Blog - Bowling Education — Creating the Difference

Effective August 1st, 2019, you are only allowed to use a dry towel during competition. This includes any league or tournament that is USBC sanctioned. You should wipe your bowling ball off every shot to get keep your ball reaction consistent. Here is a quick video showing why it's important to wipe your bowling ball off every shot. So what happens if you get something on your bowling ball that a dry towel won't remove?  The most common situation is a black scuff mark like what you see on this all gold ball.  You aren't getting that off with a dry...

By Dustin Zehner, 2016 U20 Junior Gold Runner-Up One of the hardest decisions any Junior Gold bowler has to make is what bowling balls to bring after the practice sessions. There are a number of different components that need to be taken into account when choosing your arsenal. So let's talk about the different types of ball motion, how different surface prep can affect ball motion, and finally building your final arsenal for the tournament. The 4 Types of Ball Motion in Bowling The first step in building your arsenal is understanding the different balls on the market.  With the large...

Dustin Zehner Every year the PBA puts together a charity bowling event in partnership with the Chris Paul Family Foundation. The event has current and former athletes, TV personalities, and music artists. These celebrities are paired with professional bowlers to compete in a 6 frame baker match. The winner is determined through a bracket style format. Now that Creating the Difference is product registered, the team and I were lucky enough to attend the event. Although Creating the Difference has attended the event in the past, this is the first PBA event we have attended since becoming product registered. As...

Bowling is a fun sport that almost anyone can participate in.  Once you decide to start getting competitive, there will be a lot of new terms thrown at you.   One of those is TIMING.  Timing is in reference to getting your steps and your swing in sync with each other to create a more repeatable shot. Repeating shots is the key to higher scores. If you're just starting to bowl, you should use a 4 step approach. This means you will take 4 steps to get to the foul line and release the ball. The key to proper timing is to...

With Junior Gold on the horizon, we decided it was important to share some parent tips.  We put a lot of focus on tips for the kids to succeed: Make your spares Stay positive Smile after each shot - Good OR Bad Follow through Concentrate ...the list goes on and on.  But what we DON’T talk about is what we can do to support our players.  Here are a few things to help your bowler succeed at Junior Gold. Don’t Yell At Your Kid As parents, we have a tendency to treat sporting events as if they are life or...