On this episode, we answer a couple of viewer questions.

1) I am a medium-high speed bowler, 17-18 mph, 300 rev rate and I play on 37 ft of pure heavy oil so which of the following balls is good for me?  Roto Grip Mutant Cell, Lane #1 Massacre Red Death, or Brunswick Siege?

2) Are there any colleges or universities that teaches bowling and the bowling industry?

There were both great questions, and I hope we did a good job of answering them.

Have a question for us?  Leave a comment below, or send us an email (questions@talkbowling.com).

TalkBowling.com has been signed by Mevio. We are very excited about this and can not wait to see where this leads us.

Products discussed in this episode:

Accessory Bag

Black Widow Grip Sack

Protecting Tape

Tape Scapes - Skin Protection & Fitting Tape - Skull & Crossbones

Kneed-It

Band-It

Black Widow Grip Sack

Shoe Covers (Blitz and Defense)

Ultra Grip Tape

Stitched Microfiber Towel

This week, TalkBowling anwers a couple of viewer questions.

1. Where should I put the pin for most hook on a Storm Virtual Gravity.
2. What does it mean when a ball is reactive 2″-3″?
3. Which do the three of us prefer, Roto Grip Cell, Storm Virtual Gravity, or the Storm Dimension?

All this and more on TalkBowling Episode #0013.

One of our Twitter Followers, Tim Owens, sent us a question about his Columbia 300 Scout Reactive Red/Gold.  He already uses it on dry lanes, but noticed on more oily lanes that the ball did not react as well.  We address the potential cures.

We also introduce MyBowlingCoach, brought to you by Fred Border, Jerri Edwards, and Ron Hatfield.  MyBowlingCoach is running a promotion with bowlingball.com to offer users a free 2 week trial, which will get you:

• 2 Week Free Trial of MyBowlingCoach
• Unlimited access to 36 of MyBowlingCoach Lessons
• Access to Q&A
• Coach Ken’s Corner
• Alex’s Euro Angle
• and More

To get your free trial, please vist http://www.mybowlingcoach.com/bowlingball and enter code ‘bowlingballtrial’.  Please share your thoughts on this promotion in the comments section below.

Hammer Raw Hammer Acid was released earlier this week.  We are going to have video of the ball reaction up soon.  We were really pleased with this bowling ball.

Raw Hammer Acid

Episode #5 takes you inside the world of Bowling Shoes.

In this episode we discuss the parts of a bowling ball and the symbols on the surface.

Starting with the Coverstock (The surface of the bowling ball), you will find 2 or 3 symbols.  The Pin, Center of Gravity (CG), and if the core (also known as the weight block) is assymmetrical there will be a Mass Bias symbol.

The Pin is a circle created with colored plug material and designates the top of the core.  During manufacturing the core is suspended in the bowling ball by a hanger pin.  Once removed there is a void in the bowling ball.  Manufacturers used to fill the hole with the same color as the ball so that you didn’t know where it was.  As ball drilling became more of a science, it was necessary to “see” where the core was.  Filling the hanger pin hole with a different color allowed ball drillers to essentially “see” inside the bowling ball.

The CG is the point on the ball where all four quadrants are in balance.  As you move the CG mark left, right, up, and down, you start creating imbalances in the static weight of the ball.  The USBC limits the amount of imbalance to 1 ounce left or right of the center line and 1 ounce up or down from the midline.

The Mass Bias is only noted on assymmetrical cores.  This point denotes where the core is closest to the cover stock.  It is the second most important piece of information used when laying out your bowling ball.

Information that is not listed on the bowling ball itself is the Radius of Gyration(RG).  The RG determines how fast or slow the ball will be able to spin.  A great example is that of an ice skater.  When they do a spin and hold their arms out, they are create a higher RG and spin slower.  As they bring their hands in towards their body, they create a lower RG and spin faster.  The RG of bowling balls do not change, as if the ice skater’s arms were in a cast.

There are four new releases.  Two of them (Storm Virtual Gravity and Storm Hy-Road) are already in stock and shipping.

The Track Rising SE is scheduled to be released on November 26, 2008.
The Hammer Raw Hammer Acid is scheduled to be released on December 2, 2008.

We are offering TalkBowling Viewers a discount, but you will have to view the episode for details…

Virtual Gravity

Hy-Road

Raw Hammer Acid

Rising SE

New feature of bowlingball.com allows users to store their average, ball speed, style, etc… We tell you all about it in this episode.