I don’t know if I actually AM the world’s worst bowler — but if I don’t hold some kind of record I’d be surprised.
Keep your eye on the pins. . . Photo by Lokibaho
They say there’s a sport for everyone. Clearly mine isn’t bowling. I’m not sure when I was doing it if I even liked it that much. Or maybe that’s just a sore loser talking 
Here’s the thing. There are sports where I excel (or I did when I was younger.) I made varsity on the girls’ basketball team (which in my state was a big deal.) Same with track. I played softball reasonably well and usually fielded most games. I was a killer spiker at volleyball.
But bowling? Ummmm. . . let’s say this. The last time I played I was 17 years old. I gave up trying after (ready for this???) . . . seventeen straight gutter games. SEVENTEEN!!! Do you know what a gutter game is? That’s when not a single pin gets knocked down. People say it’s hard to do. (Easy for THEM to say!)
I tried. I tried everything. I even had an old guy come up and try to give me pointers, but he wisely left after I released my bowling ball backwards into his lap by mistake, instead of pitching it forward as he was trying to show me how to do.
I’m hopeless I tell you! Good thing there were other sports to play.
Hey, can anyone beat that score of 17 straight gutter games? I’d kind of like to know. It won’t make me feel so bad if I’m not the worst.
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Hi Nancy, Thanks for your bowling blog! You’ll love this bowling story I wrote on THE LEARNING CLINIC WORLDWIDE blog, http://www.docmeek.com, posted April 14, 2010. I called it, “Guarantee Learning Success for Everybody.” – Blessings, Doc Meek, June 30, 2010, at Sherwood Park, Alberta, CANADA.
P.S. Here’s how the story starts (it will tickle you I promise; maybe even make you cry good tears, eh?):
>>>When the boy was 3 years old — picture the cute blond curly-haired little guy — the Dad decided to take him over to the local bowling alley to teach him how to bowl. The Mom was really upset: “Jim, he’s only 3 years old! What are you thinking!?”