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Featured Bowling Physical Game Articles
Three Quick Things: Performance-Based Identity, Scoring Is Relative, and Throwing Spares Straight
In this recurring feature, I’ll be digging into three quick things to help you improve your game. In each installment, I’ll cover one aspect of the mental game, a lane play/tactical issue, and an element of the physical game. Last...
Five Ways to Improve Your Release – Part 3
Axis rotation, axis tilt, and bringing it all together
Over the past two articles, we've reviewed three of the fundamental elements of improving your release: direction, rev rate, and ball speed. For this article, we'll discuss axis rotation and axis tilt, some of the misconceptions surrounding them, and bring...
Coach, I’ve Got a Question! – May 2025
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...
Five Ways to Improve Your Release – Part 2
Optimizing rev rate and ball speed
In the first part of this series, I introduced the five parameters of the release that a bowler can improve: direction, ball speed, rev rate, axis rotation, and axis tilt. We started by exploring release direction, discussing how to improve...
Five Ways to Improve Your Release – Part 1
Creating more consistency and versatility in your launch angle
Every bowler wants to improve their release. Whether the goal is to make it more powerful, more consistent, or to add some versatility, the release is pretty much a constant work in progress. Even at the professional level, bowlers will...