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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
By Jim Newell
Bowling balls are made of hard smooth materials such as hard rubber, polyester, urethane and more recently reactive resin, are allowed to weigh up to 16 pounds, with no minimum weight, with a circumference of between 26.7 and 27 inches, and a diameter of 8.5 inches. An item this size would be rather [...]