November 2020 Content Archive
Bowling Tips and Techniques Articles
Applying Bowling’s Golden Rules
How to put it all together
By Andy Penny
For this final article in the Bowling's Golden Rules series, we will discuss putting all the rules together, how to apply them, and what it takes to stay on track. First, let’s have a quick recap of the fundamentals of...
Breaking Down Barriers: Plotting a Course for 220
By Tyrel Rose
Let’s talk about averaging 220. For many people, this benchmark represents where the elite league bowlers live. If you are a 160 average bowler, 220 can feel like a whole different planet, but for those bowlers in the 205 average...
Making the Leap from Recreational to Competitive Bowling – Part 4
The slide and forward swing
By Phil Regan
Welcome to the fourth installment of the Making the Leap... series. So far in this series aimed at those transitioning from recreational to competitive bowling, we've talked about ball composition, choosing ball weight, and avoiding injuries. Part 2 looked at targeting,...
Spare Shooting: The Art of Filling the Box – Part 2
Strategies, philosophies, and best practices
By Joe Hoenig
In the first part of this series, we discussed ball choices, wrist supports, spare releases, and the mental game aspect of spare shooting. In this segment, we will summarize several different spare shooting systems, provide important considerations for each one,...
The BTM Book Report: ‘The Mental Edge’
By Bowling This Month
Kenneth Baum's The Mental Edge is a generalized mental training book that covers many of the fundamental psychological skills needed by athletes across many domains. In this book, the author discusses...
Which Ball to Throw and When
By Tyrel Rose
Probably some of the most common questions that coaches receive are about when to make a ball change and how to know which ball to use at any given time. Once you’ve expanded your bowling bag to more than two...
Bowling Ball Reviews
Brunswick Zenith
The Brunswick Zenith features a new core and once again builds on the famed Activator coverstock family. The asymmetrical Zenith weight block is built to rev up early with its...
Hammer Black Widow 2.0
The Gas Mask core makes its return to the Hammer lineup in the Black Widow 2.0. This ball shares the same color scheme as the original Black Widow, but features...
Hammer Web MB
The Hammer Web MB features an elongated version of the Spheroid core from the Web, Web Pearl, and Rhodman Pearl, combined with the brand new Semtex NE Pearl coverstock. The...
Roto Grip Idol Synergy
The Idol Synergy is the fourth entry into the Idol line and it is the first to feature a hybrid coverstock. Wrapping the symmetrical Ikon core with the hybrid eTrax...
Roto Grip RST X-1
The RST X-1 is the first entry into a new series in the HP4 line for Roto Grip. This ball features the brand new asymmetrical Roto Star Tour (RST) core,...
Track Strata
The Strata is Track's first high-performance release as part of the Brunswick family of brands. It features the brand new Strata asymmetrical core that is wrapped in the QR-11 Solid...