Has anyone seen the ESPN Sport Science segment that has been on recently regarding the Grooves on a Golf club?
For those who haven't, Sport Science is pretty much self explanatory. The show looks at the sciences behind sports, for example the amount of pressure in tackles, the aerodynamics of snowboarders doing a half pipe, as well as many other things.
This segment focuses on the golf club, and in particular the horizontal grooves that can be found on the club. Basically, Golf Club manufacturers discovered that by making the edges of the grooves sharper the club face will have less water and grass on it when coming into contact with the ball. The major advantage of this was when players were trying to hit the ball out of the rough.
The Golf Governing Body decided that these grooves made the rough too easy and brought in regulations for them. In essence, the rules they brought in made the grooves more rounded, not as deep and I believe not as long. (I could be wrong, saw the segment once and haven't found it on the internet) What this did was decrease the amount of the club face coming into contact with the golf by 50%, which decreased the amount the ball could spin by 50%, which increased the distance the ball would travel when it landed by 60%.
I believe that players can still use the non-conforming clubs, but in any sanctioned event which falls under the Governing body, the clubs are strictly prohibited.
I'm sure some members on here probably have more in depth knowledge about everything I just wrote, and I will continue to search for the clip on the internet. But the main point of this post was to raise the question...
WHY CAN'T WE DO THIS????
Why can't bowling restrict the strength of covers/cores in our major competitions...? It seems almost a necessary step for the sport to take to be taken seriously...
Cow
For those who haven't, Sport Science is pretty much self explanatory. The show looks at the sciences behind sports, for example the amount of pressure in tackles, the aerodynamics of snowboarders doing a half pipe, as well as many other things.
This segment focuses on the golf club, and in particular the horizontal grooves that can be found on the club. Basically, Golf Club manufacturers discovered that by making the edges of the grooves sharper the club face will have less water and grass on it when coming into contact with the ball. The major advantage of this was when players were trying to hit the ball out of the rough.
The Golf Governing Body decided that these grooves made the rough too easy and brought in regulations for them. In essence, the rules they brought in made the grooves more rounded, not as deep and I believe not as long. (I could be wrong, saw the segment once and haven't found it on the internet) What this did was decrease the amount of the club face coming into contact with the golf by 50%, which decreased the amount the ball could spin by 50%, which increased the distance the ball would travel when it landed by 60%.
I believe that players can still use the non-conforming clubs, but in any sanctioned event which falls under the Governing body, the clubs are strictly prohibited.
I'm sure some members on here probably have more in depth knowledge about everything I just wrote, and I will continue to search for the clip on the internet. But the main point of this post was to raise the question...
WHY CAN'T WE DO THIS????
Why can't bowling restrict the strength of covers/cores in our major competitions...? It seems almost a necessary step for the sport to take to be taken seriously...
Cow