The weird anatomy of pro bowling balls, exposed on camera. You'll never look at the pastime the same way again.
  • ChicoSuave@lemmy.worldEnglish
    211·
    9 months ago

    Bowling balls also have a lot of options for coatings, with a dizzying amount of reasons for coating type. Bowling is an insanely technical sport that seems to be dying to small ball games.

  • TheTetrapod@lemmy.worldEnglish
    182·
    9 months ago

    This feels like cheating to me. Surely in an ideal world all balls would be evenly weighted like dice, right?

    • gdog05@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      9 months ago

      “You’re a pro now. You get two balls. One is just about right, the other will get in the way when you sit in a narrow chair.”

    • Igloojoe@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      9 months ago

      I believe it would be weighted on one axis so you can spin and curve the ball better. But i’m not a physicist. I just bowl to get drunk.

  • gdog05@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    9 months ago

    It’s weird how interesting that actually was. I knew you could order bowling balls with different cores but had no idea it would be anything more than an oblong sphere.

  • Betch@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    9 months ago

    Pretty neat. I’ve always loved bowling balls, some of them are just absolutely gorgeous. Didn’t know they looked so cool inside too.

    • Cosmos7349@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      9 months ago

      Works for me. Mebbe a script is being blocked? They look like progressive images (blurry, then replaced with higher q after load)