Hello, Bowling This Month readers. It is good to see you again! My goal over the next few articles is to share some of the most effective techniques I have developed in my 25 years of coaching and instruction. Although... [Read More]
As I mentioned last time, I started this article series to help bowlers who are just getting back into the sport after an extended break get up to speed on the modern game. With so many changes in our sport... [Read More]
Welcome back to Part 2 of, well, the Welcome Back to the Sport of Bowling series (click here for Part 1). I started this series because I have had so many bowlers in the last couple of years contact me... [Read More]
Just about every week, I give lessons to someone who left the sport of bowling years ago and is in the process of making a comeback. Some of these returning bowlers just want to get back into league bowling with... [Read More]
I borrow the term “bank shot” from billiards, where sometimes you have to shoot a ball into a side rail and bank it off to make a play. Often the best play in bowling is to bank the ball off... [Read More]
This is the third and final installment of this self-help series. I have attempted to come up with the seven most common things that the average bowler does wrong. These are the seven sins that I find myself correcting the... [Read More]
Gutter play, in its various forms, has become a necessity with the advent of designer “sport” oil patterns. Many bowlers lack the knowledge or the skills needed to know when to play the gutter or even how to play the... [Read More]
Your mom may have tried hard to keep you away from people like me, people that try to lure you to the gutters of America. Hey, what does she know. Come on and follow me to the dark side. I... [Read More]
In my last article, I kicked off this series outlining the seven most common bowling sins I see the average bowler commit as I travel the country giving bowling lessons. I chose these seven bowling sins because most of them... [Read More]
I am often asked what single thing separates the best bowlers in the world from wannabe bowlers who try to make it to that level but fail. Of course, there is no one single answer but if I am forced... [Read More]