August 2024 Content Archive
Bowling Tips and Techniques Articles
Coach, I’ve Got a Question! – August 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! How do I...
Of Urethane and Backup Balls
Trends from the 2024 World Youth Championships
If the youth are the future of the sport, then it stands to reason that whatever youth bowlers are doing is an indication of where bowling might be headed. It doesn't feel like that long ago, but it has been...
Pin Perspectives: Lessons Learned at the 2024 USBC Open Championships
Welcome, dear BTM readers! I hope that you have been enjoying your summer so far. Perhaps some of you competed in the USBC Open Championships tournament, which was held in Las Vegas this year. I bowled in my second Nationals, and...
The BTM Book Report: ‘The Culture Code’
The Culture Code was written by Daniel Coyle, author of The Talent Code. This book dives into what makes groups successful, from sports teams to the Navy SEALs and from corporations to a...
Bowling Ball Reviews
900 Global Harsh Reality Pearl
The new Harsh Reality Pearl shares the Disturbance Asymmetric AI core design with the original Harsh Reality, and they also share a similar color scheme. The differences come in the coverstock...
Brunswick Mesmerize
The Mesmerize is the newest hook monster from Brunswick for the upcoming 2024 fall bowling season. This ball is built to easily handle longer patterns and heavier volumes of oil....
Brunswick Vaporize
The Vaporize marks the return of the Zone Asymmetric core design for Brunswick. This older core shape is surrounded by a new coverstock, with the EVO Pearl cover being updated...
DV8 Wicked Collision
The Wicked Collision is the first DV8 ball to use the new HK22C coverstock, which features a new additive package that is designed to dig into the oil more and...
Motiv Pride Liberty
The Pride Liberty is the newest member of the Pride line for Motiv. In the current lineup of Motiv balls, this ball and the Pride Dynasty are the two remaining...
Radical Rattler Big Bite
Radical's Rattler Big Bite uses the same Rattler Symmetric core shape as all the previous Rattler releases. This low RG (2.480") and lower differential (0.035") design revs up quickly, but...
Radical The Hitter Pearl
The Hitter Pearl is the shiny pearlized follow-up to The Hitter from November of 2023, with both balls sharing the Hitter Asymmetric core design. The differences in the two bowling...