Bowling Ball Numbers Meaning
What it means to your ball reaction.
Bowling ball numbers meaning. It is 16lbs but i am not worried about that. Picking the right bowling ball for a long oil pattern. Drilling into the numbers. Before i stopped bowling back in 1996 the first digit of a bowling ball s serial number was the way of identifying what year it was made e g 5b112345.
A bowling ball is a hard spherical ball used to knock down bowling pins in the sport of bowling. The these numbers describe the distribution of mass in the given bowling ball and rg is an account of the location of that mass inside the given bowling ball. Play at a bowling alley next to the i c station in chicago il. Balls used in five pin bowling candlepin bowling duckpin bowling and kegel have no holes and are small enough to be held in the palm of the hand.
Again drilling only alters the bowling ball about 5 10 of what it is intended to do. High rg numbers indicate that the ball s mass is distributed more towards the cover cover heavy which promotes length through the front end of the bowling lane. In considering a few terms relating to bowling balls rg differential of rg track flare potential hook potential and length potential are likely the most useful terms to almost any bowler because they relate to a. Does anyone know of a way to tell by the serial number by brand when the ball was manufactured.
I have heard the rubber ball urethane and plastic are coming back. Bowling joel when the going gets tough the tough get going. Depending on the drilling layout that is applied the numbers may go up or down from there. So i ve been back bowling since january 2014 and i ve noticed bowling ball serial numbers are different with letters as the first in the alpha numeric string e g hfl51988.
I have an old white dot and an old super beast though both columbia 300 which i am not sure on both had previous owners the sb serial number starts with a 7. My virtual gravity starts with 09 knowing this ball was manufactured in 09 i can only assume that storm starts theirs of with the year. There are a few important keys pertaining to bowling ball terminology every skilled bowler should take time to become familiar with and gaining a working level of knowledge. Now these numbers will change once your pro shop drills into the bowling ball.
Bowling ball rg and differential. It s a good ball and may use again next season. Building a bowling arsenal by the numbers duration.