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. Continue reading Adjusting Your Shot to the Lane Condition – Find Your Strike Line.
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. Continue reading Making Your Spares…Is This really the Secret To a Higher Scoring Average?
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. Continue reading The Keys to Bowling at the Intermediate and Advanced Levels
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.
Continue reading Why Would You Want to Buy a Used Bowling Ball?
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!
Continue reading Bowling Style: What is It? How Do I Get It?
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.
Continue reading The Evolution of the Bowling Ball – From House Ball to Your Strike Making Rocket
