27 June 2011 Summer League with New Friends Bowling Experiences

You know you want to bowl over the summer so you look for a summer league. You also know you want to go to a different house because the league experience in your present house was not good. People did not show up and when they did they spent the night on the cell phone or just not engaged in the bowling. Losing gets old when you know your team cannot compete. You missed the first two nights because you were on vacation. You had talked to the bowling house league director and she knows you will be there. So, you are nervous who your new teammates are. The league secretary says there are three other guys looking for a team and voila, a new team is born. You meet just before bowling begins and you will be bowling blind because you are a new team. All of a sudden, you and your new teammates start to laugh, talk about bowling, their equipment, type of ball they are throwing and the atmosphere is great. When it is all over, you realize that you had not had that kind of fun for years. This is what you started bowling for in the first place. What a great feeling to be accepted as a bowler and to just have a blast. Oh yeah, your scores were pretty good too!!

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20 June 2011 USBC Tournament Update, Queens Tournament Wrap up Tournament Bowling

There has been lots of action at the 2011 USBC Tournament. Samantha Jimenez became the 7th woman to throw 300 in the tournament and Don Sutherland rolled the 43rd 300 game of the 2011 tournament. As of 20 June 2011 the leader board looks like this: Singles: Matt Weggen (826), Doubles: Chad Reiffer/Brandon Tarabek (1497), Team:  Turbo 2N1 Grips1 (3473), All Events: Matt Weggens (2268)

Pretty impressive scores. It makes one wonder what equipment these players are using. Compared to 2010, only the Team scores so far has exceeded 2010 winning scores. We still have several weeks until this tournament wraps up so we will see if these scores hold up! It must be a blast for these bowlers to be on top and just watch everyone try to catch them! Good Luck!!

Missy Parkin has avenged her devastating 2010 loss in the Queens Tournament. Needing only to mark in the tenth frame of the finals, Missy threw what looked like a good shot and got a 7-10 pocket split. In 2011 Tournament with Storm sponsorship, she came into the televised finals with steel in her eyes, wearing 900 Global colors and took the Tiara and $20, 000.00 first place prize winning the final match 253-172 over Kim Terrell-Kearney. Congratulations!

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13 June 2011 Elite Platinum Equipment Review

It must be summer. New products are coming out. We will take a look at the newest ball from Elite Bowling International. They call it the platinum. It comes with a polished surface and can be sanded. It is supposed to be a very versatile ball, usable on many different lane conditions. This eliminates the need for multiple bowling balls. Check out the video of the NEW Platinum Bowling Ball!

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06 June 2011 Bowling Fundamentals Bowling Tips And Advice.

Everything we do has basics. To read you must first learn letters, to run you must first learn to walk and to bowl you must first learn the fundamentals. Trying to learn to hook the ball before the fundamentals are mastered can create serious problems for the bowler. Most coaches will tell you that the six basic bowling skills are all interconnected, that is, one affects the other. It is recommended that all bowlers take the time to review the basics from time to time to insure all is in sync!!

There are six basic bowling fundamentals to master: (Reference Ron Clifton article on fundamentals)

1. Ball fit and weight. 2. Armswing. 3. Footwork. 4. Timing. 5. Release. 6. Finishing position.

Suffice to say that timing affects armswing and armswing affects footwork. Ball weight and fit affect the release, finishing position, timing and release. The referenced article written by Ron Clifton explains how everything works very clearly. If you are having any trouble with consistency, throwing spares or understanding how to roll the ball please review the embedded link above.

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