After bowling 1 lane courtesy in tournaments, I sort of agree. The problem is in league an extra lane courtesy if needed to shield your eyes from all manner of nonsense. 1 lane courtesy in scratch tournament where people just bowl and don't do theatrics is easier.

That’s a great line lol

@@nothumbbowler1802 When I started bowling adult leagues, I would get bothered by somebody 4 lanes over. I started going to Cosmic bowling on Saturday nights to practice. I would throw a shot and have a kid kick me in the back of the leg as he ran up and bowled right next to me. I had zero lane courtesy! After a few weeks of that, nothing bothered me!

We bowl 2 lane courtesy at an over 50 tournament and it goes great because every bowler is doing it and ready to bowl. Average league should definitely be one lane courtesy

I literally had someone complaining about my buddy and i today. My buddy did it one more time to irritate the guy. Then we just slowed down a sec. But then I guy started complaining about the pins. When he started complaining about lane conditions, I was like, "hey bud, you came in right after a league, and you've been bowling for 2 hours."

Our pleasure! 😎😆

This is only 10 of them 😆🤣

Two lane on 5 man teams... It's like 15 min between shots. Brutal.

we have a couple of extremely slow bowlers in our league its so infuriating

I need a shirt now

That just reminds me, it’s dinner time and I’m hungry 😆

@@brunsnick Great! Now I'm getting hungry and my wife doesn't get home for a couple hours. Guess I'll just have to cook something... nah I'll wait.

id give this comment a million likes if I could

@@ObjectiveEthics SNACK TIME!!!

@@brunsnick Yup. I just have remember to wash the Cheetos off my fingers. Then I need to paint some pieces of packing foam orange and put them into the Cheetos container in case my wife decides to do any investigation. I swear sometimes I feel like she thinks she works for the CIA or something 🤔

Was guilty of that in my early years of bowling.

I think unless its 5 bowler teams, you can get away with 2 balls each on the return, guess thats dependent on the ball return capacity though. Like you I only keep one on the return and spare ball goes under the ball return. I wouldnt shame anyone for having 2 on the return though. Anything more is excessive.

@@crimsontide1980 - I agree with you, I don't shame anyone for having 2, but sometimes we have had people with 3 or more. With 2 balls per person that's 16 balls, which I think either barely fits our returns, or might not even quite fit. I try to keep a policy of only having the 1 ball I am throwing on the return. I keep my spare ball below, and if I have to use it I will throw it and when it returns I place it back under the return. I just don't like all of the congestion. We sometimes will play another team that is really good at doing the same and it's nice because there is enough room then, where everything isn't all congested. Last night I went through 5 different balls (had really tricky lanes and just couldn't figure out the right ball) but I never had more than 1 ball on the return at a time. I try to make our play as enjoyable as possible and try to maintain courtesy and etiquette as much as I can. It just makes everything more fun.

I bowled a dual pattern tournament so I needed one ball for each pattern and a spare ball. Center didn't have any place for the extra balls so I would set my spare ball on one of the seats. Some bowling centers need a rack on wheels that can hold 8 or 10 balls for each pair.

@@ripvanrevs - I keep telling my bowling center to a bunch of those tubular rack things that slide under the ball return. We have 52 lanes so I suspect that is why they haven't done it. Probably a bit expensive. I have considered buying my own and bringing it with me for league nights though. I just may do that some day.

@@squidly2112 Good point, your math makes sense. I never put more than one at a time. League bowling isn't like PBA oil conditions where both lanes are oiled way differently and you need to throw a different ball on each lane. If I switch balls mid game I simply remove the previous ball since I won't be throwing it the rest of the night

Black hammers will curve

I mean I get it but 2 lane courtesy is obscene. Even USBC Open Championship is 1 lane.

@@brunsnick yeah. my main thing is the walking up with me. or someone who left a 10 pin and just grabs their spare ball and just runs to the line out of frustration.

@@brunsnickit’s far from “obscene”

Sure it is. You ain’t Pete. Just go. 🤣

@@brunsnick so you think only professionals deserve respect?

The split won’t bite. And there’s no magic curse. 🤣

@@brunsnick Split happens

i'll go if there's just one split next to me...but if i'm between two splits, heck no!

lane to my right left a 7-10, and I didn't even notice. Of course I threw a 7-10 also. I jokingly told my teammates, maybe i should have waited. They agreed and were not joking in the least lol

What do you consider old? If they are really old, they might just be taking a nap.😴😴😴

Thanks Luis! 😆

We have a few old guys in our league that are really slow. But we put up with it as I guess it's kind of understandable.

Yeah we have a loud mouth who is typically either yells "YEAH BABY!" or "BOOM!" when he strikes. The whole league can hear him and in fact there are a few guys who even at times have imitated/mocked him (not in front of him however).

We have a staff team that used to go nuts after a teammate strikes yelling out “bbbbooooommmm” like a megaphone. They stopped but it lasted maybe a good month lol

Still legal 🤣😎

I have pap weight holes in 2 of my bowling balls and the pro shop guy said those are illegal. I told him I don't bowl in leagues anymoe, just for fun

@@brunsnick Not if it tests illegally soft. 🤨

@@jah9253 Urethane balls don’t get softer. Saved you the effort.

Time is of the essence. Chop chop Bob!

You must be super peeved over the past 15 years or so.

I just call em statues.

Blame everything except yourself by any means necessary. 😁

But… it’s never my fault

Sorry! So sorry! Sorry!