What is the relationship between virtual bowling and real bowling?

Answer 1

Bowling games on the computer dont help you at all in real life, but if your playing on the Wii it can help you to improve.

Last statement is up to debate so I wont delete it.

When you bowl in real life, there are a lot more factors that are taken into consideration such as the surface friction of the bowling ball, the weight, the cover stock, the friction on the lane or oil pattern, your ball speed, your desired path vs the one you ACTUALLY hit, and most importantly pin carry. Virtual bowling will probably never reach a level of being realistic for the sheer fact that the angle that your ball hits the pocket, with a specific amount of kinetic energy, affects the way the pins fall, and ultimately determines which ones are still standing. Another key difference is that the physical approach is completely different from person to person and is a huge factor in how well you score.
Its actually very hard to understand all this unless you have a coach and/or you dedicate your life to it or you are a physicist that studies bowling.
Feel free to Google all those terms.