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Brunswick Vintage Gold Rhino Pro

Posted Apr 29, 2015 In: Bowling Balls | Brunswick

Featured Image Fortify reactive coverstock is Brunswick’s hottest creation based off our performance enhancing additive chemistry technology. Fortify reactive combines a new base coverstock with an enhanced additive package that will provide the easiest length with the quickest lateral traction of any coverstock to date...

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Brunswick Mastermind Scholar

Posted Apr 28, 2015 In: Bowling Balls | Brunswick

Featured Image Honor Roll A+ Pearl coverstock offers the most aggressive pearl coverstock to date for a Brunswick ball. This aggressive pearl coverstock produces easy length through the heads with supreme traction on the backend to achieve ultimate flip...

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SFA Storming 'Jack Classic

Posted Feb 17, 2015 In: Ball Maintenance | Bowling Balls | Bowling Event | Bowling News | Bowling Tips | Lemke's Look | Storm

Featured Image This past weekend held a tournament at Palace Lanes which can be found in Houston Texas. Stephen F Austin State University held its first NCAA Tournament at this location. 17 Teams signed up to bowl this event. The days of the tournament were Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Friday consisted of 6 - Five Game Baker(entire team bowls one game) Sets. Saturday consisted of 6 - 5 Person Team Game(each player bowls individual game). Sunday consisted of 3 - Best of 7 Baker Matches...

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Random Facts About The Game of Bowling

Posted Dec 10, 2014 In: Bowling Terms | Bowling Tips | Coach's Corner | Tips

Did you know nine-pin bowling was a form of bowling that is now banned in all states but Texas? Nine-pin and ten-pin bowling have been known to Texas since the 1830's. It was a lot more difficult to get a strike back then, especially with a wooden ball. It wasn't up until 1905 when the first rubber ball was introduced to the game. Now it is said that when you bowl an optimal strike, the ball itself only hits four pins. A right handed bowler's ball actually connects with the 1, 3, 5 and 9 pins (or in some instances the 8 pin), and a left handers will contact the 1, 2, 5 and 8 pin (or 9 pin), so theoretically, if I bowled a 300, I'd only hit 48 pins. Each pin is set 12 inches apart from each other.  Well for an optimal strike to be thrown in the first place, then you'd need to throw your ball to hit the pocket at 6°. The bowling pins that are set in the pocket, they each way roughly three and a half pounds, but as long as the pin tilts at least 9° then you're in great shape. All pins that tilt at least 9°  will fall. That is the point of no return for the bowling pin, it will always fall...

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