April 2025 Content Archive
Bowling Tips and Techniques Articles
Coach, I’ve Got a Question! – April 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...
Getting to the Next Level
Evaluating your game for better understanding
In my previous article, I introduced the concept of the Five Pillars of Bowling Excellence that bowlers can use as the foundation for building their game: Versatility: The ability of the athlete to play in any part of the lane,...
Three Quick Things: Fixing Limiting Beliefs, Practicing Spares, and Improving the Ball Start
In this new recurring feature, I’ll be digging into three quick things to help you improve your game. In each installment, we’ll cover one aspect of the mental game, a lane play/tactical issue, and an element of the physical game....
Bowling Ball Reviews
Columbia 300 Rally
Specs-wise, the Rally should look familiar to Columbia 300 fans. The asymmetrical Shifter core returns to the C300 High Performance line after previously being used in the Speed series. This...
DV8 Dark Side
The Dark Side introduces both a new coverstock and a new core design into the DV8 line. This ball features the Inciter Hybrid cover, finished with 1500 SiaAir and Factory...
Ebonite Game Breaker 5 Pearl
The Game Breaker 5 Pearl is the latest entry into Ebonite's famed Game Breaker line. The last release in this line, the solid-covered Game Breaker 5, was very rough out...
Hammer Hammerhead
The Hammerhead is a new nameplate for Hammer for the spring of 2025. This ball is part of a dual release with the Special Effect. Hammer fans will recognize the...
Hammer Special Effect
The Hammer Special Effect uses the same asymmetrical Huntsman core design as the original Effect. The difference is that this ball uses a solid reactive coverstock instead of a pearl,...
Motiv Evoke Hysteria
The Evoke Hysteria is the second ball from Motiv to use the Overload Asymmetrical core shape. It shares its core design with the original Evoke from February 2024. Instead of...
Radical Torpedo
The Torpedo is part of a dual release for Radical, along with the Torpedo Direct Hit. Both balls use the Torpedo Asymmetric core design, which gives them an RG of...
Radical Torpedo Direct Hit
The Radical Torpedo Direct Hit is a unique offering to the market for the spring of 2025. This ball shares the very aggressive low RG and high flare potential Torpedo...