Bowling has just lost one of, it not its, GREATEST creative minds. This industry has just lost a GREAT ball designer; a GREAT lanesmen; a Great coach; and a GREAT teacher. Right now he is irreplaceable. He easily ranks with the iconic contributors to the game, e.g., Bill Bunnetta, Bill Taylor, Tom K...

Power, Control and Money. The box is closing. The group is getting smaller. Result is group thinking. Result of group thinking: a further decline in the institution.

If one KNOWS one's product one (in this case the (USBC) one can make policies that enhance the product (bowling). The record shows this has not been the case with the USBC thus the decline of the product. Simple, if one does not KNOW one's product one can not manage nor promote the product one does ...

I wanted to know how much the membership in this group has been reading in the last year, especially recently. Here is a list of books I have read in the last year or so: BOWLING: Gianmac Manizone. PIN ACTION. A classic work describing the "golden age" of pre and early PBA era of pot games, action a...

What this difference of opinion shows is that the sport is far from having definitive, scientific solutions to many of the current issues. The best the PLAYER can do is study the sport from diverse perspectives and then be open to using an evolving, but rational. paradigm in order to make make authe...

Thanks for posting. Excellent presentation. Simple lesson: Know thyself, know my tools, recognize the environment and then make authentic choices.

Since BOWL EXPO, this year, does not seem to be getting the positive responses as previous BOWL EXPOS, due to the event being held in Denver on the 4th of July, I have a suggestion: A special event: A debate between Mo Pinel and James Freeman ( a la BOWLING BEYOND THE BASICS). Both have very good mi...

we have been thru this before- in the 60's and the result was disastrous- one particular was the "left handed syndrome". Once again, I repeat, "if one does not know one's product, one can not manage nor promote the product one does not know".

Given Bowlero's record, in conjunction with AMF's record for the past 30 years, they have a lot to prove and prove over an extended period of time. If one does not know one's product one can not manage nor promote the product one does not know. First reaction: Bye Bye Miss American pie..... but mayb...

Given the limited information, zero lateral pitch.

As much as we hate to say it, regardless of the layout system utilized, there are no guarantees the ball reaction will be as expected. Better yet- Let us assume we have two bowlers with identical specs (ball speed, rev rate, tilt, axis rotation, etc) and both are using the same ball with identical ...

Meeting the following coaches and players and having detailed conversations with them over the years: Bill Taylor (HOW TO DRILL A BOWLING BALL, BALANCE), Tom Korous (PAR BOWLING: The Challenge), Mo Pinel (The Father of the modern bowling ball), Fred Borden (THE Gold Coach), Don Carter (Mr Bowling) a...

Jeff4580 wrote: recommendations for top notch drillers in the Las Vegas area that do dual angle layouts, and what I think is referred to as"Wiki Fit

Contact Jerry Francomano at Texas Station Bowling Center manager as he is a valuable resource on these matters.

Get an average and stick with it until you know you're throwing it different or have a fit change. Last I checked we're still not putting them in orbit so an average is good enough and its way better than nothing! The PAP and tilt are guidelines. The better the bowler is the more important these to...

bowl1820-thanks for the post. Maybe and interesting debate can occur with Freeman and Hatfield's position as expressed in chapter 10 in their new tome BOWLING BEYOND THE BASICS: What's Really Happening On The Lanes, And What You Can Do About It. An interesting work to say the least. While I have not...

It is now official: the USBC has entered the Twilight Zone.

Ever since the techno revolution in bowling that started in the mid 80s, I have heard or read of a wide range of numbers on this topic. Most of the numbers are unsupported with hard empirical data. The ball companies and the USBC have one studies. The USBC is public and provides a rigorous study on ...

Great sorrow entered my being as I learned of Tom Kouros death a couple of days ago at the age of 92. Bowling has lost one of its historical great friends and icons and I have lost a dear friend. Tom was the author of THE BIBLE for bowling: PAR BOWLING (1975) and its sequential PAR BOWLING:The Chall...

Last time I was on here asking about coaching was in 2011. Gary Parsons was the guy I would see around that time. Anyone know if he still coaches at Capital Plaza? If not does anyone know whom are solid coaches of today in the DMV area? I coach at Rinaldi"s bowling center a few miles from Capital P...

What entities comprise leadership and how would you weight their influence and grade their performance? One aspect of authentic "leadership" is the ability to inspire positive action. Do any of our "leaders" of the alphabet organizations inspire or do they do the short term expediate action. I give...