How to Become a Professional Bowler

Have you ever watched ESPN on a Sunday afternoon and thought you could be a professional bowler as well? Well I have good news. You can be a professional bowler. Read on to learn more.

To start, this article is not going to teach you how to average 220+ on PBA Experience oil patterns, or get you on television making thousands of dollars. That requires lots of practice, and knowledge that I have not yet obtained, but am trying. This article can tell you how to become a professional bowler at the regional level and maybe even make a few bucks with hard work and determination.

There are two types of professional bowling tournaments. They are PBA Tour events and PBA Regional events. Regional events are competed on at a more local level. Tour events are for the best of the best at a National level. You can become a professional bowler one of two ways. The first way is to cash in two regional events. Cashing means you bowled in the top one-third of all competitors in the qualifying round of the tournament. At the regional level, the minimum to cash is 400 dollars. Not bad for a weekend of bowling in my opinion. The second way to join is to average a 200 in a league with at least 36 games bowled or a 190 average in a USBC Sport Bowling or PBA Experience League.

Now that you have accomplished the requirements, you can go to the link below to download the application. You can either join under standard membership, full membership, or even junior membership if you are a young, aspiring bowler.

There are many advantages professionals can take advantage of as a member. For one thing, you get 75 dollars off tournament entry fees at the regional level. Your membership pays for itself if you bowl in multiple tournaments a year. Also, as bowling ball companies release new equipment, you can in many cases purchase direct from the company for a greatly reduced rate. Having the latest and greatest equipment can really help you out on the challenging lane conditions you will be competing on.

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