Guide: How to Choose a Bowling Ball
What beginners or people relatively new to bowling must learn is how to pick out the right type of bowling ball. If you feel you even have trouble tossing the ball forward, how can you expect to know what is the right kind of bowling ball for you?
Even if you know a little about bowling, we hope that you will learn something about how to know if one bowling ball is a better one than another.
The most serious bowlers usually own at least three to four bowling balls, or this is the amount that they carry with them. The cause for this is that there are bowling balls that perform better on oily lanes and some that work best on dry lanes.
A professional bowler would like to have a ball that is meant for tossing absolutely straight for knocking down pins, if they don’t make the strike in the fist toss.
If you are new to bowling, then you might be tempted to use a real heavy ball, thinking it will help you knocking down the pins. You should know that the truth is that almost all of the bowling balls you can choose from have plenty of energy to knock all of the pins down if you throw it properly.
Therefore more focus should be on improving your form and don’t mind if you like a light ball. Remember that you can hurt yourself if you use a too heavy bowling ball that is not suited to your strength.
However the danger with a very light bowling ball is that you might end up overthrowing it, so picking a ball of medium weight is the obvious best choice for most bowling players. Also, remember the importance of having a bowling ball that will fit your fingers.
Even if it’s nice to have a ball that glows in the dark, or has some other beautiful reflective design, make sure that you focus on getting a ball of the right size to fit you. Don’t underestimate what good craftsmanship can do to a bowling ball either. For beginner bowling players a polyester bowling ball is a good choice.
It is usually very cheap, but also quite durable. These balls have a low friction when sliding and across the waxed lanes. They usually tend to right themselves and roll straight shortly afterwards. Are you a more serious bowler you will want to go for a more advanced bowling ball than this though.
Some bowling alleys have that urethane bowling balls or reactive resin bowling balls, and you probably have seen those. The urethane balls are affordable and have a softer surface area, which will allow the bowler to do some very advanced hooking.
The reactive resin balls on the other hand, are only best for the serious and professional bowlers. These balls give to have a tacky surface, allowing the ball to grip most bowling lanes. A professional bowler will then have the most control over how the ball moves.
We also want to say that there are some more advanced balls based on the reactive resin bowling ball that is misnamed as a practice bowling ball.
You should easily recognize this resin-based bowling ball, since it has glass and ceramic material added to it, so that it will grip the lanes even more. It is commonly used by professionals that want to have the ultimate hooks on their balls.
These advanced bowling ball functions are all well and good, but for the more amateur player that plays for fun, this is not something to think much about. Again amateurs will want a fairly light, inexpensive bowling ball that will fit their needs for easy tossing perfectly.
When it boils down to it, after reading the information given here, it is not that difficult choosing a bowling ball. Use some common sense and thing about what kind of bowler you are. We wish you all the best on the bowling lanes, now go and get those strikes!
Even if you know a little about bowling, we hope that you will learn something about how to know if one bowling ball is a better one than another.
The most serious bowlers usually own at least three to four bowling balls, or this is the amount that they carry with them. The cause for this is that there are bowling balls that perform better on oily lanes and some that work best on dry lanes.
A professional bowler would like to have a ball that is meant for tossing absolutely straight for knocking down pins, if they don’t make the strike in the fist toss.
If you are new to bowling, then you might be tempted to use a real heavy ball, thinking it will help you knocking down the pins. You should know that the truth is that almost all of the bowling balls you can choose from have plenty of energy to knock all of the pins down if you throw it properly.
Therefore more focus should be on improving your form and don’t mind if you like a light ball. Remember that you can hurt yourself if you use a too heavy bowling ball that is not suited to your strength.
However the danger with a very light bowling ball is that you might end up overthrowing it, so picking a ball of medium weight is the obvious best choice for most bowling players. Also, remember the importance of having a bowling ball that will fit your fingers.
Even if it’s nice to have a ball that glows in the dark, or has some other beautiful reflective design, make sure that you focus on getting a ball of the right size to fit you. Don’t underestimate what good craftsmanship can do to a bowling ball either. For beginner bowling players a polyester bowling ball is a good choice.
It is usually very cheap, but also quite durable. These balls have a low friction when sliding and across the waxed lanes. They usually tend to right themselves and roll straight shortly afterwards. Are you a more serious bowler you will want to go for a more advanced bowling ball than this though.
Some bowling alleys have that urethane bowling balls or reactive resin bowling balls, and you probably have seen those. The urethane balls are affordable and have a softer surface area, which will allow the bowler to do some very advanced hooking.
The reactive resin balls on the other hand, are only best for the serious and professional bowlers. These balls give to have a tacky surface, allowing the ball to grip most bowling lanes. A professional bowler will then have the most control over how the ball moves.
We also want to say that there are some more advanced balls based on the reactive resin bowling ball that is misnamed as a practice bowling ball.
You should easily recognize this resin-based bowling ball, since it has glass and ceramic material added to it, so that it will grip the lanes even more. It is commonly used by professionals that want to have the ultimate hooks on their balls.
These advanced bowling ball functions are all well and good, but for the more amateur player that plays for fun, this is not something to think much about. Again amateurs will want a fairly light, inexpensive bowling ball that will fit their needs for easy tossing perfectly.
When it boils down to it, after reading the information given here, it is not that difficult choosing a bowling ball. Use some common sense and thing about what kind of bowler you are. We wish you all the best on the bowling lanes, now go and get those strikes!