I bowl three times a week. Two of them are in leagues and on I practice with couple of friends of mine in one of the leagues. Bowling is a good social sport because while you're waiting your turn to step onto the lane you have a chance to talk and have fun with those around you. There are leagues where there are serious bowlers but the one's I like are the fun leagues where you can have competition and still have fun.
In one league, we have a bowling poker game in which those playing pay three dollars, one dollar for each game, with the winner of each game getting one dollar for each person playing. For each strike or spare you get a card; for a turkey (three strikes in a row) you get two cards for the third strike and as long as you continue the string of strike you get two cards for each one; two cards if you pickup a split. We play with a stack of four decks of cards, no limit on how many cards you can have, and the person with the highest five-card poker hand wins. You'd think the person who has a lot of strikes and spares would have the most cards and win but often its the person with just six to eight cards that wins. I know how that feel sometimes having around 18 cards in my hand and only having a couple of pairs.
My two leagues cost $14 and $15 a night but they are money leagues so I'll get some money back at the end of the season. On the day I practice, it's a chance relax, try different approaches, and just shoot the breeze.
Bowling is cool. While I have next to zero hand eye cooridination my brother could have been a pro bowler. At one time he carried an average of over 200 in three different houses at the same time. Explaining that anyone could have a 200 average if they only bowled at one house. Turns out well paid printers earn more than average pro bowlers.
When I was underage bowling was very big in NE Ohio the houses were packed. I used to go and watch my brother, wait for somebody to sit down an empty beer bottle or can. Then pick it up walk into
the bar and order another. It worked everytime until his 1st wife told on me.