USBC-certified coach Joe Slowinski has a Sport Bowling league format from the Northeast that should offer an exciting challenge to bowlers.
John Bovoy, who is now bowling on the Generations Bowlers Tour, has run a flat shot format league at centers in New Hampshire and Maine. About 60 to 70 bowlers paid $20 each summer to bowl four games on the challenging lane conditions.
“It has a nice mix of bowlers,” said Slowinski, a USBC-certified Silver coach, USBC-certified Level I Coach Instructor and Director of Coaching and Coach Certification for the Malaysian Tenpin Bowling Congress. “This is everyone's favorite league. The league just finished its sixth year.”
This is an easy format to start in a bowling center and allows for older lane machines. The patterns all have 1:1 ratios with varying lengths.
Here’s how it works:
Format: Doubles handicap (average established on first night, 80 percent of 200)
No. of games: 4
Length: 15 weeks
Lane conditions: Five different flat patterns (30, 32, 36, 38 and 40 feet) on a five-week rotation. Each pattern is bowled on three times.
Points: Three doubles teams per pair bowling against one another. Two points to win a game. One point for second. Four points to win total pins and two for second in total.
“The best a team can do is win 12 points with second earning as much as six,” Slowinski said. “But, that rarely happens. The format keeps it tight.”
Prize: Airfare and lodging to Las Vegas and entries into the Super Bowl Mini Eliminator.
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