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Bowling Tragic
Rob,
I applaud your decision to provide a non smoking environment. I'll glad to hear that you chose to go down this path well before it was federally mandated by law.
I think you've missed my point though.
Over 90% of all centre's clientele wouldn't recognise the difference between an absurdly easy condition and a fairly demanding one which rewards good shotmaking skills and penalises bad shots.
Yes running a bowling centre IS A BUSINESS. Bowling is now, and has always been a SPORT, and as such, we need to keep a very defined line between those with finely honed skills and those without. The knowledge and physical capacity which enables them to score consistantly high (190 avg or higher) on virtually any lane condition, should be earned by putting in the hard work, NOT given to them by the ball manufacturers and lane condition.
My point is this, and maybe it doesn't really apply in your circumstance as you've told me that your centre doesn't give the bowlers an arrow or two of area. But it sure in hell applies to a sizable percentage of the bowling centres in Australia......If less than 10% of the bowlers are affected by stupidly easy lane conditions, why risk the future of your SPORT, which in turn is the future of your BUSINESS, on the false belief that without laying a easy shot, your bowlers will go elsewhere. Just how many of that 10% do you think will leave? And for god's sake, someone has to be the pioneer and start the ball rolling.
WHY NOT YOU?
I applaud your decision to provide a non smoking environment. I'll glad to hear that you chose to go down this path well before it was federally mandated by law.
I think you've missed my point though.
Over 90% of all centre's clientele wouldn't recognise the difference between an absurdly easy condition and a fairly demanding one which rewards good shotmaking skills and penalises bad shots.
Yes running a bowling centre IS A BUSINESS. Bowling is now, and has always been a SPORT, and as such, we need to keep a very defined line between those with finely honed skills and those without. The knowledge and physical capacity which enables them to score consistantly high (190 avg or higher) on virtually any lane condition, should be earned by putting in the hard work, NOT given to them by the ball manufacturers and lane condition.
My point is this, and maybe it doesn't really apply in your circumstance as you've told me that your centre doesn't give the bowlers an arrow or two of area. But it sure in hell applies to a sizable percentage of the bowling centres in Australia......If less than 10% of the bowlers are affected by stupidly easy lane conditions, why risk the future of your SPORT, which in turn is the future of your BUSINESS, on the false belief that without laying a easy shot, your bowlers will go elsewhere. Just how many of that 10% do you think will leave? And for god's sake, someone has to be the pioneer and start the ball rolling.
WHY NOT YOU?