Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Skills Challenge needs to go
If the people running the Denny's PBA Tour really want bowling to be taken seriously, they should consider making major changes to the Skills Challenge, or even getting rid of it altogether.
Basically, this is bowling's equivalent of trick-shot pool. You'll see PBA pros hurling balls over chairs, trying to knock down 30 pins at once, or make splits by throwing two balls down the lane at the same time.
Is pool considered a sport? Very debatable.
It's also very debatable on whether the Skills Challenge is testing real skills. It certainly isn't testing anything a person could use in a real game. You only have to knock down 10 pins at a time, not 30. Also, the average person would get thrown out of a center for putting a chair on a lane.
The Tour should give us another match, and go back to a five-man stepladder format. If not, how about using some air time to teach people real skills and help them improve their games?
Basically, this is bowling's equivalent of trick-shot pool. You'll see PBA pros hurling balls over chairs, trying to knock down 30 pins at once, or make splits by throwing two balls down the lane at the same time.
Is pool considered a sport? Very debatable.
It's also very debatable on whether the Skills Challenge is testing real skills. It certainly isn't testing anything a person could use in a real game. You only have to knock down 10 pins at a time, not 30. Also, the average person would get thrown out of a center for putting a chair on a lane.
The Tour should give us another match, and go back to a five-man stepladder format. If not, how about using some air time to teach people real skills and help them improve their games?
# posted by Steve Seepersaud : 11:05 PM
