@DeekyDicawdo You mean like golf? Don't be that way, bowling is (or was, before reactives came out) a real sport. It requires a lot of concentration, and asking for people to be quiet while you do it isn't too much to ask for, esp. given the fact that they depend on this for their income and they're playing for a good chunk of money.
@brian1969a before reactive came out? You kidding? With the more advanced oil patterns it is just as much a sport if not more. The game has definitely changed, but not necessarily for better or worse.
@Levi66604 Keep telling yourself that the "new" oil patterns have kept the technology in check. It hasn't. Why else do you think the sport is dying a slow, painful death?
When people are bowling with other constant movement, the mind adapts to that and accepts it as being tolerable. When the mind becomes accustomed to silence and stillness, any movements and/or sounds that are made are amplified a lot more than in the other situation, so it's perfectly understandable that he would get upset if someone can't hold it together for the 9 seconds that he's on the approach. It's respect, and it's required of the audience.
I've seen Randy throw it dead flush and strike and still say something to someone in the audience who was distracting him. I will certainly agree that Randy, more than anyone else on the PBA, gets distracted a lot while on TV. However, he is still entitled to total silence and stillness when he is executing his shot, and that's what he expects. In no way is he out of line, nor is he a wimp. He owns 13 PBA titles, and that takes some seriously good bowling to accomplish.
@SavageShootsSweet I agree w/u wholeheartedly. I give Randy his kudos. A very great athlete. What people do not understand, he did not just pick the ball up and become a professional. Like everyone who bowls for the sport, you had to start as an amateur. That means noise & distractions, unless you bowl in an facility surrounded by the vacuum of space. I am all for courtesy to be shown for any bowler on the approach, but he's knows as a professional of this sport, nothing is perfect.
They are probably trying to do it intentionally and screw him up. All the greats have asked people to stop moving, even Pete Weber...It can screw you up. Think about it like if someone got up right beside you on the lane and threw their ball at the same time as you...if someone didn't show lane courtesy...It screws you up big time...
Asking a spectator to stop dancing a jig every time you're taking your first step isn't really too much to ask imo. Randy was in great shape at this point in his career and I think he had one of the all-time best classic styles out there.
in a real sport you play through the noise from the fans
DeekyDicawdo 1 year ago
@DeekyDicawdo You mean like golf? Don't be that way, bowling is (or was, before reactives came out) a real sport. It requires a lot of concentration, and asking for people to be quiet while you do it isn't too much to ask for, esp. given the fact that they depend on this for their income and they're playing for a good chunk of money.
brian1969a 1 year ago
@brian1969a before reactive came out? You kidding? With the more advanced oil patterns it is just as much a sport if not more. The game has definitely changed, but not necessarily for better or worse.
Levi66604 7 months ago
@Levi66604 Keep telling yourself that the "new" oil patterns have kept the technology in check. It hasn't. Why else do you think the sport is dying a slow, painful death?
brian1969a 7 months ago
Randy is one of my favorite bowlers, regardless of how much he gets distracted. Very funny guy if you ask me.
Wolfman12395 1 year ago
Again, good bowlers are able to block this stuff out.
Remember he got to this playoff with other people bowling to his left and right and balls going down the lane, more than likely.
Some people want to always blame their failures on somebody else. He's just one of them.
SavageShootsSweet 3 years ago
When people are bowling with other constant movement, the mind adapts to that and accepts it as being tolerable. When the mind becomes accustomed to silence and stillness, any movements and/or sounds that are made are amplified a lot more than in the other situation, so it's perfectly understandable that he would get upset if someone can't hold it together for the 9 seconds that he's on the approach. It's respect, and it's required of the audience.
BowlerScott 2 years ago 2
I say he's a wimp, and blames it on others.
If he'd gotten the strike, for example---what would his response been then.
SavageShootsSweet 2 years ago
I've seen Randy throw it dead flush and strike and still say something to someone in the audience who was distracting him. I will certainly agree that Randy, more than anyone else on the PBA, gets distracted a lot while on TV. However, he is still entitled to total silence and stillness when he is executing his shot, and that's what he expects. In no way is he out of line, nor is he a wimp. He owns 13 PBA titles, and that takes some seriously good bowling to accomplish.
BowlerScott 2 years ago 9
@SavageShootsSweet I agree w/u wholeheartedly. I give Randy his kudos. A very great athlete. What people do not understand, he did not just pick the ball up and become a professional. Like everyone who bowls for the sport, you had to start as an amateur. That means noise & distractions, unless you bowl in an facility surrounded by the vacuum of space. I am all for courtesy to be shown for any bowler on the approach, but he's knows as a professional of this sport, nothing is perfect.
emauriceharr 1 year ago
lol little did he know it'd be the last time somebody would move while he was bowling
carolinafly4 3 years ago
They are probably trying to do it intentionally and screw him up. All the greats have asked people to stop moving, even Pete Weber...It can screw you up. Think about it like if someone got up right beside you on the lane and threw their ball at the same time as you...if someone didn't show lane courtesy...It screws you up big time...
DASamX5453 4 years ago
he did focus he shot a strike when he first mentioned it
buerm009 4 years ago
Asking a spectator to stop dancing a jig every time you're taking your first step isn't really too much to ask imo. Randy was in great shape at this point in his career and I think he had one of the all-time best classic styles out there.
shad0h027 4 years ago 6
You gotta learn to block everything out, I've bowled for money before granted not thousands of dollars but 800 or 1000 here or there.
You focus on yourself and block everyone else out. If you are bothered by someone moving then you aren't focused.
aog113 4 years ago
He won a national title. I would like to think he was focused.
BowlerScott 2 years ago
Even here randy complains about someone moving in the audience.. Jesus learn to focus and block everything out.
aog113 4 years ago
If you were bowling for alot of money like these guys are doing you would complain to.
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mrtvman 4 years ago