callus on thumb

QuestionHi, Chip, need your help., im developing a callus on the side inner part of my thumb,almost on the knuckle joint,  im right handed, pitches ar

Symmetrical layouts

QuestionChip, Ive got a severe mental block going on in my head regarding symmetrical layouts.  Since no MB is marked, Ive read other experts say tha

Bowling Alleys

QuestionI recently went bowling with some friends and just before we left I stupidly went to retrieve a friends ring from the lane and slid like crazy. Lat

Lighting Specification

QuestionHi, I磎 a lighting designer and this is my question: Is there any regulation or specification about the minimum quantity of light (luxes) in a bowl

Need Stronger Ball for Full Roller

QuestionQUESTION: I am a full roller. I average around 213 on a house shot but I think I need more to get more strikes to get better. I am currently throwi

Ajusting to heavy oil conditions

QuestionI am a above average bowler(198-215)depending where i am at but i am really struggling when i go into tournaments with heavy oil are there any step

selling equipment

Questionhello, my name is darwin manuel and i have owned a proshop for about 7 years now. I have all Ebonite equipment ( standing drill press, ball polish/

turning my wrist over

QuestionI have been back bowling again for about a year after a long layoff. I am 62. As hard as I try (at least that is what I tell myself) there are time

Ball Selection and Layout for Carrydown

QuestionQUESTION: Hello, I would like to apologize for my English because Im from a country in South East Asia. Im currently playing in a bowling alley th

Any way to reduce shoulder strain?

QuestionHi Im a 30 year old female right hand bowler who over the last year got a little more serious about bowling.... A few months ago i went from a low

AMF classic pro roll Bowling Ball

QuestionHello. Last night i went bowling and i keep noticing that my ball loves to hook early like maybe 5 feet before hitting the 1 and 3 pin that i would

help

QuestionAttn:expert I have averaged from 185 -205 over the past 30+ yrs.I now have nerve damages in my legs which now does not allow me to walk to the line

Ball & Layout selection

QuestionI roll an old LT48(loaded side and top weight) on a house shot and average about a 200. My speed is around 15mph depending on oil outside of ten bo

Ball Weight

QuestionHello Chip, my question is that Im a beginning Bowler and while Bowling several games the other day, I started with a 16# and did terrible, I then

Bowling ball types

QuestionHi! May you explain the differences between a blem bowling ball, 2nd quality bowling balls, X-outs, X-comps? Also I would like some tips on how to

speed, carry issues

QuestionQUESTION: My wife is a pure stroker. Low revs, low ball speed. Her speed has become an issue. She only really throws about 13mph consistently. She

How to stop breaking the wrist

QuestionI have been bowling since I was a little kid, and I was at the peak of my game in high school. Now, Im in college and bowl in an adult scratch leag

Higher Backswing

QuestionGary, I have recently changed from bowling right handed to left handed, the reason for this change was due to my approach, timing, release, genera

down lane markers

QuestionHello, what is the distance to the tracer markers around 30-40 ft. I recently bowled nationals and when I returned home our markers seem shorter, d

One pound of difference?

QuestionHello Warren, In heavy oil, would one pound of weight make that great of a difference in the traction of a 16 pound ball as opposed to a 15 pound