The Sport Of Bowling Is A Test Of Skill

Which Never Allows You To Be In Total Control

Therefore It's Necessary To Possess An Indomitable Will

For This Competition Can Leave Footprints On Your Soul

A Solid Physical Game Is Your Primary Concern

So You Can Control Rotation, Direction, Drift, And Speed

Since This Could Take You Several Years To Learn

Patience And Discipline Are Traits That You Need

You Must Then Become Aware Of Basic Lane Conditions

For Playing The Proper Zone Is Deemed Paramount

And You'll Be Subjected To Environmental Transitions

With Hooking-Heads And Carry-Down Two Problems To Surmount

Now It's Imperative To Know The Adjustments To Use

For Delivering  Strikes Is The Essence Of The Game

Whether It's Parallel, Zonal, Or Abstract You Choose

It's The "Under And Over" You're Attempting To Tame

If Unable To Realign It Is Now About Equipment

Where Your Mind Is Tested By The Infinite Variations

"The Arsenal" Yields Surface And Weights You Can Implement

So Your Task Is To Decipher The Appropriate Combinations

When You Hit The Pocket And Do Not Carry

You Are Faced With The Conversion Of A Spare

Your Alternatives are "Off The Adjusted Strike" and "Stationary"

Although a "Solid 8" Doesn't Seem Quite Fair

At Each Sessions End You Should Analyze Your Play

Through A Review Of The Mistakes That You Made

If From Good Strategy You Occasionally Do Stray

This Ritual Will Enlighten And May Serve To Dissuade

Every Day You Should Measure Your Level Of Success

And Here Are Two Criteria That Many Players Use

One Consideration Is The Intensity Of The Quest

While The Other Asks The Question: "Win Or Lose"?

A "Hall Of Fame" Might Not Be Your Destination

Though Only A Few Could Even Dare To Suppose

But If You Were To Receive An Engraved Invitation

It Would Certainly Highlight The Career That You Chose