Can An Amateur Make A Living Bowling?! 

Nice to see Keven back. His jubilance was missed. Welcome back, bud.

Short answer: no Long answer: no

Solid bowling video. Really liked the vibe, Boog seems goated and I feel like the world needs more of him. It was the knee bop @13:40

You are the man Kev! Love the music too, keep it up!

I'm just glad keven is back

I bowl at Aarons on league night. Great to have you in the area Keven. It's a common occurance for those stone 8 and 9 pins to pop up...frequently. I know your pain.

VERY WELL DONE GUYS!!!

Good bowling fellas! I also like your sample track at the end of the vid. Sounds good.🤙🏿🤙🏿🤙🏿💯

I use the half board move on the approach too. If I leave a soft 10 pin, a half board to the right on the approach. If I leave a solid 4 pin I'll move a half board to the left. A solid 7 pin I might not move. As the game progresses I may need to make anywhere from a half a board to several boards. It can make the difference between a 2 teen game or a 240 plus game. Nice video guys. You looked great out there.

Seriously needed this video. Got discouraged recently from becoming an amateur. Even after my first certified 300, someone had to purposely kill my mood and make me feel like it wasn't possible.

Boog and Kev keep kicking butt on the tour and win a few titles each this year

This was a good video. One of the best I've seen on this channel. Also Boog is the man in 2024!

You made me very hopeful for my bowling future.. My grind in 2023 is going to set up my 2024. ❤️🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

hope u all have happy holidays, looking forward to some pba stuff soon. LETS GOOOOO HOUSE!!!!💯💯💯💪💪💪

Cool idea for video !

Fun video, thanks

13:38 that leg action tho 🤣

I love the videos!!!!!!

Could you break that down from entry cost/prize money versus side action cost/profit?

Depends where u live (distance for tournaments and League)

Absolutely awesome video! You're right if you put in the work you can make a decent living. They all have ups and downs, but it certainly is possible. More so fun to watch!

Wait I bowl league there on Wednesdays! I was so confused at first but then I saw the Avila sign on the wall and new exactly where you were😂

You put the work in and trust that you can score, the money will come to you. There are plenty enough big amateur events that offer good money in prize funds. It's definitely possible.

If I had 2400 to put into a tournament, I wouldn’t need to bowl a tournament haha

@7:50 "Don't money count..." 👍 I never follow my brackets or pots while I'm bowling. It just adds unneccesary stress. Often I'll walk out after bowling & won't even check to see if I won anything, then later I'll get a text saying "Jeff, you left $X behind...there's an envelope for you at the front desk." 🤣

Whaaaaa! I do half-board and even quarter board moves all the time when I'm throwing urethane

I don’t know if you’re an amateur anymore, Keven!

Talk to Greg Black Jr in Atlanta and AJ Rice from Columbus and about 10 people in the Georgia area that bowl amateur tournaments for a living.

this is a really nice house.

Keven's release is like the Ken Griffey Jr. swing of bowling. So damn pretty.

5:09 - I make half-board moves all the time, quite successfully. I tried taking the whole-board move advice, before, with disastrous results. If you're missing just a tad heavy or light, adjust a half-board. It'll save your game.

I lost it when he started watching the FIFA final, "get off the approach Boog" 😂😂😂

man this my Favrot place. I bowl league there every Wednesday!!!

My problem is showing up at a “amateur” tournament and have four or more touring pros show up and snag the cash.

Yo this Aarons in Belton MO? That's where I bowl league!

5:57 Now that is a shot.

I'd love to go bowling with you guys

Li thought that was Aaron’s. One of my favorite places to bowl

Boog lofting the gutter cap and ripping the rack😁

I'm bowling a junior gold event on the 29th and it would make me much more confident if you liked or replied to this comment.

During my UBA events I usually do 60 brackets, Game pots, Eliminator, game 3 winner take all, high series which comes out to $350 outta pocket. Usually I’ll walk out on the norm with $1500 but best day I had was winning everything shooting 830 for 3 games and walked out with $3k. Always a crap shoot but always worth the gamble

That's awesome to watch. The stuff you guys are doing is my goal. I want my weekends to be bowling tournaments haha. I can't wait to get into brackets like that and meet people along the way 🤘🤘

Nice video. Small caveat : you need to be some of the best regional players to be able to consistently make a decent living though...

So what's the technical in's & out's of maintaining an amateur status Keven?

Song sounded cool what I heard of it

Id like to see you guys throw a shot at the same time. You both have very similar form just opposite handedness, it would be almost like it a mirror

Question from a 50 yo. Carried a 225 avg for years as a youth up until 20yo and have played some since, but equip was lost in a move so now use house equip and still regularly bowl 180’s - 210 without much effort. Thinking of jumping back in and practicing 3-4 days a week. Would it be worth it to do so, even to make a little cash along the way? Thanks!

Im a bowler here in Utah and I have bowled 4 tournament in the last month and a half and I'm up money in tournaments I bowled Abt here in Utah at jack and jills American fork and won fee for entry and mega pot was 85 won 875 after that I went to nationals in Las Vegas bowled two sets and put in for brackets fee for both sets and brackets was 220 didn't make it finals but was on the cut for both sets and won some brackets came home with 260 next was Abt bonwood in salt lake fee was 85 and left with 0 next was CUTBA in Moab fee 110 won that one came home with 1110 bucks so over all I'm up money with my journey so far

The House needs to come to Okinawa for a couple weeks....

What bowling balls were thrown in this video?

what did you each average?

Was it a house shot? And whats the light blue ball (looks pearlized) that you were both throwing towards the end of the video that hooks a ridiculous amount

you also gotta be really good as an amateur!

When you guys walk across lanes after a shot. Are you allowed to do that or not really?

I’m actually comfortable moving half boards

how many tournaments are you getting to a month as an amateur?

Yet when we take first in league and pocket like 400 a piece, I called that a W. At least it paid for all the nights in league, now if only I could find a way for them to pay for my beer. That's the real cost of bowling league. xD

Great day! Your 2 messengers u both threw around 11:45 in were sick! What's your partner's name, Kev? Thanks & Happy Holidays to u both

dam boog needs like 4 lane courtesy , walk it out baby!!!!🤣🤣🤣

Keven, how's your wrist? Are you bowling Team U.S.A. trials in Vegas in January?

Best tourney I bowled I made 4 times as much on brackets as the tourney as I lost 1st game of matchplay.

We bowled with a guy at IL state who said he cleared $65k the last year from tournaments. I mean, I guess if you're that guy who can always pure the ball and rarely misses you can make money, unlike us mere mortals

not many "pro's" can make a living bowling

Cool tech bowling bowlling the house bowling packy

I didn't know Rand Paul was an amateur bowler

Around here, bowling Saturday thru Thursday, if a guy/gal won top prize in everything, he/she could easily take home $1800 a week. But nobody is perfect.

More 💰 in catchy tunes me thinks

It's better to view the wage as "how much did you make this week" and then divide that by the typical 40 hours to get your pseudo hourly wage. Great vid

Is that blue ball a power torque?

You bowled much better than the average house bowler like me

From a Pro aspect, Belmo is prob the only guy who makes a living with what he makes on and off the lanes regarding all things bowling related. Meaning like does he have a job off the lanes? He can just travel the world and get paid for Demos over and over. Especially in Asia.

I believe you can make a decent living but only if you have the funds to max out on the sad action…. Not including some of the top amateur ones that have theirs funds being backed so it’s free money and less stress

Belton Missouri...? didn't know they had a bowling alley? what is the name of the house?

My dad didn't make a living but in his prime he was bringing home $1000 or less a weak but he bowled 3-4 days a week got into every pot and lost a lot to handicap he avg. 240 now in the hall of Fame at Royal Scott golf & bowl in Lansing,mi due to be entered into the mason lanes hall Fame now called city limits

All those 8’s and 9’s are telling me half board differences 😉

Boog is legit.

I guess there’s no certain way you have to roll it, but that just looks so unnatural compared to a strong one handed hook. It must be easier that way. Whatever works to get the win.

I don't know any amateur that makes 50k a year bowling.

Dude looks like he’s throwing a 7 pound ball with his release. He manhandles that shit. 😂

Kevin looks like the "Hey Yo Cheetah" guy.

What balls were used in the video?

I won $80 yesterday😂…making a living off bowling is a tough career

Why does Marc Hen look so angry…? Lol

Keven sounds like secret santa from Idaho

What's wrong with 2 1/2 boards? That's half way to the next dot yo!

If I know I'm in it I don't even want to look at the scores at all..

If you are just looking at all sources of income, it's almost impossible. If everything is done properly, you now have to tax that money made for the day. You have to take other factors in, like food, housing, and medical insurance. This is just the start if you do not have a family or kids. So many bowlers I have seen try to chase the dream, and at the end of the day, they have nothing to their name.

Closer and closer to that 90k!

How does keven consider himself an amateur, or does he

music-speaking mix was rough. Have to turn it down to everytime the loud ass music comes on lol

One can "make a living" doing practically anything, as long as eating and paying bills aren't very high on your list of priorities...🤣

This might be a stretch but I think tops 75 people in the world can make a living bowling.

Focus is your bowling. That's how you make money.

Sure it’s called living with your parents 😅

If your name is AJ Rice you do just fine.

Throw out a sport pattern to show them what being amateur truly means.

Wow it’s really bad when you can see how bad the rack is when your panned all the way to the back holyshit

Was this a handicap tournament?

wait so you had to spend $2400 just to bowl in the event? an explanation of how well one has to perform to atleast make your money back would be helpful. as well as the minimum and maximum potential earnings for the event. $2400 is a huge risk for most people

WRW moves 1/2 boards. Just sayin. 🤔