June 2018 Content Archive
Bowling Tips and Techniques Articles
Key Takeaways from the 2018 World Bowling Coach Conference
Every two years, the USBC hosts the World Bowling Coach Conference, inviting coaches from all over the the world to speak, learn, and network together. In a room full of youth league, high school, and college coaches—along with coaches from...
LASER, Revisited – Part 3
S is for speed
The LASER acronym has been part of the bowling coaching lexicon for years. It’s a tool—a way to compartmentalize and focus on the five areas of concern—that we can use when we need to make adjustments. Whether you’re aware of...
Mind Your Bowling – Part 1
The benefits of mindfulness for bowlers
Mindfulness is a bit of a buzzword in sport these days, with more teams and athletes using it and advocating the positive effect it has had on them and their results. One of the most successful coaches in the US...
Succeeding on the PWBA Tour
Featuring Liz Kuhlkin, Danielle McEwan, Shannon O'Keefe, and Maria Jose Rodriguez
The PWBA burst back onto the scene in 2015 thanks to a three-year funding commitment from the USBC and BPAA, giving a generation of female bowlers a new platform to show off their abilities. The 2018 PWBA season consists of...
Bowling Ball Reviews
900 Global Continuum
The Continuum is the first of a series of new nameplates for 900 Global this summer. This ball will be in their Tour Engineered 900 Series line, joining the Inception...
Hammer Onyx Vibe
The Onyx Vibe is the latest ball from the Vibe series to be reintroduced into the Hammer lineup. The Onyx shares the same symmetrical Vibe core with the Blue Vibe...
Hammer Scandal/S
The original Scandal was the first ball to use Hammer's CFI coverstock. The Scandal/S uses the same aggressive cover technology from that ball—this time in a reactive hybrid form—along with...
Motiv Hydra
The Hydra is the newest weapon in the Motiv lineup to combat conditions that make balls hook too early. It features a high RG core design, the pearlized Hexion LFP...
Radical Katana Dragon
The latest release into Radical's high performance Top Shelf line is the Katana Dragon. This ball reuses the Katana Asymmetric core from the original Katana and the Katana Slash, but...
Storm Intense Fire
The Storm Intense Fire is the second ball to use the RAD-E asymmetrical core design that was first used in the original Intense. This low RG, high differential core is...