Make Bowling an Enjoyable Team Experience With Ten Pin Trophies

There is much to be said for the game of bowling. Unlike cricket where one has to throw a tiny ball and try to hit only three stumps and come up against an annoying batsman who usually swats the ball away, bowling is thumpingly satisfying. The ball is huge in comparison and it gives a sense of deep satisfaction to see ten pins scatter in all directions should one score a strike. It can be even more gratifying if one receives a trophy for the effort of winning a contest or competition. Further, one does not need a whole team to go bowling. One can go alone or one can go with friends and have a good time indoors, away from the cold wind or hot sun. It can be a great idea to include bowling should you be celebrating a birthday or any such event.

Get together your family and pop the idea. You can just as well get your friends to agree to visit a bowling alley with you and throw in a lure such as free dinner or drinks. Who could possibly refuse that? Make it even more interesting by getting one of those ten pin trophies available online for a song and keep it hidden until it is time to bestow it on the winner, much to his delight.

Announce that you are holding a competition and get your friends to participate. Shared experiences do help in building stronger bonds. So book a bowling alley, preferably one with 8 or more bowling lanes and set up the competition. Set out in the evening and get the friendly competition under way. Interlace it with food and beverages and you will never notice how time flies. Someone or the other is bound to win. When you gather for dinner, announce the winner and bring out the trophy. You can be sure everyone will be surprised and the winner will be pleased as punch to be publicly honoured with a token of his superlative skills. You could even hold a competition between you and your girlfriend and magnanimously let her win. The trophy follows to win her heart.

A bowling trophy does not cost a lot, especially when it is sourced online. It looks great and the one who wins it can show it off with pride. Who knows, it may even motivate him to participate in regular championships.

Importance of Awards as a Means of Recognition and Motivation

The Academy Awards or the BAFTA are star-studded, highly publicized events where top stars receive top awards for top performances. However, there are people in every walk of life who do more than is expected and contribute in some way or the other. They too deserve recognition.

Recognition can take many forms. Some parsimonious employers may reward employees with a “thank you, job-well done” and that’s it. The employee may feel a temporary glow at being praised but that soon passes. A more concrete form of appreciation works wonders to boost morale and keep employees motivated. It can be a gift or a memento. The value may be low in monetary terms but as a form of showing recognition, it may be highly prized by the recipient.

There are other benefits for employers when they publicly acknowledge such high performers: others are motivated to do better and the performance of the organization improves. The company may go on to win accolades and contributing staff members receive an ego boost. Further, if a company is known to acknowledge contributions of its staff, it can attract the right talent and further improve its performance.

It is not just employees who deserve recognition for their work. Brilliant, high performing students who are suitably recognized and rewarded stay on track and go on to become star performers in their chosen profession. There is a deep-rooted wish within each individual to be praised and rewarded. Incentivizing students through such recognition methods encourages them keep on doing better in life. It does help in a nation’s growth.

Recognition of performance can start in the family and the young can be cultivated to do better when their performance is acknowledged in concrete form through a gift or some such token. Why only children? Parents deserve recognition from children for having made sacrifices. Couples can and do appreciate each other with a gesture. It is what keeps fire of human emotions glow bright.

Sports performance is another area where winners receive trophies and display them with pride. It marks an individual and a team as special when they have something to show for their efforts.

Long after the event fades from memory and one has retired, it is these awards of recognition that remain to warm the hearts of the winners and help them look back on life with a glow of satisfaction.