# Bowling

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bowling/52275>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 29, 2001, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bowling/52275 "2001-01-29T16:31:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2001, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bowling/52275/1 "2001-01-29T16:31:34Z")

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Me and my son went bowling last week.  
We went about a year and a half ago for the first time.  
This time, we didn’t have those bumpers.  
Yet my son got one strike and 57 points.  
I got 119.  
What is consdiered a good score?  
I am proud of him. Those balls are heavy, and he is only 53 lbs!

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2001, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bowling/52275/2 "2001-01-29T21:35:48Z")

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Hey, those aren’t bad scores for first-timers! The national average for once a week league bowlers is about 140 for women and 150 for men. I don’t know about kids, but I would guess around 100. If you’re interested, get some lessons. It makes it a lot more fun. League bowling is fun, too! There are leagues that are mixed for adult/kid teams. Check into one of these for the summer. Our whole family bowls, and we enjoy it a lot.

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**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2001, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bowling/52275/3 "2001-01-30T00:40:33Z")

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My boyfriend got a 300 game a few times, and he thinks he has done horrible when he _only_ scores a 180. My usual score is around 100. But I suck.

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**Author:** ![Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazing_Tiki_God)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2001, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bowling/52275/4 "2001-01-30T00:42:03Z")

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Hey not bad for either one of you to bowl the scores you did. When I first started out I barely bowled 80 a game now I average about 160 or so whenever I make it out to bowl and that is rare. Damn college classes taking up way too much of my time. I could be doing more important things like sleeping and bowling.