After reading the discussion on sandbagging in bowling i thought i would start one on bowling etiquette.
At my local bowling alley we have just one common courtesy that we tell every bowler in a league.
And that is when someone is up on the approach ready to bowl a ball then whoever is waiting for their turn on either lane next to them has to wait until the person has bowled their ball down the lane before they can get up on the approach to have their turn.
Also when you have bowled your ball down the lane and subseqeuntly wait for it to come back, you must stand off the approach and let any other bowler who is waiting to bowl have their turn.
These are just a couple of comon sense rules that we have at our local bowling alley, but last night however during my league night on two different occasions, 2 bowlers obviously didnt remember either of these bits on information.
On the first occasion i had just got up on the approach to have my turn when the bowler on the lane next to me stepped up on the approach next to me and was about to have his turn when i stepped off my approach in a pretty foul mood as he should have waited until i had my turn before he set foot on the approach.
The second occasion i was on the same approach when another bowler from the same team next to me got up on the approach and was about to have his go when he suddenly realised that i was already on the approach with my ball in my hand and ready to let it go down the lane. I very quietly said to this bowler "Please get off the approach and wait for me to have my go".
I'm sure some of you have had this happen to you.
Although neither of these ocassions put me off last night it did leave feeling a little disappointed that some people forgota basic form of common courtesy when it comes to giving way to other bowlers.
To put all of this in a short scenario: If i was waiting to bowl on LANE 3 and someone on LANE 4 was already up on the approach and ready to bowl then i would have to wait for them to have their go, the same thing would apply if another bowler was on LANE 2 ready to bowl.
Hopefully you can understand what i have written down.
Let me know what you think.
At my local bowling alley we have just one common courtesy that we tell every bowler in a league.
And that is when someone is up on the approach ready to bowl a ball then whoever is waiting for their turn on either lane next to them has to wait until the person has bowled their ball down the lane before they can get up on the approach to have their turn.
Also when you have bowled your ball down the lane and subseqeuntly wait for it to come back, you must stand off the approach and let any other bowler who is waiting to bowl have their turn.
These are just a couple of comon sense rules that we have at our local bowling alley, but last night however during my league night on two different occasions, 2 bowlers obviously didnt remember either of these bits on information.
On the first occasion i had just got up on the approach to have my turn when the bowler on the lane next to me stepped up on the approach next to me and was about to have his turn when i stepped off my approach in a pretty foul mood as he should have waited until i had my turn before he set foot on the approach.
The second occasion i was on the same approach when another bowler from the same team next to me got up on the approach and was about to have his go when he suddenly realised that i was already on the approach with my ball in my hand and ready to let it go down the lane. I very quietly said to this bowler "Please get off the approach and wait for me to have my go".
I'm sure some of you have had this happen to you.
Although neither of these ocassions put me off last night it did leave feeling a little disappointed that some people forgota basic form of common courtesy when it comes to giving way to other bowlers.
To put all of this in a short scenario: If i was waiting to bowl on LANE 3 and someone on LANE 4 was already up on the approach and ready to bowl then i would have to wait for them to have their go, the same thing would apply if another bowler was on LANE 2 ready to bowl.
Hopefully you can understand what i have written down.
Let me know what you think.