Most serious bowlers wish to develop a hook shot but their motivations may be varied. First, the hook is the best way to achieve consistency and the pocket is the best spot to hit if you want to maximize pin carry and get more strikes. Others might simply wish to hook because it looks much […]
Bowling as a Career: How to Become a Professional Bowler
If you’re having a lot of success with league bowling, it’s natural to start to think about the tantalizing possibility of bowling professionally. As we will explain below, this is not always the best idea, as professionals face much more difficult conditions than many people realize. But still, professional bowling is definitely an option if […]
How to Master the Mental Game of Bowling
Most of our articles here on Beginner Bowling Tips focus on the physical side of the game, such as proper technique and delivery. The best thing you can do to improve is work hard on these fundamentals, but there is also a second aspect of bowling that is more difficult to nail down. I’m talking […]
Discount Bowling Balls: A Guide to Finding the Best Deals
When you’re looking for discount bowling balls, there are a few options, and shopping online is most often the most cost-effective option. There will usually be some bowling equipment available at a local department store, but it will often be of poorer quality and the prices won’t be very good. Another option is a local […]
Two Finger Bowling Explained, and Tips on Hooking the Ball
After you’ve bowled for a little while, it’s natural to want to learn how to bowl with a hook. You’ve might have seen people in the adjacent lanes putting a huge curve on the ball and smashing it into the pins for strike a strike. We certainly don’t think there’s anything wrong with this; who […]
Norm Duke’s Bowling Lessons on DVD: A Review
Norm Duke is easily one of the biggest names ever to compete in the sport of bowling. Aside from being a PBA Hall of Famer and winner of 34 PBA Tour titles, he’s bowled 58 perfect games in professional competition and pocketed over $2.8 million in prize money. So it’s natural that bowlers want to […]
Should You Use the 4 Step Approach in Bowling?
The approach is crucial to a bowling shot, and there are a few different variations on the footwork. They are referred to, rather intuitively, by the number of steps taken by the bowler as he or she prepares to throw the ball. There is the 4 step approach, the 5 step, and even a 3 […]
How to Practice Bowling Just Like Any Other Sport
With most other sports–football, baseball, soccer–people know that practice is a huge part of getting better. Repetitions of the most common movements help with execution, muscle memory and your overall confidence level. You wouldn’t ever think you could become successful without practicing one or more times a week for a long period of time. But […]
Best Day and Time for a Bowling League?
It’s been a few weeks since my spring bowling league ended, and I’m now settled in in Madison, WI for the summer. Naturally, I want to find a good bowling league as soon as possible. While there is certainly no shortage of possible locations, I’ve been thinking a lot about what is the best day […]
Don’t Ever Skip Bowling League, Even If You’re Busy!
This past week I wasn’t able to attend my local bowling league at my college’s rec center. It’s mid-semester exam week for my master’s program and I had several papers, projects and presentations that needed just about all of my attention. I look forward to bowling every week, but this time, I knew that I […]