 2020, 2:15 am
- Forum: General Bowling
- Topic: Are Fall leagues possible (and what is the limit?)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4456
Re: Are Fall leagues possible (and what is the limit?)
We’re doing a pair per team in Ohio. No masks required, unless you want to. Equipment is wiped down after each party finishes for the evening.
Pretty reasonable, Imo.
Pretty reasonable, Imo.
- May 18th, 2020, 8:32 pm
- Forum: General Bowling
- Topic: USBC Emergency rule changes
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5666
Re: USBC Emergency rule changes
No comments on using alcohol to clean your ball? That’s pretty huge... I can take 100% of the oil off a ball with just a moistened paper towel.
- May 18th, 2020, 8:28 pm
- Forum: General Bowling
- Topic: Why does no one like the USBC?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5249
Re: Why does no one like the USBC?
They don’t appear to serve any actual purpose, except to set the rules. Yet every league bowler pays them money every year to be ‘sanctioned’.
They used to give out awards for scoring achievements, but can’t even manage to produce a simple patch anymore.
They used to give out awards for scoring achievements, but can’t even manage to produce a simple patch anymore.
- April 27th, 2020, 4:30 pm
- Forum: General Bowling
- Topic: Handicap in bowling?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2891
Re: Handicap in bowling?
We have 9-pin no tap leagues in Ohio. Amateur bowlers seem to love it.
- April 25th, 2020, 2:54 pm
- Forum: General Bowling
- Topic: Bowler avrage age?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1250
Re: Bowler avrage age?
There are always a few old-timer groups, but the majority are 30-50 y/o.
- April 23rd, 2020, 2:22 am
- Forum: General Bowling
- Topic: Scoring software
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3944
Re: Scoring software
So it seems that BLS’s only real competitor was Perfect Secretary, and they folded 2 years ago.
Got into the demo version of BLS 2019 and... wow. They don’t seem to be even trying.
Got into the demo version of BLS 2019 and... wow. They don’t seem to be even trying.
- April 23rd, 2020, 1:39 am
- Forum: General Bowling
- Topic: Scoring software
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3944
Re: Scoring software
What are they using now, excel sheets? I assumed there was already a product for that.
- April 22nd, 2020, 5:07 am
- Forum: General Bowling
- Topic: Scoring software
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3944
Re: Scoring software
FORTRAN lmao Yeah, the interface is probably ancient. I snuck a peek at the hookup at my local center, and it had a bunch of either coax or RCA lines running to the back of a win 98 computer. Amazing that stuff still works really. The ghost bowling is probably a non-starter. No way to get into that ...
- April 21st, 2020, 5:13 am
- Forum: General Bowling
- Topic: Scoring software
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3944
Re: Scoring software
Nice to meet you. Me too. DB2/LUW for 11 years. Oracle now, for 1 year. MS SQL for 8 years. I can’t even Oracle to save my life lol So I was thinking a big private azure DB for a few bucks a month, and the charts/reports in crystal or something similar. I know powerBI is beautiful but stupid expens...
- April 21st, 2020, 12:32 am
- Forum: General Bowling
- Topic: Scoring software
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3944
Re: Scoring software
I used BLS on its own a while ago and that sucked. Like really. . . such a pain. You WANT the APIs to latch into the scoring systems that the house uses. You really do not want to be doing it by hand. What features do you have in yours? have you compared back to back? BLS has been doing this for qu...
- April 18th, 2020, 5:35 am
- Forum: General Bowling
- Topic: Scoring software
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3944
Re: Scoring software
Yeah, I guess I reinvented league secretary. I’d love to know what they’re charging though, because I could do it for a lot less.
- April 17th, 2020, 12:27 am
- Forum: General Bowling
- Topic: Scoring software
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3944
Scoring software
Does anyone have knowledge of the typical contract a bowling center signs for their scoring software? I have an idea for a new program that could do it better.
- March 3rd, 2020, 6:16 am
- Forum: The Pro Shop
- Topic: Bowling Ball Surfaces
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10593
Re: Bowling Ball Surfaces
For me, hitting something close to a ‘number’ would help eliminate one more variable from the game. We’re already playing on an invisible set of conditions, and every shift in balance/release can change the result. I don’t even want to try and think about another ‘unknown’ in a 3-game set.
- March 2nd, 2020, 4:22 am
- Forum: The Pro Shop
- Topic: Bowling Ball Surfaces
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10593
Re: Bowling Ball Surfaces
Are you sanding it wet or dry? I’ve seen a lot of information stating that a wet pad does next to nothing.
- March 1st, 2020, 12:59 am
- Forum: General Bowling
- Topic: Bowling on lanes with no range finders vs lanes with them
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3652
Re: Bowling on lanes with no range finders vs lanes with them
This makes me glad that I’ve never bowled much with rangefinders lol