How to Bowl Strikes, How to Curve, Hook, and Spin a Bowling Ball, and How to Shoot a 300!
Some people think bowling is easy. But that simply is not true, bowling, in reality, is one of the most difficult sports in the world. That is unless you know what you are doing. When is the last time you went bowling? Were you embarrassed in front of your friends about how bad you are? If you answered yes, or want to get better at bowling, keep reading. First off, you need to know some bowling lingo. Wet means the lanes are oily, this means the ball won't hook or curve quite as much. The opposite of wet is dry, so the ball hooks more. The pocket is the gap between the one and three pin for right handed people, and between one and two for lefties. The pocket is where you want your ball to hit in order to get a strike. Carry is the pins actions that knock down other pins. You want lots of carry! How to hook, curve and spin the bowling ball: It is fairly simple. All you need to do is have sideways rotation on the ball. If you are right handed, you want the rotation going counter cloc...