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Can you leave a bowling ball in a hot or cold car? Safe temperature range for bowling balls

Bowling Ball in a Hot or Cold Car: How Long Is Too Long?

For many bowlers, the car is a second storage room. The bowling bag rides to leaguenight and to tournaments, and sometimes it stays in the trunk until the nextone. So can you leave a bowling ball in the car? Short trips are fine. A bowling ball in a hot car only gets into trouble whenit is left there long enough to pass 125°F (about 51°C), the limit the bigmanufacturers write into their…

What is a good bowling average? Benchmarks from beginner to PBA pro

October 21, 2026

What Is a Good Bowling Average? Benchmarks From Beginner to Pro

Bowling ball thumb hole packed with layers of bowling tape

October 14, 2026

Why Does My Thumb Get Stuck in My Bowling Ball?

How often should you resurface a bowling ball? Every 50 to 80 games, text on a charcoal and coral design

October 13, 2026

How Often Should You Resurface a Bowling Ball?

Red and blue bowling balls on a dark bowling lane with the headline Is Your Bowling Ball Dead?

October 08, 2026

How Long Does a Bowling Ball Last? Lifespan and Signs

What is a good bowling average? Benchmarks from beginner to PBA pro

What Is a Good Bowling Average? Benchmarks From Beginner to Pro

A good bowling average for a casual bowler is roughly 100 to 130. A regularleague bowler usually sit

Bowling ball thumb hole packed with layers of bowling tape

Why Does My Thumb Get Stuck in My Bowling Ball?

Your thumb usually gets stuck in your bowling ball because of fit: a thumbhole that is too tight, or

How often should you resurface a bowling ball? Every 50 to 80 games, text on a charcoal and coral design

How Often Should You Resurface a Bowling Ball?

Most reactive bowling balls should be resurfaced every 50 to 80 games. MOTIV tells bowlers to have a

Red and blue bowling balls on a dark bowling lane with the headline Is Your Bowling Ball Dead?

How Long Does a Bowling Ball Last? Lifespan and Signs

A modern reactive bowling ball usually stays close to its best for roughly 100to 300 games, accordin

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Bowling hip pain affecting a bowler during the slide and release on the lane

Bowling Hip Pain: Why It Happens and How to Stop It

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Close-up comparison of a swollen thumb and a normal thumb side by side

Thumb Swelling in Bowling: Causes, Fixes, and Tips

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Illustration showing bowling shoulder pain during the bowling swing.

January 31, 2026

Bowling Shoulder Pain: Causes, Relief, and Prevention

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Bowler stretching to prevent bowling back pain before a game

November 16, 2025

Bowling Back Pain: Prevention and Relief Tips That Work

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Bowling Knee Pain visual showing a person clutching their knee in pain with a red-highlighted joint illustration, paired with bold red and white text reading: 'Bowling Knee Pain – Causes | Fixes | Prevention' on a dark background

October 20, 2025

How To Prevent Bowling Knee Pain For Bowlers

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A balanced selection of meals and snacks for bowlers: protein bar, water bottle, sandwich, fruit, and trail mix on a table

What to Eat Before, During & After a Tournament: Meal Plan for Bowlers

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Performance Nutrition Tips For Your Next Bowling Tournament

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Best Vitamins & Supplements For Bowling Players

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Bowling hip pain affecting a bowler during the slide and release on the lane

Bowling Hip Pain: Why It Happens and How to Stop It

The Quick Definition Bowling hip pain occurs when the joint is forced to absorb more slide force, rotation, and balance work than it is physically conditioned to handle. This is especially common after time away from the lanes—a situation where your timing remembers how to bowl, but your body lacks the immediate tolerance for the load. Bowling hip pain time away from the lanes That is exactly…

Health & NutritionMay 22, 2026

Close-up comparison of a swollen thumb and a normal thumb side by side

Thumb Swelling in Bowling: Causes, Fixes, and Tips

Thumb swelling in bowling is a very real problem for many players. Anatomically, thumb swelling in bowling is inflammation and fluid buildup inthe thumb’s soft tissues and joint area. It usually comes from pressure,friction, poor fit, or overuse. It affects your grip, change your release, andmake it much harder to throw the ball cleanly. I once had such bad swelling that I had to widen the thumb…

Health & NutritionApril 20, 2026

Illustration showing bowling shoulder pain during the bowling swing.

Bowling Shoulder Pain: Causes, Relief, and Prevention

Bowling shoulder pain is one of the most common problems bowlers deal with.Many bowlers notice soreness, stiffness, or discomfort in the shoulder afterpractice or competition, but are not sure why it happens. Bowling shoulder pain usually builds up over time. Repeated swings, poor warmup, and technique issues slowly put stress on the shoulder. The good news isthat bowling shoulder pain is often…

Health & NutritionJanuary 31, 2026

Bowler stretching to prevent bowling back pain before a game

Bowling Back Pain: Prevention and Relief Tips That Work

Back pain has become one of the most common physical issues in the 21stcentury. And bowling, unfortunately, is no exception. Bowling back pain is more common than most think. Many bowlers deal withsoreness, stiffness, or serious injury. If left untreated, it can ruin yourgame, cause missed tournaments, or lead to long-term issues. In this article, you’ll learn what causes bowling back pain and…

Health & NutritionNovember 16, 2025

Bowling Knee Pain visual showing a person clutching their knee in pain with a red-highlighted joint illustration, paired with bold red and white text reading: 'Bowling Knee Pain – Causes | Fixes | Prevention' on a dark background

How To Prevent Bowling Knee Pain For Bowlers

Knee injuries are the most common type of injury in bowling. That’s whymany bowlers - no matter their age - wear a knee brace orkinesiology tapeto reduce pain and protect their joints. kinesiology tape But where does bowling knee pain come from? Why is it so common? And whydo so many bowlers eventually need surgery? In this article, we’ll break down what causes bowling knee pain, how…

Health & NutritionOctober 20, 2025

A balanced selection of meals and snacks for bowlers: protein bar, water bottle, sandwich, fruit, and trail mix on a table

What to Eat Before, During & After a Tournament: Meal Plan for Bowlers

When you're competing in a bowling tournament, it's not just your technique and equipment that matter — your nutrition plays a critical role too. This tournament day meal plan for bowlers is designed specifically for bowlers who want to maintain focus, avoid fatigue, and recover faster after competition. tournament day meal plan for bowlers What you eat before, during, and after competition…

Health & NutritionJuly 07, 2025

Performance Nutrition Tips For Your Next Bowling Tournament

Three-four practices a week, preparing for two-three monthly bowling tournaments, which last from sunrise to sundown. That is the daily life of a decent bowler. Torture us as long as you want, but we will never give up on the idea that bowling is an endurance sport. bowling tournaments bowling tournaments Beer bellies in the bowling community seem to be coming to an end. How nutrition affects…

Health & NutritionJuly 04, 2025

Best Vitamins & Supplements For Bowling Players

Vitamins can help deliver a broad range of nutrient benefits you might not be getting from food over your lifetime. A proper diet can provide essential minerals and vitamins to promote sports performance by avoiding deficiencies and refueling your body. Still, some vitamins or supplements can't be found in daily dietary, or their doses require to be more significant. We have discussed a…

Health & NutritionJuly 04, 2025

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Can you leave a bowling ball in a hot or cold car? Safe temperature range for bowling balls

October 23, 2026

Bowling Ball in a Hot or Cold Car: How Long Is Too Long?

What is a good bowling average? Benchmarks from beginner to PBA pro

October 21, 2026

What Is a Good Bowling Average? Benchmarks From Beginner to Pro

Bowling ball thumb hole packed with layers of bowling tape

October 14, 2026

Why Does My Thumb Get Stuck in My Bowling Ball?

How often should you resurface a bowling ball? Every 50 to 80 games, text on a charcoal and coral design

October 13, 2026

How Often Should You Resurface a Bowling Ball?

Red and blue bowling balls on a dark bowling lane with the headline Is Your Bowling Ball Dead?

October 08, 2026

How Long Does a Bowling Ball Last? Lifespan and Signs

Bowler preparing mentally between shots, representing the BOXES mental reset method in bowling

October 01, 2026

You Don’t Win the Shot. You Win the Moment Before It

Bowling lane with targeting arrows and boards, illustrating how to aim better in bowling.

September 23, 2026

Bowling Lane Arrows and Boards Explained: How to Aim Better

Cracked bowling ball with a visible split in the coverstock

September 18, 2026

Why Do Bowling Balls Crack? Causes, Repairs and Storage Tips

Can you leave a bowling ball in a hot or cold car? Safe temperature range for bowling balls

Bowling Ball in a Hot or Cold Car: How Long Is Too Long?

For many bowlers, the car is a second storage room. The bowling bag rides to leaguenight and to tournaments, and sometimes it stays in the trunk until the nextone. So can you leave a bowling ball in the car? Short trips are fine. A bowling ball in a hot car only gets into trouble whenit is left there long enough to pass 125°F (about 51°C), the limit the bigmanufacturers write into their…

Tips & TricksOctober 23, 2026

What is a good bowling average? Benchmarks from beginner to PBA pro

What Is a Good Bowling Average? Benchmarks From Beginner to Pro

A good bowling average for a casual bowler is roughly 100 to 130. A regularleague bowler usually sits somewhere between 160 and 190, and anything over200 is strong at any amateur level. On the PBA Tour, the highestlevel of professional bowling, the ten players on the 2026 Player of the Yearballot averaged between 217.35 and 229.79, on oil patterns much tougher than anormal house shot. What…

Tips & TricksOctober 21, 2026

Bowling ball thumb hole packed with layers of bowling tape

Why Does My Thumb Get Stuck in My Bowling Ball?

Your thumb usually gets stuck in your bowling ball because of fit: a thumbhole that is too tight, or a pitch or span that holds the thumb in the balltoo long. Swelling, too many layers of tape and squeezing the ball at release turn asmall fit problem into a hang-up on almost every shot. The fix depends on whether the problem is the hole, your hand or your release,and most bowlers have a bit of…

Tips & TricksOctober 14, 2026

How often should you resurface a bowling ball? Every 50 to 80 games, text on a charcoal and coral design

How Often Should You Resurface a Bowling Ball?

Most reactive bowling balls should be resurfaced every 50 to 80 games. MOTIV tells bowlers to have a pro shop resurface the ball after about 50 games, and Storm puts the interval at 60 to 80 games, with oil extraction every 30 to 50 games in between. The real answer depends on how often you bowl, which coverstock you throw and how hard the ball has to work on the lanes you play. The game count is…

Tips & TricksOctober 13, 2026

Red and blue bowling balls on a dark bowling lane with the headline Is Your Bowling Ball Dead?

How Long Does a Bowling Ball Last? Lifespan and Signs

A modern reactive bowling ball usually stays close to its best for roughly 100to 300 games, according to manufacturer guidance. With regular cleaning, oilextraction and resurfacing, many balls stay useful for 300 to 600 games ormore before they need replacing. A plastic spare ball can last for years,often until it cracks or gets badly chipped. So the real answer is: it depends on what the ball is…

Tips & TricksOctober 08, 2026

Bowler preparing mentally between shots, representing the BOXES mental reset method in bowling

You Don’t Win the Shot. You Win the Moment Before It

A note from the coach: The core idea of “The Boxes” is not something Icreated, but it is one of the most powerful mental tools in sports. This ishow I teach it to my athletes to help them take control of their game, oneframe at a time. There is a hidden moment in every bowling match. It happens right after yourball hits the pins, before you pick up your next ball, step onto the approachor make…

Tips & TricksOctober 01, 2026

Bowling lane with targeting arrows and boards, illustrating how to aim better in bowling.

Bowling Lane Arrows and Boards Explained: How to Aim Better

Someone tells you to move two boards left and aim between the second and thirdarrows. You look down the lane, see a few markings and wonder how everyoneelse knows exactly where they are throwing the ball. Once youunderstand those markings, that advice becomes much easier to follow. As you probably know, a standard tenpin bowling lane has 39-boards, withseven familiar targeting arrows on boards 5,…

Tips & TricksSeptember 23, 2026

Cracked bowling ball with a visible split in the coverstock

Why Do Bowling Balls Crack? Causes, Repairs and Storage Tips

Sometimes, there is an obvious explanation for why a bowling ball cracks.Bowling balls can crack because of environmental conditions, drilling-relateddamage or defects in materials or workmanship. At other times, you open thebag and find a broken ball without knowing why. Whether it can still be useddepends on the type and location of the damage and, of course, the rules ofyour competition. I…

Tips & TricksSeptember 18, 2026