Bobble Ball League Survey

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Our first three Bobble Ball leagues in October and November were a success!!!! Read below the results of the surveys taken from the thirty teams (consisting from one to two players) who enjoyed and participated in these first three trial Bobble Ball leagues:

Did you enjoy the Bobble Ball league?
Yes - 38
No - 0

Would you join another league?
Yes - 32
No - 1
Maybe - 6

How many weeks do you think a league should last?
4 weeks - 7
6 weeks - 14
8 weeks - 11
10 weeks - 3
12 weeks - 4
16 weeks - 2

Which type of league appeals most to you?
1 person teams - 5
2 person teams - 34
3 person teams - 1

What cost per team do you think is fair and reasonable? (Include prize money)
$ 8.00 - 5
$10.00 - 22
$12.00 - 6
$14.00 - 2
Keep in mind this is California $$$$$

Do you think the league play is ready for prize money without serious controversy?
Yes - 34
No - 4

Do you think that it is fair for team members to help each other as to where to roll?
Yes - 34
No - 7

Do you think that it is fair for a team member to stand and point to his team mate where to roll?
Yes - 10
No - 10

Were the rotation directions clear?
Yes - 15
Sort of - 3

Is the current score sheet clear?
Yes - 34
Still needs improvement - 5

Do you enjoy the game itself of Bobble Ball Hand Billiard Bowling?
Yes - 34
No - 0
Kind of - 5

Do you think the rules are clear?
Yes - 32
No - 1
For the most part - 6

Would you play in a one day only tournament on a Saturday afternoon?
Yes - 26
No - 3
Maybe - 10

How much would you pay to enter a tournament with prize money?
$15.00 - 10
$20.00 - 14
$25.00 - 6
$30.00 - 3

Have you told any of your friends about Bobble Ball Hand Billiard Bowling games?
Yes - 33
No - 10

Additional comments:
"Love It"
"It's fun!"
"Bobbleball Rules"
"I had a great time, thanks!"
"Great Game for All!"
"Lots of fun - thanks for asking me"
"This is cool!"

19 people surveyed. Ages 11 to 65. Some people marked more than one answer,some people left questions blank and some people were absent on day of survey.

Our next leagues are in January. One will play on Monday nights and one will play on Tuesday nights at AMF Carter Bowl in Fullerton California. If you live in the area, stop in and watch the fun!!!

A note to interested Bowling Lanes and Pool Rooms: A League kit including Bobble Balls, forms, score sheets, rotation instructions and league rules should be available by January. Let us know if you are interested in more information on how to keep your tables active and profitable!

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Written by and survey taken by Devra Robledo

Bobble Ball Bathes Billiards

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Pool and billiards are really clean, fun, wholesome, challenging sports. Unfortunately, through the years they have been tarnished by association with gambling, smoke filled rooms, drinking, and sex appeal. And it is not the game that has caused this reputation, but the environment in which many pool tables are found. Ask someone to describe a billiard scene and, more often than not, he will describe a group of bulldogs with cigars in their mouths hovering around a pool table with beer in their hands and money on the table. The only piece missing from this artistic work is FiFi, the gorgeous, figured, French white Poodle!

Over the past years, proponents of billiard games have made successful strides in removing the soiled reputation of the game. Senior centers, youth centers, community centers, and many churches eagerly offer billiards as a form of recreation and yet even these wholesome environments must overcome the traditional "back room" reputation of the pool table.

Bobble Ball Hand Billiard Bowling Games introduces a fresh, clean image in which to clothe pool tables. This new game changes the focus away from the common conception of billiards because who can take seriously an egg shaped billiard ball? That's just not pool! And yet those who play Bobble Ball Hand Billiard Bowling games not only learn the basics of pool table strategies, they many times eagerly want to advance to traditional pool games which use a cue stick.

The pool table is just the medium used to allow movement of a ball. Let's consider other sports. Football requires a field to play and move the ball. Tennis requires a court to move the ball. Bowling requires an alley to move the ball. Golf requires acres of land to move the ball and waterpolo requires a pool of water to move the ball. All of these sports require a medium to move a ball skillfully in such a manner so that the goal of winning is achieved. A pool table is nothing more than a field, court, alley, acre of land, or water necessary to move the billiard balls in such a manner as to win!

Bobble Ball Hand Billiard Bowling uses the felt of a pool table as a field to create an easy, yet challenging game to be enjoyed by players of all ages. There is no artistic work drawn yet that depicts the environment of the game so that we all have the opportunity to create a fresh new image for the pool table. An image of families playing together, kids hanging out together, seniors socializing together, and people of all ages competing together. So let's go find a pool table and enjoy some good clean fun!

Happy Bobbling!

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Written by Devra Robledo

Hope for Your Pool Table

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To my pool table owner friends,

We use our pool tables as desks, laundry tables, Christmas wrapping counters, parking lots, and as step ladders to change a light bulb. We clean our pool table off for guests in hopes that they will play, but their excuses range from the standard "I don't play pool" to "I'm no good" to "I would embarrass myself" to " You're probably too good and I would lose" and to, my personal favorite from the women, "I'm not going to bend over the table with these 'hims' in the room!"

But take heart pool table owners, the answer to our social woes is finally here!!! A game that will entice even the most hesitant of guests to step up to the table. Introducing the new sport of Hand Billiard Bowling using Bobble Ball. This new game responds to every excuse attempted by hesitant guests and is simple enough for the beginner and challenging enough for the pro. All you have to be able to do is roll a ball by hand toward an object.

Let's think about it. Most all sports use a ball and something is usually used to move that ball. Football generally uses a hand, tennis uses a racket, basketball uses a hand, billiards uses a stick, bowling uses a hand, croquet uses a mallet, bocce ball uses a hand, golf uses a club and the list goes on and on. The fun of playing these sports is trying to control the ball that is being moved toward some goal whether it be two posts, a hoop, wicket, or pocket. We as humans are entertained by this challenge and we spend hours either trying to perfect our skills or hours watching others trying to perfect theirs. We are all sports nuts in some manner and the most popular games that we play uses a ball. The sport of Hand Billiard Bowling is no different other than it uses two shapes of balls: a round shape and an egg shape scrambled together to create a tasty new game. Now that's an attention getter!!!

Bobble Ball Hand Billiard Bowling is a fun way to break the ice with guests and creates a social setting of fun and challenge. So next time your guests start their back up maneuver when you try to lead them to your pool table say, "No! Wait! There's this new game using an egg shaped billiard ball and you don't even need to use a cue stick to play. It's like bowling, horseshoes, bocce ball and shuffleboard all rolled into one. All you have to do is roll a ball by hand." Then watch with delight as your guests roll back in for an evening of fun (and hope that you don't have to get up early the next morning because they won't want to leave!!!)

Happy Bobbling!

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Written by Devra Robledo