Archive for the ‘Bowling Equipment’
Bowling Ball Weight…How Heavy is Right for You?
If you suffer from shoulder pain, back pain, arm pain, wrist pain or any other pain consistently after bowling maybe you should look at your bowling ball for the cure.Ten pin bowling balls are available by weight in, 1 pound increments, from about 6 pounds up to the maximum of 16 pounds. Beginning or younger bowlers usually start with a lighter weight ball, and as their skill increases, or as they grow they move to a heavier ball. Many bowlers get to a ball weight that they feel is their maximum weight and stay there for many years. (more…)
Improving Your Game…You Can Practice Bowling at Home…No Bowling Lane Needed!
Many of the various bowling information sources suggest that practice will help you improve your bowling game and help you raise your bowling average. They are right, concentrated practice will improve your game.
The kicker is that bowling requires a lot of equipment in order to practice effectively. First you need a bowling lane and pins, a few bowling balls, bowling shoes, etc. Not things available in the typical home. (more…)
Bowling Shoes Have Gone Hi-Tech…Are You Ready for a New Pair?
Bowling shoes have come a long way, at one time the only difference between the bowling shoes you rented at the bowling center and the bowling shoes you owned was that yours were not of mixed colors and they were made to be worn by right or left handed bowlers. (more…)
Why Would You Want to Buy a Used Bowling Ball?
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.
The Evolution of the Bowling Ball - From House Ball to Your Strike Making Rocket
By Jim Newell
Bowling balls have really come a long way, from the round stones that may have been thrown at pin like stones by the caveman, and most assuredly be the ancient Egyptians, to the “resin particle cover stocks” with unimaginable weight block shapes that are driving up averages today.
