Rollin’, Rollin’, Rollin’ (Aw yeah!)
One of the things I was looking forward to doing once I decided to stay in KC full-time was join a intermural league. They all sounded like a fun way to meet some cool people and get some exercise in the process. Well, I guess I’ll have to wait for my next intermural league to do that because my first league is devoid of either of those two things. I decided to join a bowling league with some friends recently. It’s funny to think that I, a person who bowls an average of two times an entire year, if that, signed up for league that lasts four months. That’s a long commitment. Oh yeah, and we bowl three games each session. I’ve NEVER bowled three games in a row in my life. It’s always been two tops. And it shows.
I’ve had work conflicts that have prevented me from participating in the first few weeks of hot bowling action, but I made my debut two weeks ago. I am not exaggerating one bit when I say that, by the end of the night, multiple lanes of people were laughing at me. I tried to take a picture of the averages last week but couldn’t get a clear picture from it. Had the picture turned out, it would have shown that my average was an 83 going into last week, making me by far the worst bowler in the entire league. In fact, there wasn’t anyone else even under 100.
The good news, though, is that the league scores off of handicap which means my lack of skill could possibly work in our favor because I really don’t think I have anywhere to go but up. I learned last week that I bowl much better when I don’t bring the ball back so much. When I do that, I lose control on my follow through. I ended up getting over 100 twice last week so I think I may have gotten my stroke down. I bowl again tomorrow night against whom I believe are the best team in the league. All humility aside, I do think that our success hinges on me bringing my A-game because of the handicap thing. My fingers will be crossed…but only on my left hand.
