December 2021 Content Archive
Bowling Tips and Techniques Articles
A Bowler’s Self-Evaluation Checklist
The first step to achieving your goals
As the end of 2021 fast approaches and the hope of 2022 looms on the horizon, it is a great opportunity to evaluate your current strengths and weaknesses, review your habits, and develop goals for 2022. It is not uncommon...
Bowling 3.0: Two-Handed Technique – Part 1
The stance and swing
Over the past series of articles, we've looked at all of the fundamental physical elements of the modern one-handed bowling game. It would be a mistake to think that we’ve concluded a discussion on bowling's physical evolution without looking at the two-handed...
Bowling Ball FAQs
Narrowing your options, the R&D process, and more
In my capacity as International Sales Manager for Brunswick, I’m both exposed to all the new technologies and equipment as they are developed and I'm responsible for presenting this information to distributors and consumers alike at trade shows and other...
Pin Perspectives: With Strings Attached
Bowling is a business like any other. While we in the Bowling This Month family immerse ourselves in the skills and knowledge that are key to better bowling, at times it is equally important to open our eyes to the...
Resting More for Better Performance
Why being a workhorse isn't a good thing
Growing up, I can remember going to the bowling center every single day after school to practice and then bowling Saturday morning league, followed by our Saturday travel league, and then followed by youth tournaments on Sundays. The only time...
The BTM Book Report: ‘Flow’
In Flow, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi presents the fundamental concepts and prerequisites for achieving a flow state for peak performance. Whether it is an athletic pursuit, a purely mental one, or somewhere in between...
Understanding Your Bowling Environment – Part 3
The subtleties of bowling on long oil
So far in this series, we’ve introduced oil pattern variables and discussed some of the nuances of house shots, and then taken a deep dive into short oil. This time around, we’ll be looking at longer oil patterns. With strategies...
Bowling Ball Reviews
900 Global Altered Reality
The Altered Reality is the new high-performance pearl for 900 Global. For this release, the successful Disturbance Asymmetric core from the original Reality is wrapped in the S84 Response Pearl...
900 Global Wolverine
The Wolverine changes things up in 900 Global's Tour Preferred 700 line. This ball goes away from the asymmetrical Grapnel 2.0 core that was used in the Honey Badger Revival and...
Roto Grip Idol Helios
The Idol Helios uses the symmetrical Ikon core design that was used in previous Idol releases. This low RG, high differential shape allows the ball to pick up quickly and...
Roto Grip Rubicon UC3
The Rubicon UC3 is the third entry into the Rubicon line for Roto Grip. While the original Rubicon was a sanded solid reactive and the Rubicon UC2 was a polished...