Bowling Advice

I used to bowl all through the 70's and 80's and there were tons of bowling alleys around DFW. My grandson recently got interested in it and even though I have seen all of the changes over the years and haven't bowled myself since those early years I was kind of blown away when doing research for places to bowl. I had a hard time even finding a place to bowl and thinking about the days when I would sometimes bowl 4 nights a week in leagues and then on Saturday nights in what I think they called the Carnival events where you bowled for money I wondered how it could have been so popular and now if many people at all are bowling in leagues.
Anyway my grandson was wanting to get his own ball and I even thought about getting myself one (my old Rhino, Hammer and Columbia Yellow Dots are long gone). I didn't have a clue where you would even go to find a ball and have them drilled to fit your fingers, although he is one of the young guys that doesn't even use a finger tip grip or put fingers in the ball at all.
Any help would be appreciated.

Not a bowler

there is an alley in paris, might call them for help.

haven't been in a bowling alley since probably 1969


Paris lanes
Service options: Serves food
Address: 2331 N Main St, Paris, TX 75460
Hours:
Closed ⋅ Opens 12 PM
Good Friday hours
Phone: (903) 784-7425

We are in the Forney area and the only place we have gone to is a little place in Terrell but didn't have a pro shop there.
I can tell you one thing for sure. When you reach 70 years old and haven't bowled in almost 30 years it is a whole different ball game. Bowled 4 games and felt it for 3 days.

Pinstack in Dallas and surrounding suburbs. Lots of places in DFW

Last ball I bought was at a pro shop in bowling rama in Rowlett after Jupiter Lanes closed down.

Not sure around your parts, but out local Walmart sales and drills bowling balls still.

Bowling is fun, and stupid expensive.

You got that right. When I was bolwing in the off season to mainly keep my pitching arm in shape I used to go on Sunday mornings to a Don Carter Lanes near my apartment and rent a lane and bowl game after game for an hour for about $20.00

Fishkiller is a pro bowler, get with him.

Yes and David Ozio who is a Fork guide was one of the best pro's for many years and might try to get a message to him.
Thanks Caymas Cx 21.

This was me as well, would bowl in several leagues a week and a traveling one as well. When a couple years back with some co-workers and ended up breaking both my old bowling balls nearly in half. Haven't been back since.

Another thing, those older bowling balls much like mine are useless on todays lane conditions

And most def have any drilling done by a pro shop person who knows and understand weight blocks

The only bowling I do these days are on my Wii gaming system, 200 Plus 300 games so far

Yes sir I bowled for years at Big town bowling lanes, carried like a 169 avg, best game ever 271, fun times I witnessed a man making the 7- 10 split when he did they stopped the league and announced it and the man received a plaque of some sort, big town back in the day it was BYOB

I haven’t been in a while but I love to bowl. As the OP said my parents bowled in leagues 2 or 3 nights a week so I bowled a lot and shot a lot of pool. Back then they charged you by the game and it was like $3 a game. You could bowl 3 games for $10. I think they’re all by the hour now and no clue how much but heard it’s expensive.

balls.

The old days of oiled wood lanes and cool bowling balls is gone. The new lanes are synthetic and use no oil. Dry consistent, but takes the fun out of lane choice. There is some brand new lanes in Red Oak at I 35E and Ovilla. They also have a full bar, great movie theater, pickle ball courts.
Just opened this past week.

This is my new way to bowl for now, but hey, fun is fun right?

The strip mall sporting goods stores like Oshmans or Sheels sells bowling balls.

I bet you could tear up a pinball machine.

Back in the day, you could go to a bowling alley smoke a carton of cigs and never have to buy one, and I don't smoke. Nasty [censored] places!

The one advantage of the old school day bowling houses smoking permitted was that you could use cigarette ashes on your shoes to keep
from sticking at the line if you had stepped in liquid.

Technology has definitely changed. It would be best for you to go to a bowling alley with a reputable pro shop. They can allow you to test grips, ball weights, and even recommend the ball which has the appropriate amount of spin for you.

I also suggest, getting your own shoes. The ones at the lanes suck!

We need an OT bowling tournament.

Ratz is on it!

Ratz’s lifetime high game is 63.

Fact.

Can any yute score a game manually?

And there always seemed to be a few semi-obese women consuming a large plate of fries slathered in ketchup

Went candlepin bowling up in Nova Scotia with Mrs. RayBob's sister and her fam on one of our visits up there. Hard doesn't explain it.

When they said "let's go bowl" I though to myself that this will be good and a good time to put the screws to the smarmy know-it-all BIL. We went in there and I saw the softball sized bowling balls and the little pins ... I was screwed. It ain't the same game. I too bowled leagues in my 20's and 30's so I knew I still had the form if I could find a ball that kinda fit me. All that thinking was for naught.


Best video I could find ti illustrate this type of bowling.

In Dallas....1940's style

Don't forget the righteous tunes bowling alleys play, when lining up for a turkey and this banger comes on, nothing better

Play it again sports will have all sorts of second hand quality bowling balls.

The only AMF that I am aware of still open is in Richardson
Campbell and Coit.

We should have an OT bowling tournament

I never bowled much, but had friends that did so I would hang out n bowling alleys, They usually had good snack bar and cold beer.

my wife and i bowled in Georgetown on Monday / Wednesdays at 9am; old fart cheap bowling; started out at $0.25 / game, then went to 1$; still cheap; we started bowling 1away, or something like that; gave you 1 pin for a strike; i had 3 - 300 games with a little help; so much fun and got 2 know a bunch of old fart bowlers; good place to give away excess garden vegetables also;

I might start bowling again when I fully retire. They have a bowling alley in Seven Points that's not to bad. It's right next door to the VFW. I'd have to change all of my equipment. I'm not sure I can manage cranking a 16 lb finger tip Quake like I used to. I'd probably drop back to 14 lb strike and spare ball. I used to carry several to the bowling alley when I bowled.

I was working for a few weeks west of Boston once and the group invited me to the bowling alley. The house was half ten pin lanes and half candlepin lanes. I tried the candlepin and it was totally nuts. On another trip I was in the Baltimore area and my hotel was next to a duckpin bowling alley. Those pins are just over 4" tall and have a fat body. It's the only duckpin bowling alley I have ever seen.

You probably make and repair your own bowling balls.

I always used the balls that had yellow stars on them.

Some of the best Patty Melts I have ever had came from bowling alley snack bars

When I was in College , my major required two semesters of PE, witch I thought was ridiculous. So I signed up for
beginning swimming and bowling. I want to say I broke 200 once or twice , never threatened 300.
Later on, bowling once or twice a year , 150 was a good game for me.

It seemed to me , in both bowling and golf , the harder I tried , the worse I did.


MO

I ended up finding a really great pro shop in a place near Six Flags. So glad I drove all the way out there because they had really knowledgeable people and 3 different one's spent time with my grandson to watch him bowl with demo balls to make sure to track his rotation and get him the best ball for him. After getting the proper inserts in he was able to bowl a couple of games free just to really get the feel of his new bowling ball and he is really excited for future bowling.
It is Wicks Pro Shop at the International Training and Resource Center 621 Six Flags Dr. Arlington .

man crazy
we went the 1st time in 20 years
what a blast

my son bowled a 222
6 strikes in a row

Bringing your mom?

Easier than using those new digital boards.

I might hit them up, thanks.

The USBC headquarters is in Arlington on Six Flags Drive. I think they have a pretty nice bowling alley and proshop as well. There's another AMF center on Cooper that had a pro shop years ago. Not sure about now. If you go to the USBC website you can search for nearby bowling centers.

thats another huge win
for A-Town

I was a pin monkey at Golden Triangle Bowl in Irving in the late 80's. One of the funnest jobs I ever had. I pulled more tail out of that place than you could shake a stick at.

Let's meet a cowtown lanes in river oaks.

thats where we went
it was great

Back in the late 80's early 90's I used to go to the Don Carter lanes in Dallas and on Sunday morning early you could bowl 1 hour for $5. I could get 10 games in 1 hour.
Talked to Michale Irvin one day as some of the Cowboys players were hosting a kids outing.