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agroves

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The biggest misconception about bowling....
« on: October 15, 2003, 03:29:42 PM »
It is the balls man.  Going back to the PBA telecasts, I would like to see them describe what equipment each player is using.  I am not saying they should teach a physics lesson but at least give some info.  The biggest question asked by a novice bowler is "what do you do to get the ball to hook that way??".  It isn't their fault, they don't know any better.  I think to really promote bowling we have to inform the general public about what is going on.  

I don't even play golf but I know that different shafts and drivers make a difference.  Tiger gets a 2 minute slot on ESPN just b/c he changed his driver back to the Nike one.  So why aren't the PBA and Ball companies trying to educate the novice or beginner bowlers about what is going on??  I don't even recall seeing and advertisement for a bowling ball during any of the commercials.  If I were say Brunswick (my favorite) I would run a series promoting my Monster line every few breaks in the action.  I am sure ESPN wouldn't say no to them airing and paying for a commercial.

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Re: The biggest misconception about bowling....
« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2003, 10:03:18 AM »
Good point Dizzle, however at least a general description of the ball and its characteristics would be nice. If they just told us the coverstock material and maybe a quick core diagram or even description that would be fantastic. I hate sitting there and trying to figure out what ball a particular bowler is using.
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Re: The biggest misconception about bowling....
« Reply #2 on: October 16, 2003, 10:26:19 AM »
Except on this board I don't think the bowlers care about the core at all.
What ball they are using and layout maybe cool. But spans,pitches, internal cores is not really that big of a deal to know unless you throw exactly like the pro on the exact lane condition he is bowling on. highly unlikely.


what they need to emphasize is the sport of bowling. not the Game of bowling.
explain the endurance of bowling 100 games every week just to avg 210+ on that condition. too many guy's go "I shoot 220 what's the big deal" that shoot 1 or 2 leagues and demean the sport of bowling.

when your on a league that has the same oil pattern every week and it's a wall, that's a game. it's chuck it right and crush.

I don't think 80 percent of 200+ league bowlers know the difference.

however I could see a segment before or after, maybe an intermission, with a feature ball company explaining some of there equipment and layouts or a guy like Mo or maybe a coach giving tips.
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Re: The biggest misconception about bowling....
« Reply #3 on: October 16, 2003, 01:04:49 PM »
Hey Dizzle, so what?  How many total amatures with money run out and buy the latest Tiger driver hoping to drive the ball a little bit like he does?  Then you have the vast majority of pro's/educated golfers who buy a Nike comparable club for much cheaper.  

I think they should tell people what type of equipment they are using, at the very least you'd see bowling ball sales soar even more.  People buy golf club after golf club (like me) hoping one day to find a club that allows them to play somewhat better.  It should work the same for bowling as well
Bowling just isn't as popular as other sports right now, plain and simple.  No icon, no reason for advertisers to buy air time, etc.  Look at golf.  It was deemed a boring, elitist sport that only rich people played.  Some guy named Tiger and a few exciting events brought bowling to the mainstream, and now its a great summer pasttime.  Bowling needs to hook its bandwagon on a  similar phoenom and turn it loose.  Who that phoenom is, that could be a great debate

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Re: The biggest misconception about bowling....
« Reply #4 on: October 16, 2003, 06:36:37 PM »
Could it be that the powers that be in the PBA might consider that "free" advertising if we were told the exact make and model a particular pro was using on the show? I remember a few yrs ago when guys on the show were using Brunswick stuff, they had a segment of "what's in the bag" or something like that and told you what they were using - probably because big B paid for the privilege. I don't remember if they gave the layout and surface, but that's the info that would be most interesting (to me anyways).

Agreed most of that info might not mean anything to a large % of the viewers. This is probably why ball manufacturers don't advertise on the show.



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agroves

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Re: The biggest misconception about bowling....
« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2003, 12:50:26 AM »
I see many different perspectives and views.  I still believe some info would nice.  I still can't believe that the ball companies aren't even running commercials.  Granted Track would run out of cash quick b/c they release a ball every other day but I think some advertising would benefit every company.

The majority of the people probably don't care about the core of the ball.  Okay, I will try to explain this as best as I can.  The beginner bowler walks into the proshop and sees balls anywhere from 50 to 300 bucks.  I understand that a proshop operator can explain the difference, but why can't they tell you on the telecasts what is being used.  Obviously this week was short oil so they could say shiny balls and weaker covers were used.  I would just like to see more insight from the "pros" on this.  That would help people understand what the difference between $50 and $200 bowling balls are.

Back to the advertising, it just blows my mind that marketing for equipment is pretty much nonexistent on tv.  Marketing is a fairly simple concept and is easy to do.  The companies primarily rely on hearsay to sell bowling balls.


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