The television finals from the World Series of Bowling held last November really set competitive bowling on its ear. Allegations of shot carving and purposely destroying other bowler’s choices have the PBA considering other options including, I would imagine, limiting... [Read More]
By far the most response I have ever gotten to anything I’ve written has been in reference to the article that Mark Hammel and I wrote last December on becoming a Transitional bowler. Most of the questions I get involve... [Read More]
Many, many years ago as an undergraduate art major at California State University Northridge, I created a short animated film. It featured the white silhouette of a man on a black, star-studded background. The man was trapped inside a box.... [Read More]
During professional bowling’s heyday, Saturday afternoons were filled with excitement for bowling fans. In the time from 1975 when he earned the first of his 22 PBA titles right up until his last tournament win in 1996, Marshall Holman, ranked... [Read More]
If you define how much a ball hooks as the size of the angle of the directional change as the ball turns toward the pocket, then the release of the bowler is everything. If, however, you define the amount of... [Read More]
There was a silence full of anticipation as Mika Koivuniemi prepared to throw his first shot in the tenth frame of the third game of the WSOB eight-man stepladder finals at South Point in Las Vegas. Mika needed only 9-spare-9... [Read More]
Above all, bowling is an individual sport. Bowlers are all unique with different styles and approaches to the game. Knowing this, it is our job as coaches and bowling writers to assess where a bowler wants to go and make... [Read More]
No difference in the beliefs between traditional and modern bowlers creates more heated discussions than the idea of using a separate polyester (plastic) ball to pick up same side corner spares (6 and 10 pins for righthanders and the 4... [Read More]
During his ten year career on the PBA National Tour, Mark Baker (“Bakes” as he was known to his friends) won four PBA titles. Since retiring from the Tour in 1991, he has become one of the most sought-after coaches... [Read More]
In May I wrote about several different programs you can undertake to help raise your average. In order of increasing complexity, they were increasing your spare shooting ability and learning to avoid spares with little chance of conversion like splits... [Read More]