Are Common Swing and Delivery Faults Keeping You from Bowling High Scores?
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. Read the rest of this entry →
Adjusting Your Shot to the Lane Condition – Find Your Strike Line.
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. Read the rest of this entry →
Making Your Spares…Is This really the Secret To a Higher Scoring Average?
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. Read the rest of this entry →
The Keys to Bowling at the Intermediate and Advanced Levels
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. Read the rest of this entry →
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.