Oil Patterns In Ten Pin Bowling – PBA Animal Patterns

Oil Patterns In ten pin Bowling

This page provides an overview of some of the various oil patterns in ten pin bowling. I will be focusing on the PBA Animal Patterns mostly. The most commonly used patterns include the House shot pattern, Sport shot pattern, and Tournament patterns. These patterns are designed to challenge bowlers in different ways. The House pattern … Read more

Can You Improve Balance In Bowling

Man Off Balance Bowling for Can You Improve Balance in Bowling

Can you improve balance in bowling? We have a girls college team that holds practice in my local bowling alley. I often see the coaches working with first time bowlers and showing them ways to maintain good balance. Coaches teach them good balance is critical both for accuracy, and repeating the same shot. I thought … Read more

Death of The Triangle Layout

image of The Triangle Layout On a Bowling Ball

From the moment I heard of the Triangle Layout for drilling bowling balls, I loved the idea! It basically gave you 6 ball layouts in one ball! Now that is some incredible thinking right there! How can you not like that concept? It sure sounded like a winner to me. So, what’s the catch? Well, … Read more

Bowling Hand Release Techniques

How to increase bowling ball rev rate by USBC

Bowling hand release techniques are as important in today’s game as ever. Everybody wants to get the highest amount of revs on their ball as possible. It is fun and flashy to watch, but does it really help to get higher scores? All you need to do is watch the two-handed bowlers. A consistent bowler, … Read more

Adjusting For Changing Lane Conditions

Adjusting for changing lane conditions is a skill that bowlers can learn after developing a consistent shot. It is a skill anyone can learn. But, how long it takes to learn, depends on bowling frequency and number of different patterns you bowl on. This is one reason the bowlers who bowl most often are the … Read more

The Mental Game in Bowling

The mental game in bowling is often overlooked as we progress further and further into our bowling careers.But it is the most important part of our game, if we are committed to improving our game. If we have good equipment,and good technique,the final piece of the puzzle becomes the mental game in bowling. The Ability … Read more