Blog - Bowling Education

Part of Creating the Difference is about education.  We want to support pro shops and consumers alike.  Today we want to educate on the business side a little bit.  As a company, profitability is the main way we measure success.  Growing CtD, we have used many business principles to determine our business plan.  When we expanded into the pro shops, we had to help our team understand some of those principles to keep the stores profitable. We want to share some of those principles with you in the hopes you may be able benefit as well.  Today we are going...

Today we want to take some time to help you understand the concept of lane transition.  It's a word we use quite a bit but some people don't fully understand what it is, what it means or how to combat it. Let's start with a formal definition.  What is transition? There is a layer of oil applied to the lane. This oil is meant to protect the lane.  Every time you throw the ball down the lane, that layer of oil is moved or absorbed. The oil can be pushed down the lane (rarely with current modern equipment), picked up...

On March 15th, the USBC put out the following press release on Bowl.com: After the ruling, Motiv quickly updated their website with the following information: CtD Bowling Store is dedicated to keeping bowlers on the lanes.  Due to the recent decision by the USBC to revoke its approval of the Motiv Jackal and Jackal Carnage, we want to help.  These are balls which we have recommended through our arsenal reviews.  Our staff has these in their own arsenals as well.  So we, too, are affected by this ruling.  We feel for those involved, especially Motiv and hope to help get...

I recently went to my first ever Underground Bowling Association (UBA) event.  I had seen some of their videos in the past and it seemed like everyone was having fun.  This is not the norm since tournament competition can be serious. First, I met Rose, the President of the Maryland Pin Krushers.  She is just an incredible force for growing the sport and she invited me to join her team. The UBA also allowed us to introduce Creating The Difference to the membership with a table and display. Even the name of the tournament is entertaining - The Unholy Alliance.  The...

This past week I had the opportunity to work at one of bowling’s most grueling events — The U.S. Open.  This event had competitors scared of the unknown oil pattern. Which proved to be very challenging and competitive. If you want help understanding a lane graph like this and how to play it, visit our website.  We offer a Lane Pattern Analysis Service.Special procedures were done by Kegel and the USBC to ensure that the lanes were flat.  This made them fair for competition.I worked on behalf of the PBA with the Xtraframe team alongside Mike Jakubowski and Jef Goodger....