Balance

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Source: Kids Learn to Bowl

Balance is one of the most important elements in the game of bowling. If a bowler does not maintain balance they will struggle to hit a target and maintain consistency.

To develop balance without a ball:

  1. Move the sliding shoe forward.
  2. Bend the knee deeply.
  3. Lean at the waste.
  4. To check the balance line, pick up the back toe. You may notice a shift in the body to maintain balance. This is the body telling the bowler the proper balance line.
  5. Place the back toe on the floor with the it tucked underneath the body. This will allow the swing to stay close to the body for maximum leverage.
  6. The back toe should be towards the outside of the shoe to maintain proper hip position.

Maintaining Balance

To maintain lower body balance, keep the back toe on the floor.

To maintain upper body balance, keep the chin towards the sliding knee. For extreme cases, the bowler may need to feel as though the chin is over the sliding knee (in feeling only).

Developing Leverage

The bowler must maintain leverage in the shoulder at the time the ball is released. The shoulders will be tilted with the bowling shoulder lower, but the shoulder does not drop at the time of release.

To develop the feeling of leverage, use a buff-a-bag to re-enforce the feeling. Place a ball in the buff-a-ball and place one handle through the other to create a handle. Place the handle on the bowling fingers and develop a balance position. With the elbow relaxed, leverage in the shoulder and bowling fingers bent, gently swing the ball back and forth. This will teach the feeling of leverage in the shoulder and bowling fingers.

Important note: It is important to have a tilt in the bowling shoulder to allow the swing to be close to the body. The bowler should start with a tilt in the stance and maintain a feeling of leverage when the ball is released.

Proper balance will increase the bowler’s accuracy and consistency.

 

Bowling Birthday Parties – Kids, Teens, and Adults

Happy Birthday written on a wooden plank - Plan your next birthday party at Sparez.

Need a birthday party idea for your child?

Something that all guests (even parents) will enjoy? Take them bowling!

Need a birthday party idea for your teenager?

One that will cater to what teenagers actually like? Teen Bash Slam Birthday Parties at SpareZ have you covered.

What about a party idea for adults?

Need an idea for a birthday, company party, or just a long overdue get-together? SpareZ can cater to your specific needs.

No matter what the age of your birthday boy/girl or the age of your guests, SpareZ is your one stop shop for bowling birthday parties of all ages.

Here is a closer look of what we offer:

KIDS

Birthday Party Bash Deluxe

The SpareZ Birthday Bash Deluxe package allows parents and children alike to participate in the birthday party fun. SpareZ provides the bowling, Lightning Strikes®, and the trendiest music around, which will make your birthday party an unforgettable experience for you and all your guests.  And the best thing about this package? SpareZ will provide and mail your invitations for you, as well as decorate and clean up afterwards! All you have to do is show up for the party and enjoy!

TEENS

Teen Birthday Party Bash Slam

The SpareZ Teen Bash Slam is just as fun as our parties for younger kids, but packaged into a teen-friendly format and conducted at popular times for teen activities. A Teen Bash Slam has age-appropriate music, video, and Lightning Strikes®. It’s the ultimate birthday package for teens.

ADULTS

Bowling Parties for Adults

Do you remember the bowling parties you used to have with your friends as kids? They were so much fun and everyone always had a blast. At SpareZ, adults can now have that too with an Adult Bowling Party. Let SpareZ take all of the guess work out of event planning, just show up and enjoy bowling, food, and soft drinks at a great price. You’ll even get your own Event Host to insure everything runs smoothly. Whether planning for a family, company or group event, SpareZ has you covered!

Are you ready to book your party?  Contact SpareZ today!

SpareZ Bowling – Your One-Stop-Shop for Entertainment

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In today’s busy world of deadlines, extra-curricular activities, school functions, etc, it is even more important to include some quality time with your friends and family into that busy schedule. Whether it’s a fun family night out, date night, or even a get-together with friends.

Now wouldn’t it be nice if all of the activities you have planned for the night can be found all in one place? I mean, why make it even harder and add more running around to your schedule just so you can fit in everything you wanted to do on your night out?

If you’re looking for a one-stop-shop for your night out, look no further than SpareZ. Here is what you can find when you decide to have your night out with us:

Food – Of course any good night out includes food. At SpareZ, the HammerJack’s Cafe has everything you could want for your night out. From delicious appetizers to scrumptious desserts, there’s something for everyone to enjoy.  See our full menu here!

Bar – When you’re done with your delicious dinner grab a drink from our full service bar before you head out and enjoy the other things SpareZ has to offer. Some of our signature drinks include the Kingpin, Perfect Game, and Gutter Ball.  See our menu for more of our signature drinks!

Party Room – Whether you need a room for a child’s birthday part, adult birthday party, or just a long overdue get-together, our party room is available to you! Just call us in advance to make your reservation.

Bowling – Well of course we couldn’t leave bowling off our list. With our state of the art bowling experience, you’ll get to experience bowling games that you may have never heard of. Whether you decide to play a virtual game with just the people in your party or people in other lanes, the possibilities are endless and will keep you on your toes. It really is a bowling experience like no other.

We hope to see you on your next night out with family or friends. To reserve your lane or party room so you don’t miss out on the fun, please click here.

Unforgettable Moments with Bowling for Kids

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The Magic of Bowling

There is something wonderful and magical about kids when they are happy and energetic. Kids always seem to be waiting for the next thing to explore in their lives! As parents, we just cannot get enough of their happiness, right? There are those very special and unforgettable moments that we can create for our kids that they will always remember and speak about to their friends and siblings for years to come.

Such special and unforgettable moments can easily be created at SpareZ. Why? Because kids absolutely love bowling at SpareZ! SpareZ offers a variety of things that is hard to find at other bowling centers. For example, SpareZ has this state-of-the-art scoring system which allows you to integrate characters and funny monsters into the bowling game. The character or monster chosen by the kid becomes their bowling avatar and bowls along with other created characters on their lane.

The fun and excitement are incredibly intense and contagious, filling the house with laughter and cheer. There is also the scoring game called “Battle of the Castles” in which the kids compete against the castles on the different bowling lanes with the goal to destroy the other castles and come out as the winner. Kids love this game and it is a unique experience that not every bowling center can offer.

A Family Place

The family-friendly music play list and the light show called Lightning Strikes® creates a great atmosphere for kids. The staff’s dedication to a family-friendly environment certainly stands out and makes it the perfect venue for birthday parties. The Lightning Strikes® birthday party experience starts the moment your party guests enter the building. There is a welcome booth set up in the lobby with friendly staff to greet them, address their needs right away, accompany them to their bowling lanes and party areas where everything is already set up for the party.

Birthday Events

There is constant interaction between the assigned party hosts and the party guests. The birthday child receives special treatment and keep-sakes such as the authentic bowling pin signed by all the attending party guests, and the LED “It’s My Birthday” button make the birthday child the center of attention. All of it contributes to the creation of unforgettable moments that kids can experience with bowling as part of their special day.

Many kids fall in love with bowling when given the opportunity from an early age. Whether they’re introduced through a birthday party, a fun outing with parents or even a field trip with their school, kids love bowling. Bowling as an activity for kids provides a healthy physical exercise component that sharpens their motor coordination as well as assists with the development of their social skills while they bowl in a team and compete against other teams. For those kids who want to make bowling a part of their life as a sport or hobby, SpareZ has youth league bowling programs! Make sure to ask their friendly staff for more information about their leagues next time you visit.

Let’s bring our kids to SpareZ and have their amazing staff create those unforgettable moments. It will make the kids and us very happy! Follow us to here to stay up to date.

Expecting: Gender Reveal Bowling

Gender Reveal

Boy or Girl?!?

If you are a parent expecting a child or a family member and someone in your family is expecting a child, but they don’t know the child’s gender yet, there is a very nice surprise event available at SpareZ in Davie, FL. Bowling-themed gender reveals have become a hot trend and an increased number of bookings are taking place. Here is how Gender Reveal Bowling works:

A relative or friend of the expecting parents communicates with the parents’ doctor to learn the gender of the child. Then, they call the Sales Experts at SpareZ to book “Gender Reveal Bowling”. Basically, they purchase bowling, add the Gender Reveal package to it, and tell the Sales Expert the gender of the child.

On the day of the event, the parents will be assigned a certain bowling lane. When they begin their bowling game, they start out with the traditional white bowling pins. But when they bowl their second game, the pins are no longer white, but either blue or pink, depending on the gender of the child. In addition to the colored bowling pins, a mini-light show in either pink or blue immerses the parent’s bowling lane in special effects lighting. The moment the colors are revealed creates the moment for the expecting parents to learn about their child’s gender. This triggers a wave of emotions in the parents and the accompanying family members and friends. Their cheering fills the entire building! Just check out the video link [Planned Growth: insert video link] to get a first-hand sense about Gender Reveal Bowling.

If you know someone who is expecting a child, find out if they already know their child’s gender. If they don’t know it, you may want to think about a Gender Reveal Bowling surprise at SpareZ.

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Halloween Bowling Bash 2018 Video

Halloween Bash

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Come join us for our Halloween Bowling Bash! Bring your friends and your best outfits and meet us in Davie, Florida where we are located. Rent some lanes and get some drinks and lets have a spooktacular time!

Planning a Special Birthday Party

The Perfect Birthday Party Experience

If you are a parent, you’ve most likely organized a birthday party for your child before. You started your party planning early, maybe even developed a checklist of items you need to buy and things to organize, and did everything you could to make it a special day for your child. Still, something was missing at the end or didn’t go right. And even if everything went right and you thought of everything, you ended up cleaning up after your party guests left and ended up exhausted from spending all this time and money to create the perfect birthday party.

Wouldn’t it be nice if there was someone who could do it all for you? Someone who’s an expert in party planning and party execution and who will create a memorable birthday party experience – and here comes the best of it – while you lean back, relax, and just show up to enjoy it all.

For your next birthday, try a bowling alley for all your party needs. Nowadays, bowling alleys have birthday party programs for different age groups, offering a food component with games and bowling.

Everything a Birthday Needs

For example, at SpareZ® in Davie, FL, you can choose between different types of birthday packages. The sales team works with you to find out what your party needs are and checks in with you a few times before your party date to confirm the guest head count and any changes you want to make. They even send out the invitations to your party guests so that you don’t have to worry about it. They assign a super-friendly party host to your party who caters to all your needs. And besides great food, your guests get to bowl and have a blast. Your child will shine on this special day with an LED flashing “It’s My Birthday” button, and on top of that, your child receives a real bowling pin autographed by all attending guests. This bowling pin will look great on the shelf and be a lasting memory of this special day.

When the party is over, you simply walk out the door. No need to clean up the party mess – the staff members of the bowling alley take care of it for you. Wouldn’t you agree that it can’t get any better than that?

Keep in mind that bowling alleys offer birthday parties not only for kids, but for adults as well. And we all have a birthday coming up at one point throughout the year – right?  So contact us today for all your birthday party needs and we will see you at your next party.

Bowling – The Big Stress-Reliever

The hectic pace of life sure has us all in its fangs. Whether it’s a stressful day at work, at school, or at home, we often feel overwhelmed by things happening around us. Many stressful situations are simply a fact of our environment and are, most of the time, out of our control. But one thing we can control is how we respond to these situations. We can make a choice to acknowledging that we in fact cannot control the situation and help relieve that stress by having FUN as much as possible.

Take a deep breath and imagine how it would feel to say, “Tonight, I’m getting away from it all. I want to forget about all this stress and just have a fun night out.”

The choices for entertainment are plentiful in our communities. How does dinner and a fun activity afterwards sound? It sounds great, right? But if you choose to go to a restaurant for dinner, you would have to go to a second place for the activity afterwards. If you’re looking to get away during your busy week, you might want to find a place where you can take care of your dinner and fun activity all in one stop.

Family entertainment centers and bowling alleys are great places to visit when you’re looking for an impromptu night out. They provide all that fun and entertainment with options to let loose and enjoy food and beverages all under one roof.

But did you know that bowling is actually a great stress-reliever? Bowling is a versatile activity and comes in competitive forms such as weekly get-togethers with friends or co-workers through a bowling league; as a fun activity with lights and laser shows such as Lightning Strikes® every Friday and Saturday night at SpareZ® in Davie, FL; or simply relax and enjoy a few games of bowling with friends or family members.

The next time you want to relieve some of that stress, think of us. Come on in! Relax, have a great time, and forget about your stresses while you enjoy a bowling experience like you have never seen before.

SpareZ Jingle video

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Bowl Expo 2017

SpareZ was represented at the annual bowling industry convention Bowl Expo 2017, which was held in Nashville, TN. Check out the YouTube link below for the interview with Joe Schumacker, CEO of SpareZ.