January 2026 Content Archive
Bowling Tips and Techniques Articles
Five Ways to Improve Your Game in 2026
Regardless of your goals, focus on the process
It's January, so that means it's time for resolutions, goals, and new habits that will hopefully stick around past February. Rather than discussing goals, I wanted to focus on five areas you should consider investing your time in if you're...
Pin Perspectives: Here We Go Again…More Urethane Controversy
Thought we had seen the last of the urethane controversy? Think again, dear readers! This time, however, matters have taken a decided left turn, focusing not exclusively on urethane surface hardness (previously addressed by both the USBC and the PBA,...
Understanding Brunswick Oil Patterns – Part 2
How Brunswick lane machines operate
In the first part of this series, we discussed what a "unit of oil" is and how it is used. This will now allow us to better understand how Brunswick lane machines operate, which is the feature of this article....
Bowling Ball Reviews
900 Global Vengeance
The Vengeance uses a strong coverstock and a brand-new core shape for 900 Global. The symmetrical Blast AI weight block is a low RG (2.47") and high differential (0.055") design,...
Brunswick Crown 78U
The Brunswick Crown 78U shares the Tiered Hexagon weight block with the Crown Victory and the Endeavor. This ball's urethane coverstock changes the densities, resulting in the RG increasing slightly...
Brunswick Danger Zone Purple Ice
The Danger Zone Purple Ice is the pearlized half of Brunswick's dual Danger Zone release. Both of the new Danger Zone balls use the same symmetrical core shape, giving them...
Columbia 300 Street Rally
The Street Rally is the latest high-performance ball from Columbia 300. This ball takes the asymmetrical Shifter weight block from the Speed and Rally series and pairs it with the...
Ebonite Spartan
The Ebonite Spartan uses the new Iron Fist V2 weight block, a core that is very similar to the original Iron Fist design used in the Warrior line a decade...
Hammer Black Widow 3.0 Dynasty
The Hammer Black Widow 3.0 Dynasty uses the famed asymmetrical Gas Mask core shape. This new release updates the coverstock from the previous versions of the Black Widow to HK22...
Hammer Hammerhead Pearl
The Hammerhead Pearl uses the same symmetrical Spheroid weight block as the original Hammerhead from April of 2025. The coverstock has been changed from Aggression Solid on the original to...
Motiv Apex Jackal
Motiv's popular Jackal line rolls on with the release of the new Apex Jackal. While all of the Jackal balls from recent years have featured the asymmetrical Predator V2 core...
Roto Grip Transformer
The Transformer is the first ball in Roto Grip's new HP5 line. This ball introduces a new core design called Morph-Wing. This asymmetrical core shape has two wings built into...
Storm Next Factor
The Next Factor is a play on the X-Factor series from Storm that was introduced in 2002. It uses an updated version of the RAD asymmetrical core called RAD-TQ. The RG...