Hey guys,
Are you new to bowling or just looking to improve your game? Well inevitably you’ve either seen while bowling, or seen a PBA telecast, where someone throws their ball and it takes a left turn on the backend. You take your ball and try your best to make it do the same thing, but to no avail. The guy you saw do it made it look so easy, but it seems like trying to solve the case of the Zodiac killer to you.
Well, over the course of this week I’m gonna try to help you solve the riddle!
For the first part of this series we’re gonna talk about the easiest thing you can do get started hooking the ball:
Having the correct ball!
If you’ve been trying to throw a hook with a house ball or your grandmothers’ Ebonite Galaxie from 1968; there is your first problem.
If you want to get on the fast track to throwing a hook, you’re going to need a reactive resin ball.
Reactive balls have a porous surface that is meant to grip the lane and provide the traction through the lane oil that you need for your ball to hook. Plastic balls are much harder and smoother than reactive balls so they won’t be able to get the same traction (That’s not to say plastic doesn’t have its place. Something like a Roto Grip Golden Globe or Brunswick T Zone Blue/Black/White would be great for spares!).
Any of the balls I’ve mentioned in previous posts, like the Storm Dimension or Track Up-Rising would be a great place to start!
Come down to the shop and we’ll get you started down the path to having the hook you’ve been wanting!
Dustin
Stay tuned for part two!