I just stumbled across a neat little gadget that turns your WIImote into a bowling ball.
Simply open the ball and insert your WIImote. Close it up and use it like a real bowling ball, just don’t let go. Bad things happen when Wii accessories fly across the room towards expensive television sets. I wonder how realistic this attachment is.
The very popular viz-a-ball product is a bowling ball that has very detailed graphics on the outside of the bowling ball. The Viz-A-Ball was created by the Brunswick Bowling Company and is sometimes referred to as the Brunswick Viz-A-Ball.
bowlingball.com has created many unique, exclusive viz-a-balls including the following:
Golfing is a wonderful sport. There always seems to be room for improvement. I just wish it would happen faster. However, like most average golfers, I do not have the discipline to get better. I do not take time to go to the driving range, or time for lessons. I do my practice on the course, which is a very bad idea if you want to improve.
However, I am open to suggestions from people that I shoot a round with. My latest suggestion came from Tony Mendiola, unfortunately it wasn’t until the 16th hole. I was not hitting my irons very well, so he took the opportunity to tell me that I was collapsing my elbows during the backswing. Now, as a golfer I know this swing characteristic is bad and wasn’t aware that I was doing it. As soon as I got to my next iron shot, I made it a priority to widen my swing, and hit he ball flush and long. What a great feeling it was.
Thank you Mr M.
Your pro shop operator should have your bowling specs on file. If you decide to purchase a new bowling ball, they do not have to fit you again. So if they have your specs on file, why shouldn’t you. bowlingball.com now gives you the ability to store your specs in your account.
Most bowlers do not know their specs. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but it sure can’t hurt for you to have. I have heard many stories over the years of pro shop owners just closing up shop, or airlines losing bowling balls on the way to a tournament out of city or state. Fitting is not a science, it is more of an art. If you have a great fit already, then you really don’t want to change it.
Your bowling specs include your span (distance from thumb to fingers), hole pitches (the angle the holes are drilled in the ball), hole sizes (the diameter of the holes being drilled), and much more.
We have been working on making the bowling ball drilling layouts easier to obtain for bowling balls as we add them to our site. Checkout the Brunswick Siege product page and look at the tab menu under drilling layouts.
As more information becomes available we will add it. In the mean time you can see how this new section for bowling ball drilling layouts works. We are working on getting a bowling ball reaction video done on the Brunswick Siege and should have it up in a week or two.
It’s coming close to that time of year again, and there is no slow down in bowling ball manufacturing. Roto Grip has a new bowling ball coming soon, the Roto Grip Nomad Pearl. There hasn’t been much information release about this bowling ball yet, but we are keeping our eyes on this one. Roto Grip has been making some fantastic bowling balls lately.
The Roto Grip Nomad Pearl is using the Ultra Vision Pearl Reactive Coverstock and the Rotary Core. It comes to you with an out of box finish of 1500 polished. For more information, or to be notified when this ball is available, please enter your email address on the product page at bowlingball.com.
Coming soon to your favorite online bowling ball retailer (bowlingball.com), the Roto Grip Nomad. There hasn’t been much information release about this bowling ball yet, but we are keeping our eyes on this one. Roto Grip has been making some fantastic bowling balls lately.
The Roto Grip Nomad is using the Ultra Vision Solid Reactive Coverstock and the Rotary Core. It comes to you with an out of box finish of 1500 polished. For more information, or to be notified when this ball is available, please enter your email address on the product page.
Bowling in a league can be intimidating to someone that hasn’t ever done so. There are many leagues setup for first time bowlers, such as “Just for Fun” leagues, “Have a Ball” leagues, and “Practice” leagues. All of these leagues are usually low in price and are aimed to only be mildly comptetive. As far as costs, you are probably looking at $10-$15 per week. The “Have a Ball” leagues are designed to let you bowl and earn a bowling ball throught the course of the league. Your weekly fee is going towards purchasing a bowling ball while you have fun.
There is some confusion about sanctioning and what it means. Basically, if you are bowling in an USBC (United States Bowling Congress) league, you have to be a member of the USBC. You have to pay a couple of fees that are normally clumped together into one dollar amount. These are both the national fee and your local association dues. If you join multiple leagues, you only have to pay these fees once per year. If your two leagues are in different bowling centers, then you may have to pay the national and local dues at one bowling center, and just the local fees at the other bowling center.
As you get better, you can build up into a more competitive league where you have a chance to make a little money. These leagues will run up to about $25 per week, but if you find a good handicap league, then you don’t have to worry about having a high average.
The key is to get people to join leagues. Our sport is suffering league shrinkage every year because people are not returning and the ones that do are not bringing in new bowlers. If you love to bowl in league, make it a point to try and recruit at least one person, or one team for next season.
The Storm Natural is set to release in Late June. Information on this new bowling ball is scarce at this time. The information available so far is that this bowling ball will sport the U2S™ Urethane Coverstock, the Turbine Weight Block, and will have a 2000 grit Ebonite Abralon Pads finish.
More information to come soon.
Columbia 300’s next release for their Noize line of bowling balls is going to be the Columbia 300 Cool Noize. This Mid Performance Bowling Ball is sanded to a Polished 2000 Grit Abralon finish and has a strong mid-lane reaction.
The name is a little funny to me. We have teased our Columbia 300 reps that the ball is really pronounce “Noisy” instead of “Noise”. They love that one. The Columbia 300 Cool Noize is scheduled for release in June. I look forward to bringing you more information as it becomes available.
