In a previous blog post, I had interviewed two people from the Barberton High School Bowling Team. If you have not read that post, you can simply scroll down and find it under the title: From a Bowler’s Perspective. For today’s blog post, I thought it would be interesting to interview three people who only bowl for fun, or who don’t bowl at all to understand their perspective on the game.
Question #1: Do you view bowling as a sport or just recreational fun?
All three people said they view it as recreational fun and some did not even know it was a sport that was played professionally. All three had said they never viewed it as more than recreational fun because they were never exposed to it as a sport.
Question #2: Do you know anyone who has been on a bowling team/league or has bowled competitively?
Out of the three people I interviewed, only one person had known someone who was on a bowling team. The other two did not know anyone who had bowled competitively.
Question #3: How often do you go bowling?
These answers varied a little between the three of them. One said they go bowling at least once a year, one said they go bowling once every six months, and one said they go bowling once or twice every few months with friends and family.
Question #4: Do you watch any other sports?
I thought about asking this to see if there was a correlation between the popularity of other sports being higher than the popularity of professional bowling. However, only one out of the three had said they watch soccer and football while the other two said they did not watch any other sports at all.
Overall, I think that people will not view bowling as a sport unless they have a family member or someone very close to them urging them to try it out or to influence what they watch. I personally would have never gotten into bowling if it weren’t for my dad, who got into bowling because of his parents, and so on.
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