March 2024 Content Archive
Bowling Tips and Techniques Articles
Bowling in the Green
Tips to maximize your performance today
Coaches have two basic jobs: helping bowlers be their best and continuing to make their best even better. If this sounds a bit confusing, it's because it is. "Your best" is essentially a reflection of your skill level at a moment...
Coach, I’ve Got a Question! – March 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! (Editor's note: the...
Keeping Bowling Shoulders Healthy
Mobility and strength exercises to improve shoulder function
In my last article, I covered some key mobility and strengthening exercises to keep the knee joint healthy. After many of our readers reported this as being very helpful, I decided to continue that theme by detailing some ways to...
Pin Perspectives: Improving Your Focus
Greetings, BTM readers! If you are reading these words, you already know that our sport demands skill and that those skills require time and effort to develop. But let's consider the following scenario: One bowler possesses a great deal of...
Bowling Ball Reviews
Brunswick Endeavor
The Endeavor uses a newly developed symmetrical weight block for Brunswick. Its Tiered Hexagon core design results in a 2.540" RG and a 0.045" differential, which is a higher RG...
Brunswick Ultimate Defender
The Ultimate Defender is the third Defender offering from Brunswick, following in the footsteps of the original Defender and the Defender Hybrid. This ball uses the HK22-based ACT 3.0 Hybrid...
Columbia 300 Pure Madness
The Columbia 300 Pure Madness uses the same asymmetrical Craze core as the original Madness, but this new version features a sanded version of the HK22-based ERT Solid coverstock. It...
Hammer Effect
The Effect introduces another high-flaring asymmetrical option into Hammer’s High Performance price point. This ball uses the new Huntsman core design, which features a lower RG (2.470"), a lower differential...
Motiv Hyper Venom
The Hyper Venom brings a new coverstock to Motiv's Venom line. The Propulsion Pearl veneer has appeared previously in several formulations on numerous balls, including the Supra Rally, Ripcord Launch,...
Radical Radical Conspiracy
Radical's new Radical Conspiracy brings HK22 into the Conspiracy line. The last Conspiracy ball, the Conspiracy Scheme, was released two years ago with a solid coverstock that was finished with Factory...
Roto Grip Optimum Idol
Roto Grip's original Idol became a go-to option for many touring professional and amateur tournament bowlers, so the new Optimum Idol is certainly a hotly-anticipated release. This new iteration features...
Storm DNA Coil
The Storm DNA Coil features the asymmetrical Supercoil core design from the original DNA and wraps it in the new EXO Pearl coverstock. This new pearlized veneer is prepped from...
Track Archetype Hybrid
The Archetype Hybrid rolls into the Track line for the spring season. It shares the asymmetrical I-Core 3.0 Slim design with the Archetype, but this new version is wrapped in...