We may never get the right combination every time we bowl, but I'm pretty sure we'll be increasing our chances to shoot better than someone who doesn't try anything. Maybe not this time, but overall.

The sport of bowling continues to change, literally, on a day-to-day basis and it behooves all us coaches to keep abreast of as many changes as we can.

The question was, "Why don't we wipe the oil off the ball AFTER every time we throw rather than letting it soak into the ball?"

There are three questions regularly asked when beginners select a bowling ball for the first time: "How heavy should my ball be?", "How should I grip the ball?", and "How do I know it's a correct fit?"

My good friend, Larry, contributes this week's article about getting back to becoming better students and not try to get quick fixes for our bowling game.

I'm going to develop my theory and try to find a combination that will merge the latest technology with an easier tactic to control my ball and simplify my game.

Whether you're a social, recreational, or competitive bowler, follow my "Choc-List" and you can learn to be happy with your game of bowling.

To tell you the truth, the only resolution I've ever kept is the one I made a while back when I said that I'd never make New Year's Resolutions again. It's been easy to keep that one and so I enter every New Year with less stress.

Could this be why I'm losing leverage in my release? Could this be why I seem to be hitting a plateau in my bowling average? Why is it that I am leaving every pin in the back row on most nights that I bowl?

"What is the measure?" We, each of us, decide what the "measure" really is. Ultimately, it is within each of us to decide what, where, or how far we want to take our game of bowling.