November 2020 Content Archive

Bowling Tips and Techniques Articles

How to put it all together

Applying Bowling's Golden Rules

For this final article in the Bowling's Golden Rules series, we will discuss putting all the rules together, how to apply them, and what it takes to stay on track. First, let’s have a quick recap of the fundamentals of...

Breaking Down Barriers: Plotting a Course for 220

Let’s talk about averaging 220. For many people, this benchmark represents where the elite league bowlers live. If you are a 160 average bowler, 220 can feel like a whole different planet, but for those bowlers in the 205 average...

The slide and forward swing

Making the Leap - Part 4

Welcome to the fourth installment of the Making the Leap... series. So far in this series aimed at those transitioning from recreational to competitive bowling, we've talked about ball composition, choosing ball weight, and avoiding injuries. Part 2 looked at targeting,...

Strategies, philosophies, and best practices

Spare Shooting: The Art of Filling the Box - Part 2

In the first part of this series, we discussed ball choices, wrist supports, spare releases, and the mental game aspect of spare shooting. In this segment, we will summarize several different spare shooting systems, provide important considerations for each one,...

The BTM Book Report: 'The Mental Edge'

Kenneth Baum's The Mental Edge is a generalized mental training book that covers many of the fundamental psychological skills needed by athletes across many domains. In this book, the author discusses...

Which Ball to throw and when Header

Probably some of the most common questions that coaches receive are about when to make a ball change and how to know which ball to use at any given time. Once you’ve expanded your bowling bag to more than two...