As I struggle bowling once a week in a PBAx league, I realized a few things. Firstly, I’m not a pro! 🙂 Secondly, it’s quite difficult to be consistent and successful bowling only once a week. Thirdly, if you will bowl only once a week, a PBAx league may be a bigger bite than you … Continue reading Don’t Underestimate the Flat Spot! →

Here’s an advanced follow-on from the earlier article, Are You Making Hand Adjustments the degree of loading or unloading of the wrist. This goes back to most of us really knowing how to release the ball one way. The frustration really settles in when even your equipment meant for dry lane conditions acts like it’s … Continue reading Loaded vs Unloaded Wrist →

OK, so most of us have heard of a 4, 5, or 6 step deliveries. There are other less conventional # of steps, but for this article, I wanted to focus on the basics to help people who are trying to understand the concept. I will say that this is not something you want to … Continue reading How Many Steps is Your Delivery? →

In today’s day and age, bowling equipment is generating lots of entry angle. Strikes look a little different than they used to. In the days of rubber and plastic, bowlers still tried to get into the pocket from right to left for a righty, but with little entry angle created by a straight ball, balls … Continue reading Is a Strike a Strike? →

Firstly, what is your target? Let’s assume you use the Arrows as your target. I guess you’re all set right? Wrong! You need a targeting system. Assuming you throw a hook, you need 2 points on the lane to advance your skill level. What are these 2 points and why do you need them? Well, … Continue reading What is your targeting system? →

How do Solid Reactives, Pearlized reactives, Urethane ball motions compare to each other? Remember the Hockey Stick shape, well, the Reactive balls tend to resemble that more while Urethane exemplifies the Banana shape. This is all about what we call “Skid, Hook, and Roll”, the phases a bowling ball goes through as it goes down … Continue reading Coverstock – Part 5 →

Let’s dive deeper still… This time, we will primarily talk about Reactive resin and Urethane and generalities in ball reaction. Remember when we talked about the USBC Ball Motion Study and that Surface Roughness is the most influencing factor on ball motion? Well, here we go… The different coverstock finishes available with reactive resin include … Continue reading Coverstock – Part 4 →

We covered some of the basic aspects of the coverstock and ball motion in Part 1 and Part 2. Let’s talk about Hook Shape based on the coverstock technology! I like to refer to these in simple terms: Straight, Banana, and Hockey Stick Straight Well, this is pretty Straight forward! 🙂 OK, that was bad, … Continue reading Coverstock – Part 3 →

OK, so we started out with the basics in Part 1 of the Coverstock story. Now let’s get into it a little more. Coverstock Technologies Recap We briefly explained from least hook to most: plastic, urethane, and reactive resin. That’s the simplest way to explain these coverstocks in relative terms. However, a person with in-depth … Continue reading Coverstock – Part 2 →

Do you understand what is the coverstock, what types there are, how they can be adjusted, and what reaction those adjustments create? Let’s start with the basics. I know many experienced bowlers know this part, but for those starting out and looking for some information, this should help you get the basics down. It is … Continue reading Coverstock – Part 1 →

I see this topic discussed frequently by the local bowlers and on bowling forums all the time. Lots of people think they have the answer, yet many of the answers are quite different. My Arsenal Right now, I keep a strong solid reactive, a medium solid reactive, a medium pearl reactive, and a urethane ball. … Continue reading What does your THS arsenal look like? →