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Are Common Swing and Delivery Faults Keeping You from Bowling High Scores?

December 12, 2007 By: Jim Newell Category: Advanced, Beginner, Bowling Articles, Bowling Instruction, Intermediate No Comments →

By Jim Newell

The correctly executed bowling swing and delivery is a simple, smooth, in control, and accurate method of getting the bowling ball from you to your strike target. When done correctly, and on a trajectory that takes advantage of the current lane conditions, more strikes and hence higher scores will be the result.Most bowling swing and delivery faults are created by the bowler, some are unconscious and others are purposeful. (more…)

Adjusting Your Shot to the Lane Condition – Find Your Strike Line.

December 11, 2007 By: Jim Newell Category: Beginner, Bowling Articles, Bowling Instruction, Intermediate, Uncategorized No Comments →

By Jim Newell

Bowling lanes require an application of oil to protect and maintain the lane surface. This oil or conditioner is usually spread across the lane surface by machine according to a set pattern depending on what the bowling venue is for that session; it could be open bowling, a league or a tournament. The various oil patterns will affect how your ball reacts to the lane and thus how it gets to your target. (more…)

Making Your Spares…Is This really the Secret To a Higher Scoring Average?

November 30, 2007 By: Jim Newell Category: Advanced, Beginner, Bowling Articles, Bowling Instruction, Intermediate, Uncategorized No Comments →

By Jim Newell

Let me begin with a true story about a spare that I missed that may have cost me a lot of money. Some years ago, I was bowling in the qualifying rounds of an “over forty” tournament. This was at the time a fairly popular local tournament club that attracted a lot of older very accomplished bowlers, qualifying consisted of bowling a four game set across 8 lanes, with the high 16 bowlers moving on to a match play format, the eventual winner would collect about $1000.00, along with what ever he won from the “brackets” he had entered. (more…)

The Keys to Bowling at the Intermediate and Advanced Levels

November 29, 2007 By: Jim Newell Category: Beginner, Bowling Articles, Bowling Instruction, Intermediate, Uncategorized No Comments →

By Jim Newell

As a beginning bowler you may feel that the intermediate and advanced levels are out of reach, in reality you probably have all of the necessary skills, you just need to know how to use them. (more…)

Why Would You Want to Buy a Used Bowling Ball?

November 22, 2007 By: Jim Newell Category: Bowling Articles, Bowling Bags, Bowling Equipment 3 Comments →

By Jim Newell

There are really a few reasons that I would consider buying a used bowling ball, and you may want to think about the same.

There have been a few times when a completely new class of bowling balls has been introduced, for example when “urethane cover stocks” first hit the market, and again when “reactive Resin cover stocks” arrived.

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Bowling Style: What is It? How Do I Get It?

November 21, 2007 By: Jim Newell Category: Beginner, Bowling Articles, Bowling Instruction No Comments →

 By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Mike_Kolar]Mike Kolar

What is Bowling Style?

If you are reading this article, I am assuming that you are interested in improving your average.  Further I am assuming that you are not already a 190 or better bowler…

I am a 210 average bowler and have averaged over 200 for over 10 years.  I am a certified Level I coach and have coached a lot of people helping them to increase their averages as much as 50 pins!

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