November 2014 Content Archive
Bowling Tips and Techniques Articles
Exorcising Your Mental Ghosts
Focusing on the bowler you are, not the bowler you were
Having coached many different level of bowlers over the years, one of the things that has always impressed me is that some bowlers don't update their belief system with respect to their current game. This often leads to physical and...
Performance Analysis to Improve Your Game – Part 2
Last time, I introduced three questions that should be a part of every competitive experience in order to get the most out of it: 1) What did I do well today? 2) What do I want to improve on from...
Sports Performance vs. General Fitness Training
Prior to diving into the strength and conditioning field, the only sports I played growing up were bowling and track and field. With track and field, the majority of our training involved running and total body work. We never hit...
The Effect of Plugging and Redrilling on Bowling Ball Mass Properties
An analytical study of several common plugging and redrilling scenarios
It's probably fair to say that nearly all of us have owned a plugged bowling ball at some point in our bowling careers. Maybe we got a ball from a friend and had it plugged and redrilled to fit our...
Bowling Ball Reviews
900 Global Boost Purple/Green Hybrid
The Boost Purple/Green Hybrid is the latest addition to 900 Global’s Select line of bowling balls. This is the fourth version of the Boost and it is the first to...
900 Global Dream On (2014)
The 900 Global Dream On takes the Identity Asymmetric weight block from the original Dream and pairs it with a sanded hybrid version of the 74 Response coverstock. This ball...
AMF Night Hawk SE
The AMF Night Hawk SE is the third reincarnation of the Night Hawk in the original black color. Besides the color, the core is very similar in shape to the...
AMF Xcite
The AMF Xcite is the newest entry-level reactive addition to the AMF family of bowling balls. This ball uses the F43 Pearl coverstock paired with a higher RG symmetrical core...
Brunswick Fortera Intrigue
The Brunswick Fortera Intrigue is the second offering from Brunswick in the Fortera lineup. This ball uses the same Fortera Flip core design that was used in the Exile, but...
Brunswick Melee Jab
The Brunswick Melee Jab is the third installment in the Melee line and it is the first to have a pearlized coverstock. The new Savvy Hook Pearl reactive cover comes...
Columbia 300 Melt Down
The Columbia 300 Melt Down will be the sanded big-hooking ball in Columbia 300’s upper mid performance line, replacing the older Smack Down. The Melt Down uses the same SD...
DV8 Outcast
The DV8 Outcast introduces the new Outcast symmetrical core into the entry level price point for DV8. This new core shape offers a similar RG to the core in the...
Ebonite Salute
The Ebonite Salute uses a proven winner of a core that was first used in the Apex Adrenaline and then again in the Big Time line. This symmetrical core is...
Hammer Burgundy Hammer
The Burgundy Hammer provides a modern version of the urethane era ball reaction shape. While that sounds confusing, it is actually pretty simple. Hammer has taken a modified version of...
Hammer Viral
The new Hammer Viral uses the very successful Vibe core surrounded by an older coverstock that was first used in the Black Widow line. This ball comes out of the...
Motiv Forza
The Motiv Forza uses a new solid coverstock that is paired with a new symmetrical core shape. The Forza's Torx core offers bowlers a medium low RG with a high...
Radical Score
The Radical Score introduces a strong asymmetrical core design into Radical's Reliable price point to accompany the Yeti in this line. The Score uses the original Scoop core from the...
Track Tour SiC
The Track Tour SiC is the second ball in the “Tour” line and it shares no similarities to the first release, the Tour X. The SiC is named after the...