When you’re analyzing or troubleshooting your bowling shot, there are a few different numbers you’ll hear getting thrown around. There’s the shot’s revolutions, which means how much the ball revolves on its journey towards the pins. But then there’s also the rotations that your ball makes as it heads down the lane. These may sound […]
Where Is Bowling Ball Speed Measured, the Release or the Pins?
Ball speed is an important metric in bowling. It affects your hook, it determines the degree to which your ball reacts to the lane, and the mechanics involved play an important role in your release and direction. So you want to be aware of the speed that you’re throwing. Helpfully, most bowling alleys include your […]
What Are the Effects of an Offset Thumb Hole in Ball Drilling?
What effect does moving the position of the thumb hole have when your ball is getting drilled? A number of bowlers recommend an offset thumb, where the thumb hole is drilled slightly to the side of center. There are diverse reasons why a bowler might be curious about trying it. For example, one bowler who recently […]
Columbia 3000 Freeze Hybrid Bowling Ball Review (+ Video)
The Columbia 3000 Freeze Hybrid is a nice bowling ball for beginners and intermediate bowlers alike who are hoping to improve their average and reach a higher level of play. What makes it a good choice? It has a Modified Messenger core, same as the earlier Freeze models and a very successful one. The coverstock is a […]
What Makes a Good or Bad Shot? Choking vs. Making a Mistake
In bowling, we always step up to the lane hoping to succeed. But our shots, of course, don’t always go according to plan. We might miss our target badly, watch as a bad entry angle leads to a split, or fail to pick up an important spare. We could even throw a gutterball now and […]
How to Throw a Faster Shot in Bowling
A bowler recently asked me how he could throw faster. He’d always been relatively slow with his shot, but he’d noticed that lately his average speed was about 1-2 mph slower than he remembered. There are several things you can do to increase ball speed. But first, it’s important to ask whether throwing faster is […]
5 Tips to Convert More Spares
In bowling, strikes are the shots that often get the most attention. And this makes some sense: they are the most impressive to watch, they give us the most pins added to our score, and they usually give us the most happiness after we get one. But if you’re looking to quickly make a big […]
Playing it Right: How to Score Higher and Strike More on House Oil Patterns
If you know about oil on bowling lanes, you understand that it is not applied evenly across the whole lane. Instead, it is applied strategically to either facilitate scoring or make it more difficult. The most basic is called a house pattern, and this is what you find at your local alley during open bowling as […]
Lining Up a Bowling Shot Correctly: Keys to Look For
When you’re bowling, you of course want to be accurate so your ball goes where you want it to and results in a strike. And if you leave pins on your first ball, then your spare shots must be precise as well. But how do you know that you’re lining up a bowling shot properly? […]
What Is the Optimal Ball Speed in Bowling?
When you step up to the approach, you naturally hope to send your ball smoothly down the lane and into the pocket. But how hard should you throw it in order to achieve this goal? A shot that travels fast and hooks strongly across the lane often looks the most impressive, so it can be […]
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