November 2012 Content Archive
Bowling Tips and Techniques Articles
A Mind as Tough as Steel
The holy grail of mental toughness
One of the most frequently voiced concerns for athletes in any sport is how to regulate racing minds and bodies. Whether it is leading off for your team, closing out the tenth frame for a victory, or rolling the twelfth...
Ball Weight, Ball Speed, Pin Carry, and Wrist Braces
We have two interesting topics to discuss that many of us have dealt with at some point in our bowling lives. Through years of working with our CATS system here in Reno, I’ve seen how low ball speed can adversely...
Lane Launch Pad – Part 3
Shrinking oil and the ramp revisited
This article will conclude the series about lane conditions, oil pattern, and topography. I’ll include information about the “shrinking oil pattern”, more about the volume of oil on a pattern, and conclude with some final thoughts on some of the...
The LASER Adjustment – Part 1
Laydown and angle: to help you move your bloomin’ arse
Several years ago I wrote an article in this magazine about adjustments. Essentially it said that everything you know, every adjustment, every nuance, every trick of bowling knowledge you have can be placed in one of four categories: Angle, Rotation,...
To Be At Your Best, Do Less
How tapering off your tournament training can lead to better performance
In January 2008, I introduced readers to the concept of periodization, a process for developing training plan specificity. Periodization is the process of dividing an annual training plan into smaller phases, each defined with precise training volumes, intensity levels, and...
Bowling Ball Reviews
Columbia 300 Mass Eruption
The Mass Eruption takes the proven Resurgence core with a slight modification to the differential and surrounds it with a new hybrid version of the New Era coverstock. The 4000...
DV8 Marauder Madness
The Marauder Madness uses the same core as the Marauder, with a different, stronger, solid coverstock. The Class 5G coverstock creates much more traction on the lane than the previous...
DV8 Nightmare
The Nightmare is the most hooking DV8 ball to date. The new Class 8 reactive coverstock surrounds a new core design. The combination of these two elements gave us our...
Ebonite Challenge
Ebonite skipped having a high performance release at Bowl Expo over the summer. They rode out the success of the Pursuit and Pursuit S and waited until now to release...
Track 811C/T
With the 811C/T, we got a special treat. We received two test balls for each bowler. We used our standard layouts on the ball graphed on the heavy test pattern....