You’ve grabbed your bowling ball, taken your starting position and aimed at your target. After making your approach and throwing your shot, you watch in joy as it hooks into the pocket for a strike. But what about when that doesn’t happen? There are some specific bowling terms that can help you make sense of […]
How Do Lane Characteristics Affect Bowling Ball Motion?
Bowling ball motion can be a deceptively complex concept due to the myriad of factors affecting it. Oil patterns are of course a topic deserving of much analysis on their own; where the oil is and how much is applied will greatly affect how your ball will or won’t hook. But the revolution in bowling […]
Best Bowling Balls for Tournaments
It’s one thing to bowl in your local league, but it’s entirely another to bowl competitively in a tournament. In addition to the level of competition, tournament play also means that a good deal of money is at stake (both potential prize money as well as your own entry fee) and you only have one […]
How to Add Surface to Your Bowling Ball: Sand for Success
Bowling balls are made from some pretty impressive materials these days, but eventually they will need some tweaking in order to react the way you want them to. We’ve already written about regular ball maintenance like cleaning, and today’s article will go over another way to improve their performance: adding surface. What is Ball Surface […]
How to Bowl on a Sport Pattern
Learning to understand oil patterns are a crucial part of improving as a bowler. As a complete beginner, though, this isn’t usually your focus, and understandably so. Most regular bowlers face what’s known as a house pattern, which generally makes it much easier to score. In this pattern, less oil is applied closer to the […]
What’s the Best Bowling Thumb Tape?
It was funny watching cartoon characters getting their thumbs stuck in bowling balls and getting dragged along the lane, but too much or too little friction between your fingers and the ball is an actual issue that bowling enthusiasts face. Humans have vastly different hands. Some have soft, smooth hands with slender thumbs and others […]
How to Increase Your Pin Carry in Bowling
If you’re a bowler, you always want to maximize the number of strikes you get with your first ball. So the concept of “pin carry” is of crucial importance to you, even if you may not always think of it in terms of that phrase. This article will walk you through everything you need to […]
How To Alleviate Shoulder Pain During Bowling
https://www.pexels.com/photo/blur-bowling-bowling-alley-bowling-balls-344034/ Bowling provides plenty of mental and physical benefits. However, this sport requires you to repeatedly swing your arms, something that could lead to shoulder pain. This article will explore more behind the causes of shoulder pain when bowling and how you can treat it. What Causes Shoulder Pain When Bowling? Shoulder pain is a […]
The Best Bowling Gift Ideas: Christmas, Birthdays and More
For some sports and hobbies, it’s easy to come up with a plethora of great gift ideas due to the sheer vastness of accessories and other equipment that are frequently used. With bowling, on the other hand, it’s a bit different. All of the equipment like a ball and shoes can easily be rented at […]
Bowling Tips for Left Handers: How to Succeed as a Southpaw
If you’re left handed, it may seem like the world was simply not designed with you in mind. It sometimes takes a considerable effort to find left-handed versions of all sorts of items in our everyday lives. In the world of bowling, it’s fortunate that left-handed bowlers do not require much in the way of […]
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