Bowling Tips and Techniques Articles
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Last Updated: December 10, 2025
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The modern sport of bowling requires mastery of so much more than just the physical game. Today's top bowlers can only be at their best by having in-depth knowledge in a wide variety of bowling-related topics. Bowling balls, drilling and layouts, the mental game, health and fitness, lane play, ball motion, coverstocks, oil pattern transition, and arsenal selection are all now critical components for bowling success at the highest levels. All of these important topics are covered regularly by Bowling This Month.
Of course, that's not to say that the physical game is no longer important; in fact, it's quite the opposite. With the extremely wide variety of playing conditions encountered by bowlers today, a consistent and versatile physical game is a prerequisite for bowling success! That's why we continue to devote a significant portion of our content on the physical game, including the latest in biomechanical research for bowlers, analyses of the various styles that make up the modern game, and all the standard physical game topics like footwork, the release, timing, balance, and the armswing.
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Newest Bowling Tips and Techniques Articles
Robot vs. Coach – Part 4
Can AI be my sport psychologist?
By Tyrel Rose
In my last article in this series, I pushed ChatGPT to help me prepare for the PBA Tour. While the information provided was mostly helpful, we focused mostly on more technical elements, which has proven to be a strength of...
Coaches’ Corner: The Ball Start
Optimizing your use of the ball start drill
By Bowling This Month
Welcome to the second edition of BTM's Coaches' Corner series. In these articles, the focus is on helping coaches improve their skills and approach to coaching, while also providing information that bowlers can apply to their own games. Our last article...
The Art of Creativity in Bowling Coaching
Six innovative drills to transform technique and performance
By Panagiotis Vardakis
In technical sports like bowling, success is determined not only by talent or repetition, but also by creativity. This includes the ability to design drills that challenge the body and mind in ways that replicate real-game demands. Creativity in coaching...
Key Takeaways From the 2025 IBF World Seniors Championships
Staying competitive, spare shooting, and warming up
By Tyrel Rose
I recently had the opportunity to coach Team Canada at the IBF World Seniors Championships in Reno, Nevada. Like I did with the 2024 World Youth Championships and the more recent Pan American Youth Bowling Championships, I wanted to share...
Two Key Factors for Quickly Improving Your Performance
Alignment and ball speed
By Ernesto Avila
As a high-performance bowling coach, I don’t really deal with “quick fixes.” There’s no secret to success or shortcut to the top of the podium. However, I am interested in helping athletes achieve their goals faster. As a result, I've...
Coach, I’ve Got a Question! – October 2025
By Tyrel Rose
In this recurring feature, I answer questions from Bowling This Month readers and bowlers that I work with. If you have questions, please leave them in the comment section below so I can address them in a future installment of Coach, I’ve...
Bowling Tips and Techniques Article Directory
The table below lists all of our bowling instructional articles. If you are looking for articles about a specific topic (such as spare shooting, for example), you might want to look at our category-specific article directory pages, which are linked to at the top of this page.