Bowling Rules

GENERAL

WAIVER OF LIABILITY

  • All participants must agree to the waiver of liability. 
  • The waiver can be accepted on each participating player’s dashboard. 
  • A waiver must be signed for each league that is participated in.
  • All participants in the league assume the risk of injury.  The PSL, its volunteers, and employees shall not be liable for injury to person, loss or damage to personal property arising from or in any way resulting from participation in the league.

SPORTSMANSHIP

  • Unsportsmanlike conduct will not be tolerated.
  • Any behavior that is deemed violent, harassing, and/or inappropriate in any way, as witnessed by the umpire, referee, or PUMP/PSL staff, will result in the actions outlined in our Sportsmanship Policy.
  • A player who is ejected from a game must leave the premises immediately. Play will not resume until the ejected player has left.
  • Officials reserve the right to end a game at any point if the overall sportsmanship is out of line.
  • Captains are to be the team liaison to discuss any call or rule with an official during game play.

 

TEAMS

SUBMITTING A ROSTER

  • Each team must submit a roster with a minimum of 3 and maximum of 4 players.
    • Teams with 3 bowlers will be given a “dummy” bowler as their 4th.
    • Dummy average for PSL is 120 pins for each game.
  • No player may register for more than 1 team within the same league.
  • Rosters must be submitted and a waiver form must be signed before any person may bowl.
  • No player who is not on your roster and signed a waiver form may bowl in the league.
  • Only rostered players will be eligible for the playoff tournament.

PLAYERS

  • A team consists of 4 players (no gender requirements).
  • A team must have 3 players present to avoid forfeit.
    • If you know that you will not be able to make it to your game, you may “roll off”.
      • To “roll off” call Arsenal Lanes (412-683-5992) the week before you will not be there and set up a time to go bowl 3 games. Arsenal will record these scores and they will be used for your team that upcoming week in your absence.
  • Any absent players who do not roll off will be given their average minus 10 pins.
  • If your team does forfeit, bowlers that do show up should still bowl. Individual scores factor into the team’s season average.
  • Substitute bowlers are not permitted.
  • When a league has an odd number of teams, a dummy team will be added. A dummy team has an average of 480 (4 bowlers at a 120 average). All regular rules apply when bowling the dummy team.

 

GAME SCHEDULE

START TIME

  • The first night of bowling is used to determine averages for new players and teams. All scores will be corrected retroactively once the scores have been submitted and averages established.
  • Returning bowlers will carry over their averages from the last season they bowled.
  • Each team rolls 3 games per night in competition with one opposing team.
  • Handicaps are used in scoring (see below).
  • Players must be at their lane and ready to bowl no later than 5 minutes after their league start time. Any bowler who is 5 or more minutes late will be blinded for the first game and receive their average minus 10 pins, and may join their team for the final 2 games.

HANDICAPS

  • Handicaps are used in PSL bowling and are equal to 100% of the difference between the two competing teams’ averages.
  • The team with the lower average is awarded the handicap for each game bowled in competition.

PLAYOFF TOURNAMENT

  • A league wide playoff tournament will be held on a Sunday after the season is over. 
  • The playoff date can be found on the bowling homepage, your league details page, and will be included in league emails that are sent to teams leading up to the start of the season.
  • Playoff formats vary from season to season based on the number of teams, lane availability, etc.
  • Multiple teams from each league are invited to the league wide playoff tournament.
  • Playoff teams are determined by win/loss record or team average.   
  • A team must have at least 3 players present to avoid forfeit. 
  • Any player absent from playoffs will be awarded their average minus 10 pins.
  • Bowlers may not roll off for playoffs.

 

RULES

EQUIPMENT

  • Your league fee includes shoe rental.
  • Bowling balls are available for your use at the bowling alley.
  • You may bring you own shoes and/or bowling ball.

 

PLAYOFFS

TIEBREAKERS

  • All teams tied in the standings will use the following tiebreakers, in order, to determine seeding:
    • Most regular season wins.  Ties count as ½ a win.
    • Head to head.
    • Team average.
    • Coin toss.

 

3-way tiebreakers: When 3 or more teams are tied, all teams will be ranked on the same criteria as opposed to knocking a team out then returning to the top of the tiebreaker list. Tiebreakers will be applied until all teams that are tied can be ranked using the same criteria. If the teams did not play one another in an even amount of games then “head to head” will be skipped.

 

Announcements

LOGIN ISSUES

Many of our login issues stem from errors in the emails of invited players and can be easily resolved!

Reminder: please use your email address (the one associated with your PUMP account) as your username.

If the emails used for your PUMP account and PSL account do not match, your login will not work.

If you cannot login, fill out this form!

 

PSL UPCOMING REGISTRATIONS

 

PSL Spring 2025 registration dates are listed below!

Click on a sport listed to get to its homepage, where more league info will be available.

Questions about leagues or registration? Email Ky!
 

Spring Indoor Sports

Monday, February 10th: Bowling and Cornhole (12pm) 

Tuesday, February 11th: Pickleball (10am) & Volleyball (12pm)

Wednesday, February 12th: Basketball & Pre-Spring Mini Tennis Clinic (12pm)
 

Spring Outdoor Sports

Tuesday, February 25th: Flag Football (12pm)

Wednesday, February 26th: Kickball (12pm)

Thursday, February 27th: Softball (12pm)

 

Interested in playing in a PSL sport but can't commit to a full league, or just want to get out one night and play? We have a PSL Play Solo: Pick Up Nights series for you! Pick your sport(s) and night(s) to participate in. Currently we have offerings in January and February for Basketball, Dodgeball, Flag Football, Kickball, Pickleball and Volleyball. Questions about a Play Solo Night event? Email Meghan!

 

Sign up for a Play Solo Night by clicking here!

 

 

PSL Staff's hours of league correspondence: 

Monday-Thursday: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Friday: 9:00 am - 11:00 am

*Note these are the hours that PSL staff is usually available for email and/or phone calls. We will do our best to respond to you as soon as possible and appreciate your patience. 

 

If your team needs to forfeit please notify us here