The history of bowling goes way back to the 3200BC in egypt. In the 1930’s Sir Flinders Petrie found a colection of objects that represented bowlig in a egyptions childs grave. There are documents that show a form of bowling in England in 1366, when King Edward III banned it inorder to make the troops focused on archery practice. It also seems that bowling during King Henry VIII time at throne was much alive. At this time there were still many variations of “pin games”, such as lawn bowling “bocce”, petaque, or 9 pin. The English, Dutch, and German all brought there own versions of bowling over seas. The first “bowling alley” was actually outside and was for lawn bowling, it was established in New Yorks battery area. In 1841 a Connecticut law
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Details like ball weights and pin dimensions depended on where you were. This lasted up intil Joe Thum pulled the leaders of the bowling clubs together for a meating, on September 9, 1891 the American bowling congress was formed. Twenty-two years later the Womens International bowling congress was established in St. Louis. Bowling Balls used to be mainly composed of lignum vitae, a very hard wood. But in 1905, the first rubber ball, the "Evertrue" was introduced; and in 1914 the Brunswick Corporation promoted thier new Mineralite ball. In the 1950’s there was a marketing idea of “Lunar Bowling”, this consited of turing the lights off and bowling under just black lights so the pins would glow. In 1951 American Machine and Foundry Company purchased the patents to Gottfried Schmidt's automatic pinspotter and started production, this was a big deal and ment there was no need for “pin boys” anymore. Also at about the same time the inventiontion of drilling holes in the ball was born, this gave the bowler more control and grip. When the sport was telavized in the 1950’s a huge increase in popularity …show more content…
The reason why there are so many different types of bowling balls is because everyone bowls different. For example: do you spin it or bowl strait, do you bowl fast or slow, you can be right handed or left handed. These are all imortant in the weight placement and compostion of your ball. If the bowler bowls straight a ball made of plastic or polyester may be a good start. These balls are tended to be called “spare balls” because the usally will only move a couple of boards. If the bowler is a person who tends to spin the ball possibly a urethane ball would better suit them. This would give you nice control and a very consitant hook on any lane. About 80% of all bowling balls out there are symetrical. This means they are good for anytype of bowler wether you are beginer, a high rev, or a low rev. Then there is asymmetrical bowlin balls. These are usally your more high-performance bowling balls. Low rev players tend to like these because Asymetrc balls get into “roll” quicker. Bowlers that roll up the back of the ball would fid a ball that is pearl symetric, this is very similar to the “symetric” ball but helps them get in a roll imediatly and is a balll that will go the length. When the bowler curves it they lean towards the dull or asymetic balls. This gives them more control on the hook and will give them a later roll. The next difference of the bowling balls is the weight, this is also an important attribute. The
Details like ball weights and pin dimensions depended on where you were. This lasted up intil Joe Thum pulled the leaders of the bowling clubs together for a meating, on September 9, 1891 the American bowling congress was formed. Twenty-two years later the Womens International bowling congress was established in St. Louis. Bowling Balls used to be mainly composed of lignum vitae, a very hard wood. But in 1905, the first rubber ball, the "Evertrue" was introduced; and in 1914 the Brunswick Corporation promoted thier new Mineralite ball. In the 1950’s there was a marketing idea of “Lunar Bowling”, this consited of turing the lights off and bowling under just black lights so the pins would glow. In 1951 American Machine and Foundry Company purchased the patents to Gottfried Schmidt's automatic pinspotter and started production, this was a big deal and ment there was no need for “pin boys” anymore. Also at about the same time the inventiontion of drilling holes in the ball was born, this gave the bowler more control and grip. When the sport was telavized in the 1950’s a huge increase in popularity …show more content…
The reason why there are so many different types of bowling balls is because everyone bowls different. For example: do you spin it or bowl strait, do you bowl fast or slow, you can be right handed or left handed. These are all imortant in the weight placement and compostion of your ball. If the bowler bowls straight a ball made of plastic or polyester may be a good start. These balls are tended to be called “spare balls” because the usally will only move a couple of boards. If the bowler is a person who tends to spin the ball possibly a urethane ball would better suit them. This would give you nice control and a very consitant hook on any lane. About 80% of all bowling balls out there are symetrical. This means they are good for anytype of bowler wether you are beginer, a high rev, or a low rev. Then there is asymmetrical bowlin balls. These are usally your more high-performance bowling balls. Low rev players tend to like these because Asymetrc balls get into “roll” quicker. Bowlers that roll up the back of the ball would fid a ball that is pearl symetric, this is very similar to the “symetric” ball but helps them get in a roll imediatly and is a balll that will go the length. When the bowler curves it they lean towards the dull or asymetic balls. This gives them more control on the hook and will give them a later roll. The next difference of the bowling balls is the weight, this is also an important attribute. The