April 2024 Content Archive
Bowling Tips and Techniques Articles
Coach, I’ve Got a Question! – April 2024
In this recurring feature, I answer questions from Bowling This Month readers. If you have questions, please leave them in the comment section below so I can address them in a future installment of Coach, I’ve Got a Question! I keep hearing...
Controlling Ball Speed
A practical approach to adjusting ball speed
I first faced the need to change ball speeds back in 2006, when dual lane conditions were first used at the Junior World Championships. We were bowling on 33-foot and 48-foot patterns that year when I realized the need to...
Kicking Out the Corners – Part 1
The ringing 10 pin
Let's face it: corner pins are the bane of most bowlers' existence. In fact, this is so true and so prevalent that in nearly every bowling center, at least once a night, a bowler can be heard saying, "Welcome to...
Small Changes, Big Results
Practice and mindset strategies to get to the next level
If you want to become good at this sport, you must understand that improving is a long and ongoing process that requires a lot of work and commitment. With this in mind, I wanted to introduce some of the key...
The BTM Player Profile: Daria Pajak
With the 2024 PWBA season just around the corner, we were happy to have the opportunity to sit down with the 2017 PWBA Greater Detroit Open champion and 2017 PWBA Rookie of the Year, Daria Pajak. Daria is coming off...
Bowling Ball Reviews
Brunswick Beyond Infinity
The Brunswick Beyond Infinity uses the same asymmetrical Infinity core design from the original Infinity but wraps it in the HK22-based AXH Pearl coverstock. Coming out of the box at...
Columbia 300 Kaboom
The Kaboom introduces a new core shape into the Columbia 300 line. The new Detonate symmetrical design provides the highest RG in the current C300 lineup at 2.529". With a...
DV8 Hater
The Hater introduces a new coverstock and a new asymmetrical core design to the DV8 lineup. The new Hater weight block is a higher RG (2.539"), high total differential (0.054"),...
Ebonite Game Breaker 5
The Game Breaker 5 is the latest release in Ebonite's famed Game Breaker line. This ball uses the same symmetrical Enhanced V2 core as all of the previous symmetrical Game...
Hammer Black Pearl Urethane
The Black Pearl Urethane is Hammer’s latest response to the new 78D hardness rule for the PBA Tour. This ball is harder than the Purple Pearl Urethane, creating more length...
Radical Outer Limits Pearl
The Outer Limits Pearl is the follow-up to the very successful Outer Limits from Radical. This ball uses the same Outer Limits Asymmetric core as the original but changes the...
Track Cypher
The Track Cypher introduces a new core design, inspired by the Track Synergy from the early 1990s. The new Synergy core features updated materials to create a 2.540" RG and...