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Category: Bowling Technology

Learning About Bowling Balls: Coverstock

Posted Jun 19, 2024 In: Bowling Ball Knowledge | Bowling Balls | Bowling Knowledge | Bowling Technology | Bowling Terms

For serious bowlers looking to up their game, understanding the coverstock used on a bowling ball is essential. The coverstock refers to the outer shell material and finish that surrounds the ball's core. This has a major impact on how the ball grips the lane, its hook potential, and overall motion characteristics...

Learning About Bowling Balls: Lane Conditions

Posted Jun 18, 2024 In: Bowling Ball Knowledge | Bowling Balls | Bowling Knowledge | Bowling Technology | Bowling Terms

For bowlers at any level, understanding lane conditions and oil patterns is crucial to consistency and scoring. The oil pattern laid down on the lanes has a massive effect on how much a bowling ball will hook and react. We discussed this a bit in our post on Hook Potential. So this means that understanding your house oil conditions, along with knowing your skill level, will help you choose the bowling ball that's right for you!..

Learning About Bowling Balls: Hook Potential

Posted Jun 18, 2024 In: Bowling Ball Knowledge | Bowling Balls | Bowling Knowledge | Bowling Technology | Bowling Terms

If you've ever watched professional bowling on TV, you've probably noticed how much the pros curve their ball and hook into the pocket. That curve is due to something called "hook potential" - and it's a crucial aspect of the sport that bowlers at every level need to understand...

Bowling Etiquette

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Health Benefits of Bowling

Bowling is not only just a fun and competitive game, but it also has numerous health benefits to offer to whomever wishes to play consistently on a daily basis. The average bowler will walk 6/10th's of a mile in a 3 match series. Although the game is restricted to a small area, your constant movement while playing helps burn excess fat. You're exercising your legs while walking back and forth between the lane and the scoring table, and working the rest of your body as you lift and swing the bowling ball down the lane. Now, according to mayoclinc.com, which was recognized as the best hospital in the nation for 2014, an adult weighing about 200 pounds can burn up to 275 calories during an hour of bowling. Bowling does help speed up your metabolism which will therefore slim you down a bit...