1. Roll Where You Are
Start where you are and build your skills to qualify for competitive bowling tournaments. Bowling is a great sport for team players or for those who want to bowl singles in professional competitions. You must achieve a certain average to qualify for bowling tournaments, and the higher your bowling average over a period of time, the higher class tournament you qualify for. This holds true for team players, as well as single bowlers. Beginners can join bowling leagues at a local bowling alley, build up a respectable bowling average and participate in tournaments held at the alley. Work your way up to community tournaments and you may get recognized and be invited to bowl in higher-grade tournaments such as state or regional championship tournaments.
2. Greater Endurance Helps Your Game
Build your physical endurance as well as your bowling skills. The sport of bowling is more physically challenging than it looks, especially if you bowl in tournaments. Tournament-level bowling requires stamina and fitness in order to bowl game after game. At the highest levels of bowling competition, 32 games may be played over 4 days of qualifying before the actual tournament finals.
3. Invitational Tournaments Are Selective
The United States Bowling Congress (USBC) sets up rules and regulations for invitational bowling tournaments. You must be invited to participate in these bowling tournaments. You may fill out an application requiring detailed information, including your win-loss record in other tournaments. Names of tournaments you've bowled in, locations and dates along with names of tournament directors are also required. Overall placement standings must be reported, as you may have to finish in the top four placements at another affiliated tournament to apply for some invitational bowling tournaments. Final decisions are made by the tournament directors and co-directors for inviting singles, doubles or teams.
4. The Big Leagues
National bowling tournaments are televised and played over several days. Bowling tournaments are played on two lanes. Extra skill, extra endurance and nerves of steel are required at this level of competition. The National Bowling Stadium contains bowling lanes like no other bowling alley in the country. Women's national bowling competition is as tough as the men's competition.
5. Pull Your Weight
Some bowlers competing in bowling tournaments like to have two bowling balls on hand for tournament play. A bowler may like to have one bowling ball slightly heavier than the other. She may use the heaviest ball for the first ball of each frame, because it provides maximum power to knock down as many pins as possible in the opening frame. She may use her second, slightly lighter bowling ball to finish the frame. The slightly lighter ball helps with control.
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