Recent content by JWhitty

Welcome to 2015 everybody. There's a big year ahead for the sport, but the first stop is National Youth Cup in Wyncity this weekend. There's no specialist technical skills at the event this year and some new tools on board, but fingers crossed there'll be semi-live scoring on...

Hi all, It's been a few years since I last asked this kind of question; does anybody have any championships they'd be willing to contribute to a big database project? I don't care what year or location (as long as it's Australian). To be clear, I'm after the computer data, not a results...

We had a segment on Channel 7's "Prime Possum Club" in NSW/VIC/Gold Coast and the Doopa Dog equivalent in WA earlier this year too. Entirely funded by Prime, they actually contacted us for assistance in presenting it as a viable sporting choice rather than a social game.

Why do you spend the money becoming accredited? Two reasons; 1. You want to learn, or 2. You want to coach at a competitive level And those that are coaching without formal training don't know that they are right, in fact it's safe to say most don't have it 100%. Like any job though, if you do...

I realise I have a tendency to harp on about 'other sports', but that's probably because 'other sports' are extremely successful and we can learn from them... Football (the round one) offers way more levels of coaching, for way more money. Generally speaking only those with a real interest in...

Because Belmo generates so much power and rotation with his own talent that he doesn't need the gift of the cheating equipment... In fact I would hazard a guess that most of Belmos equipment is relatively tame, given the huge revs he generates - layouts designed for power or pinaction not flip...

1. In my experience some equipment didn't rev up well. I could crank the heck out of my old Messenger, but I never picked up a brunswick ball that I could hit up hard. Usually though I think it's mostly an optical illusion, balls with solid colour appear to rev slower because it's only the slug...

I generally agree, it's tougher than I would've put down for juniors HOWEVER my guys are enjoying themselves and the tournament, and taking comfort in the fact that when they win, they handled the tough pattern better than their opponents.

This is an observation again, not a dig or a criticism. It's not intended to be derogatory at all... I think Jason's beaten me to the punch but not pointed it out, the solution to the problem was in target/area/line, not in equipment. The leagues struggled because they're league bowlers, not...

Ha, can't you see that in the scanner... What's this big round thing (that looks like an old school cartoon bomb) with a funny shape in the middle? And it smells like tequila... Must be explosive!

Locally (in the ACT) the problem is in numbers. *back in my day* we took away a squad of about 25 bowlers for nationals including the shield team, and most of them were 15+. Most of my team this year is younger, much younger, and the fringe players I have are young too. This is due to a decline...

I agree to a point, I don't necessarily feel that tertiary qualification is important in many fields. I myself have applied and won jobs before with the same clause, and I didn't even finish high school. I've also seen ads stating an essential 3 years experience in technologies that are only 6...

THAT's interesting, the USBC allows you to polish a ball during competition but not sand it. I wonder if that is a deliberate move or if just the way the chips have fallen.

The other thing you could do is wipe it clean, then rub your hands on it really hard. Coverstocks are actually quite soft, and your skin secretes a variety of oils - especially effective if you have a high sodium diet and actually sweat a rougher saltier sweat.

That was Mat Wayling from the ACT with the 299 in a PB series there too I think