If the teams stay only on the lane and don't alternate lanes, use the Split Team/Split Shift option, otherwise use the Pair Bowling, Split Shift option.
Split Team / Split Shift Option
This option is for centers where the local or state requirements accommodate leagues but require fewer people within a distance. Under this example, teams 1 through 10 would bowl on their traditional lanes and bowl in traditional alternating lane fashion. The difference is that the league would have each team’s first two players bowl the first shift and the remaining players play the second shift.
The advantage of this option is that teams can bowl in tradition alternating lanes and allow a semblance of competition as both partial teams are on the pair under the same conditions and the mental state of the game from a sports perspective is kept.
Configuration Instructions
- Open BLS-2021
- Open the league
- From the main menu, click Setup > League > Lane Assignments.
- On the right side of the Lane Assignments grid is a tab labeled Social Distancing. Select Extended Pair.
- With the option to Add Lanes, the league will be spread across all lanes available as needed. When set to Add Shifts, the league will be split into shifts
- While the lane assignment screen will keep the normal lane numbers used, the automatic scoring export as well as recaps will display the pairings appropriately.
Pair Bowling, Split Shift Social Distancing Option
This option is for centers where the local or state requirements accommodate leagues, but require fewer bowlers in the center and/or lanes. Under this example, teams 1-10 would bowl on 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, but would be split into 2 shifts (Early/Late) where odd teams would bowl first, in traditional pair mode, then even teams would bowl during the second shift in tradition pair mode.
The advantage of this option is that USBC now has an emergency rule that will allow sanctioned leagues to use this method and BLS-2021 can support this currently and that size of center does not factor in this rule. It also allows all teams to bowl in traditional pair mode.
The disadvantage is that the second shift would have more challenging lane conditions unless the center redressed the lanes.
Configuration Instructions
- Open BLS-2021
- Open the league
- From the main menu, click Setup > League > Lane Assignments.
- On the right side of the Lane Assignments grid is a tab labeled Social Distancing. Select Pair Bowling, Split Shift.
- With the option to Add Lanes, the league will be spread across all lanes available as needed. When set to Add Shifts, the league will be split into shifts.
- While the lane assignment screen will keep the normal lane numbers used, the automatic scoring export as well as recaps will display the pairings appropriately.