yes as i said in my other thread, bowling is becoming frustrating but it seems like all i want to do is bowl. i bowl sundays tuesdays and thursdays and i hate the days i dont bowl. i sit in school very anxious to bowl and i love going to tournaments. if you gave me 2 lanes and a free day i would bowl all day. but its sad that i dont have the money to really practice because im only 14 and my parents wouldnt lend me the money to go bowling all the time. i also cant drop out of school to bowl which i dream of when im in school heh. i dont know many jobs that allow 14 year olds to work for them though so i practice maybe once a week when im not in league. does anybody else feel like this?

you bet. there are days when i'de rather be bowling than working. because its more fun than busting your be hind. but dont sweat it. you'll get the chance to bowl more one day. may be you can get a job at a bowling alley later on

Steven, have you looked into Junior programs at your local center? Many have them with instruction too. It is a good start.

I want to bowl all the time, but then I get the "You're not spending enough time with me..." speech from my fiance.

Steven, you have your whole life ahead of you and plennnnnty of time to bowl. I recommend staying focused on your studies, because it will pay off BIG TIME into your adult years. Trust me, as someone who is out of college with a degree, and able to bowl more now because of how I dedicated myself to school.

Focus on your grades, bowling in your spare time, and get into a good college that has a solid bowling team. Good academic performance and the ability to bowl a lot, go hand in hand.

I also want to bowl all of the time, but there is a deep satisfaction in knowing that all of my responsibilities (personal and professional) are taken care of. Then I can get out there on the lanes and really enjoy myself because I earned it!

Perfect reply!

If you can't bowl, there are plenty of ways to improve your game without bowling, like read all of the tips and articles on www.bowl4fun.com, learn Mo Pinel's dual angle system for laying out bowling balls to get any reaction you want at http://www.morichbowling.com/

You can practice your approach without a ball wearing socks and slide on a tile or wood floor. When you are walking down a hall way at school you can see if you can walk straight without looking by checking yourself against a line on the floor.

You can do squats to strengthen your legs, wrist curls to strengthen your wrist, and cardio to help your endurance.

You can also do meditation and visualize yourself bowling, strike after strike, this is the next best thing to actually bowling. If you break your approach down and visualize every movement to the foul line and visualize the ball going to your break point and making it's move through the pins, you will give yourself a good chance of actually doing this when you hit the lanes the next time.

get the parents hooked on bowling, and you'll be there everyday! i go whenever i can, and once the foul weather sets in, i take the family every saturday and we usually bowl from @ noon to 5pm [or untill they toss us out..]

Well I am the same way, although I do get to bowl a lot. I bowl atleast 5-6 times a week and atleast probably 6 games each of those days. How long have you been bowling for anyways Steven? Also, you can always get a job of mowing some yards, thats how I've made all my money for the past two years.

Coach Jim, Thanks for those ideas! I will definately have to use some! Especially when at school! =)