Must-Have Bowling Accessories for Tournaments

Hi Scott Pohl here, with On Track pro shop four time team USA member, and a world champion. We're talking about today are accessories especially for that tournament bowl. So we're gonna first go over a couple of different ideas with your bowling balls. These Abralon pads are phenomenal, They're gonna give you a little bit of a different surface on the bowling ball, to have the ball hook at different times in different ways. So for example, this is kind of a polished bowling ball. We're going to take it an example of a 4,000 pad. And all I'ma do is use it on the surface. It doesn't look like it's doing much but what I'm doing is actually cleaning this really nice. So it has a consistent hook as it goes down the lane. So another one here, we're gonna do a 2000 pad. This is a little bit more of a dollar course finished ball, a lot better if you wanna get the ball to hook a lot sooner. That heavier oil on the lane get it to read the lane a lot faster and typically makes the ball a lot stronger overall. You can see how that changes it a lot more dramatically. Okay. What's come out in the last few years is what's called a Shammy Towel. These are really good. They're a little bit more thick and absorbent than just your everyday towel and what they offer by putting it on the bowling ball in between shots. It's gonna get that oil off the ball so you can have more consistent reaction from shot to shot. The nice thing is these last for a lot of games. I've been told somewhere between three, four hundred games. Awesome for the value, okay. Going from there, I'm gonna talk about these wipes. Very simple, they come in a pre-packaged. All you have to do is undo the package, take the wipe out. the best time to do this of course is right when you're done bowling. All the oil and dirt is on the surface of the ball. We're just gonna apply it. And they actually last for, quite a few uses Once you open it up, I can use it for this ball. I can go right over here to this ball. And it gonna get it back to a lot closer to that new feel. Has already a stickier feel on the surface of the ball. Okay. So next we have some specific cleaners as well. We have the Clean N' Dull cleaner. We have a spray cleaner from Kegel. Ideally, this is better for the sanded bowling ball. Works really nice, keeps the ball from looking too shiny. It's a gel. Just apply it with a little bit on there and wipe it around as well as the spray cleaner. All we're gonna do, spray it on, wipe it off. Alright, so let's get into a little bit of the need accessories. It's been very popular in the last few years. KT tape, otherwise known as kinesiology. A lot of athletes, you see Olympians basketball players using this. Now it's finally into the world of bowling real easy to apply. Just tear it off at one end. For instance, I'ma use it on my wrist apply it on this part of my wrist, and just about 75% of the stretch. I'm gonna go all the way around my wrist overlap it over here. What you wanna do is heat it on here by rubbing it a little bit, and it'll have a nice support. Give me a little bit more on what I need sometimes from shot to shot, or if I'm playing a long format tournament you can also use it on your shoulder, knee, Lot of versatility with this. Next up, If you're gonna play a lot a games we have a couple of different protective tapes. Okay, so number one we have one for the thumb. This is just gonna simply go on your thumb and it causes not to have any calluses or skin breaks through a long formatted event. Also, we have it on fingers. Just protects that hand from having any issues bowling supposed to be fun, you're not supposed to bleed, alright. So this is really good. And then from there we have a couple of really good simple accessories, rosin bags coming in most simple form from this pouch. Okay, just a nice chalky feel. We've got different sizes, different variations. This allows the hand to have a dry feel no perspiration being involved. It's good, especially if you're in extreme climate let's say you're in a really dry climate. This still allows you to have some grip on the ball or let's say it's really humid. This also has a very consistency effect with you. And lastly is the old faithful bowlers tape, it's been around for a long time. There's a few different styles the advantages of bowlers tape. You can have a consistent thumb feel in there and you don't have your thumb feeling like it's gonna be very loose from day to day or let's say it is really big. You just take the tape out, alright. Lot a great options. See your local pro shop for all of them.