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Last Updated: November 24, 2021
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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.
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Newest Bowling Tips and Techniques Articles
Coaching the Unorthodox – Part 1
Stepping away from the coaching assembly line
By Dean Champ
Every once in a while, I am asked to help a bowler whose technique is a bit different from the norm. You can probably think of someone who bowls league that goes about it a bit differently. At the professional...
Understanding your Bowling Environment – Part 2
Short oil strategies and variables
By Tyrel Rose
In the first article of this series, we discussed the various elements that make up a lane pattern and how each variable can affect ball motion. While length is not necessarily the most important factor, it’s what most people look...
Shot Repetition and Accuracy – Part 2
The crossover step
By Ron Clifton
In the first part of this series, I covered how to get control of your footwork. I suggested that making straighter approaches can lead to better shot repetition and accuracy for a lot of bowlers. In this second installment of...
Bowling 2.0: The Release
Why rev rate isn't the only thing that matters
By Juha Maja
The release is simpler than people think, even though it is a complex movement that requires perfect timing. When working in-person with bowlers on their release, I actually spend my time teaching them not to do the things they think...
Analyzing the PBA’s Top 10 Players
Physical similarities and differences among bowlers at the top of the 2021 points list
By Joe Slowinski
At the top levels of elite sports, athletes’ physical movements efficiently produce kinetic energy, leading to maximum energy transfer. Put simply, top athletes use their bodies to produce and transfer energy to move, throw, or strike an object or person...
Understanding Your Bowling Environment – Part 1
Oil pattern variables and house shots
By Tyrel Rose
You’re bowling on a 38-foot pattern. You use the “Rule of 31” to establish that your ball should come out of the pattern on board 7, giving you a breakpoint around board 6. You take out your benchmark ball, but...
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.