Bowling Help?

My daughter Clara is six years old but has dwarfism and is 1’5” tall and 18 pounds. She really wants to go bowling given that her friends have all been able to. The issue though is that even the smallest ball, to my knowledge, is 6 pounds,, and 6 pounds is far too heavy for her to pick up. How can we find a bowling ball that is both small enough for her to hold and light enough for her to pick up That way she can go bowling in the same lane along with us?

Additionally she doesn’t have the mobility to actually go bowling, she would need a trainer or whatever those aid devices are called to put the ball on and roll it down. I’m not sure how tall those are, but the traditional helpers that are at the bowling alleywould probably be way too tall for her. Are there any devices that would help someone like my daughter to go bowling in a normal lane once we find the bowling ball that is right for her?

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MrBrownstone · 46-50, M

Here’s an idea. Don’t have her bowl.

Getsomehere

@MrBrownstone she wants to go bowling. That doesn’t seem right is to say oh there’s a hurdle in the way let’s not do it

MrBrownstone · 46-50, M

@Getsomehere Additionally she doesn’t have the mobility to actually go bowling

Getsomehere

@MrBrownstone there are lots of people who probably don’t have the mobility to go bowling, that’s what those aid devices are for. I’m just trying to see if we can modify and adapt that way she can go bowling

MrBrownstone · 46-50, M

@Getsomehere Why are using hurdles?

Getsomehere

@MrBrownstone I’m not sure what you mean? I’m just saying that there are other people that don’t have the mobility to go bowling, and they use those helpers that they put in front of the Laine. So why can’t we adapt this for Clara? She is sick after all and she would love to go bowling at an actual bowling alley with us.

MrBrownstone · 46-50, M

@Getsomehere So you answered your own question.

Getsomehere

@MrBrownstone not quite, I’m trying to get ideas on how we can adapt bowling. In the post I was talking about even the lightest 6 pound bowling ball that they have would be way too heavy for her, and too big for her to even hold, on top of that the HelperI’m pretty sure it’ll be way too tall for her to reach. So that was the whole point of the post. I’m trying to get ideas on ways that we can adapt so she can go bowling in a regular bowling alley with us.

MrBrownstone · 46-50, M

@Getsomehere Here’s an idea. Don’t have her bowl

Getsomehere

@MrBrownstone why are you saying that though? She can go bowling if we can figure out how to get her the right bowling ball, and how to roll it down to hit the pins. Why are you saying don’t have her go bowling?

MrBrownstone · 46-50, M

@Getsomehere So you answered your own question.