September 2026 Content Archive
Bowling Tips and Techniques Articles
Bowling Through Time – Part 3
The 1980s
In the last article, we looked at the 1970s through the lens of individual innovation. Don McCune found an equipment strategy that gave him more hook until the rules caught up, and Mark Roth showed that rev rate could be...
Coach, I’ve Got a Question! – September 2026
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...
Lessons From the Drill Press: Six Months at the 2025 USBC Open Championships
Some experiences in the bowling industry are truly one of a kind. For me, spending nearly six months drilling bowling balls at the Storm booth during the 2025 USBC Open Championships in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was one of them. Testing...
Pin Perspectives: History Only Repeats If We Let It
Pull up a chair, take a sip of that coffee, and let’s have an honest talk. No complex physics formulas today...just a frank conversation about what happens over the next few weeks as league night returns. We stand on the...
Unlocking Your On-Lane Potential
Commitment, clarity, and process
The 180-average bowler who suddenly shoots 700. The weekend warrior who is running over the field at a tournament. The beginner who shoots their personal best score. While most coaching focuses on incremental changes, the reality is that bowlers of...
Bowling Ball Reviews
Brunswick Combat Solid
The Combat Solid is the third entry in Brunswick's Combat line. We loved the original Combat, but we found its follow-up, the Combat Hybrid, to be a bit more condition-specific. This...
Brunswick Warning Alert
The Warning Alert shares the symmetrical Alert core shape with the original Alert. While that ball used the sanded HK22 - Savvy Hook Solid coverstock, this ball uses the hybrid version...
DV8 Intense Collision
The DV8 Intense Collision uses the asymmetrical Collision weight block and the HK22C2 - Havoc Pearl coverstock. Every ball in the Collision nameplate has used this weight block, and all...
Motiv Forge Fuel
The Forge Fuel joins the Motiv lineup for the 2026 fall season. This ball features the Detonator Symmetrical core shape, which is a low RG (2.47") and high differential (0.055")...
Radical Evil Eye Pearl
The Radical Evil Eye Pearl is the shiny, pearlized follow-up to the Evil Eye. Both bowling balls share the Evil Eye Symmetric core shape and come with their own suggested...
Radical Intel Tour
The Radical Intel Tour uses the same Modified Intel Symmetric core shape as the Intel Recon. This is a low RG (2.483") and low differential (0.032") design, but the coverstock...
Roto Grip Perfect Gem
Roto Grip's new Perfect Gem trades the Defiant LRG asymmetrical core from the previous Gems for the new Gem + AI asymmetrical design. This new core shape increases the RG...
Storm EquinoX Hybrid
The EquinoX Hybrid is the third release in Storm's EquinoX line. The original EquinoX was marketed as a house shot killer and featured a pearl coverstock, while the EquinoX Solid...
Track Theorem Delta
The Theorem Delta is the fourth ball to enter the Track lineup with the Theorem name. It is the second ball with a hybrid cover in this line, with the...