You’ve probably never seen anything like this before, I sure haven’t. Tennessee native James Cripps earned the nickname "Backwards Bowler" for a very simple reason – he’s able to bowl perfectly well without even facing the lanes.
Believe it or not, it all started as a friendly bet. Jim Cripps loves bowling, but he admits he was pretty terrible at it, so at one point a friend challenged him to try and score 150 points backwards. It sounds impossible, but Jim says he managed to land a strike on his first try, and ended up with a final score of 163. After that he just couldn’t stop bowling backwards.
“We never settled up on the bet, but I think I definitely came out the winner of the bet because it truly has been great,”Cripps said. As you can imagine, his skills improved dramatically over the next few years, and he now has an average of 204 points per game and holds a Guinness record of 278.
Whoa! That might improve my game, come to think of it. If you're a bowler, try it! Of course, the other folks at the bowling lanes might give you some quizzical looks but as long as you beat what they can do, who the heck cares.
See ya, eh!
Bob
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