MOTIV Bowling Advances to the PBA National All-Tour Program

It hasn’t even been 2 years yet and, already, the MOTIV™ brand of bowling balls is surpassing expectations. This success has allowed the company to step up their game with the PBA and advance registration to the national level.

For the 2010-2011 bowling season, MOTIV™ equipment will be registered under the All-Tour Competition program. This allows MOTIV™ equipment to be used, not only in regional and senior PBA competition, but in national events as well. This is a huge step forward for the young brand.

Now that the company is registered nationally with the PBA, the opportunity to get more bowlers MOTIVated is massive. “We are absolutely fired up about advancing our PBA registration to the national level”, states Scott Hewitt, VP of Marketing. “When we launched the product line less than 2 years ago, we could only imagine how exciting this opportunity would be. This PBA All-Tour Competition registration is a big investment for us and we believe it will further strengthen our position in the bowling market.”

Without a doubt, MOTIV™ is getting recognized in the bowling industry. When the brand launched, many people in the industry questioned the decision of the company to launch a new bowling ball brand. “I think one of our distributors said it best”, states Hewitt, “He said to me, think of the bowling ball market as a big mountain. Other ball companies are just trying to hang on. Then, here comes MOTIV™, running up the side.”

The people at MOTIV™ were always confident in their future success. One reason was because of the solid experienced team of people behind the operation. Before the MOTIV brand was launched, the company had manufactured high performance bowling ball cores for other brands in the bowling industry. But, this manufacturing expertise alone was not enough.

According to Scott Wilbur, President of the company, “We knew MOTIV™ was going to be a huge success when we engineered NeoMark™ coverstock graphics technology (patent pending). Instead of engraving logos onto the high performance balls, like every other brand, our NeoMark™ graphics integrate with the coverstock and make MOTIV™ equipment distinctive.”

Certainly there is something unique about MOTIV™, and the new PBA national registration will enable the company to MOTIVate more bowlers than ever before. For more information on the company and its products, visit www.motivbowling.com.

Posted by Dustin on 3 September 2010 at 10:24 am under Bowling Ball Articles, Bowling in the News, General Bowling News, PBA.
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New Release: Lane #1 Pink Panther Bowling Ball and Video

Pink Panther

This isn’t the fluffy, furry animal from some movie. This is the Pink Panther. It draws your opponents in with it’s inviting color and then slashes the pins like a mighty claw, until there’s nothing but scraps all over the pin deck.

REAL BOWLERS THROW PINK!!

The Pink Panther is being released from captivity into the wild! With the largest diamond core yet, this beast of a ball is ready to pounce and tear to shreds ANYTHING in its path! One throw and you'll see how quickly the PINK PANTHER sinks it's fangs and claws into the pins! No herd of pins are safe!

Throw in the Bleeder 9.7 Coverstock with it's 6421 Compound finish with 2x polish and you've got a true predator on the lanes!
The Lane #1 Pink Panther is currently selling for $159.99 and rates a 217.3 on the bowlingball.com Perfect Scale™.

Posted by Dustin on 2 September 2010 at 10:04 am under Ball Reaction, Bowling Ball Articles, Bowling Videos, Just Arrived, New Products, Videos.
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Top 10 Smoothest Approaches In The PBA Today

When you think of the smoothest bowling approaches in history, many names instantly come to mind. Mike Aulby, Parker Bohn III, David Ozio, Dick Weber and Earl Anthony (among others).

Recently, the Bleacher Report created a list of the Top 10 Smoothest Approaches In The PBA Today. This is quite an interesting list and their choices are certainly debatable.

Take a look at the list and let us know what you think of their choices!

Read the full story at the Bleacher Report.

Posted by Dustin on 31 August 2010 at 5:02 pm under Bowling Articles, Bowling in the News, Bowling on TV, General Bowling News, PBA.
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Electronic Device Helps Mark Roth Achieve Another Milestone: He Goes Bowling

PBA Spare Shots by Bill Vint

“It’s like a miracle,” Denise Roth said after watching husband Mark Roth, a Professional Bowlers Association Hall of Famer and one of the greatest bowlers in history, walk unaided on the approach and throw a 12-pound bowling ball for the first time in more than 14 months.

Since Roth, 59, suffered a massive stroke in late May 2009 that left the left side of his body paralyzed, he has refused to give up the fight to regain his life. His first public appearance following his stroke was at the GEICO Mark Roth Plastic Ball Championship in late March in West Babylon, N.Y., which motivated him to continue his rehabilitation. He followed that appearance with a trip to Columbus, Ohio, in April where he spent several days with his former PBA Senior Tour competitors.

Last week, with the assistance of a recently-developed device called a “WalkAide” that provides electronic stimulation to eliminate a common stroke condition called “drop foot,” the 34-time PBA Tour champion made another milestone leap forward. With the WalkAide, he was able to lift his left foot almost normally and walk “without tripping over his toes,” Denise Roth said. And with the ability to stand and walk on his own, Roth decided to test the device on a bowling lane in Fulton, N.Y., where he quickly worked his way up from a 6-pound ball to a 12-pounder, Denise said.

“Mark had use of the device for a seven-day trial and it was amazing,” Denise said. “He could walk faster and farther than any time since his stroke. He actually bowled with confidence. He was getting around 100 percent better, which helped him get some badly-needed exercise.

“He had to turn the WalkAide back in after the trial period, so now we have to wait to see what the insurance company says (about getting it back),” she added. “It’s a wonderful device. It actually took some of his hip pain away, too.”

*Posted with permission from pba.com

Posted by Dustin on 26 August 2010 at 3:55 pm under Bill Vint, Bowling Articles, PBA.
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Watch The 900 Global Bank Self Righting Core Video

Self-Righting Core

“Self – Righting Core (SRC)”:

Merging a Unique Shape with Technological Research to Enhance Innovative Motion

Written By: Nick Siefers

Senior Design Engineer

Throughout the years many different core designs have been placed inside the bowling ball to aid and influence its path to the pins. Designs started with no weight blocks, to simple pancake top weight slugs, then evolved into two-piece shapes followed by the addition of flip blocks and then all the way through the complex asymmetrical shapes that are currently on today’s market. Each new progression in design often led to increased dynamic effects on how and when the ball expended its energy while traveling down the lane. At 900 Global we have been researching and testing what is to be the next generation in core design. The new “Self-Righting Core (SRC)” design merges a unique shape with the latest technological research to enhance innovative motion.

Initially the design and concept of the three-dimensional core shape was to maintain a convex shape (the shape does not bulge inwards), be homogeneous, and the defining trait was that it has only two points of equilibrium. One point is “stable” and the other is “unstable”. An object having this trait is defined as being mono-monostatic. In short, if you place the object on its “stable” spot the object will remain at rest until an outside force acts upon it. If the object is placed on its other “unstable” equilibrium point in theory it could balance on this point but the slightest movement or force will cause it to move off of that particular spot and roll around maneuvering itself until it finds the “stable” spot. Likewise, if trying to rest on any other surface or spot the object will automatically move and seek the stable point of equilibrium. It is because of this automatic moving and maneuvering that the phrase “Self – Righting Core” was coined. The core design seeks to find it stable point on its own through a series of orchestrated maneuvering without any outside forces.

The design itself was strategically challenging to develop because no shape existed in two dimensions that was both convex and contained only two points of equilibrium (one stable and one unstable). For example, the square can balance on the center of its four sides (stable) and the intersection points of the sides (unstable) giving it a total of 8 equilibrium points. Having multiple stable and unstable equilibrium points can be proven for all two dimensional shapes thus violating the definition of being mono-monostatic. In three dimensions, however, there are other points of equilibrium that exist. At these new points an object can balance unstable in infinitely many directions but only stable in one direction. The quantity of these new points depends upon the quantity of original stable/unstable points. In simpler terms and without going into extensive mathematical detail, it was ultimately the relationship and integration of all of these concepts that allowed the true three dimensional shape with the previously discussed mono-monostatic properties to be created.

The “SRC” core design by 900 Global is shown below in Figure 1 and was designed to maintain these mono-monostatic properties. The three dimensional single density mass is so unique simply because it is stable on only one facet. These concepts have never been tried in the bowling industry. The core will seek to “right itself” from any position that it is initially placed.

Bank Core

Figure 1: 900 Global “SRC”

Our research and on-lane testing verified that this shape inside “The Bank” increased the overall imbalance forces on each migratory axis point as the ball flared traveling down the lane compared with imbalance forces from typical core designs (asymmetrical and symmetrical) that are on the market. These imbalance forces enable the ball to transition through axis migration and the three phases of ball motion by resisting hesitation without using unnecessary extra energy that other core shapes must use to migrate through the many stable/flat spots that they have (see core video by selecting link at the end of this article). In effect, the “SRC” core enables the ball to have increased changes in the angle per foot of lane traveled. Basically, the “SRC”, once set in motion will try and seek its stable position quicker than any other ball on the market. By setting the core position through drillings one can allow “The Bank” to release its energy quicker and most efficiently with little or no core resistance giving the bowler maximum benefit of core dynamics.

In an additional step to push the design and technology envelope we have also optimized this design to enhance the overall “moment of force”. The moment of force, or moment arm, is simply the measured likelihood of a force to rotate and twist an object about any given axis. In this example and analysis we looked at four different core designs. Each core design was split into two halves using the center of the bowling ball as the axis line. Based upon typical drill patterns and the migratory axis migration from the initial PAP the analysis determined how easy the top half of the core would rotate around the horizontal axis line versus the bottom half of the core. The illustrations in Figure 2 below show the split lines with the corresponding mass of each half along with each half’s center of gravity location with respect to the horizontal rotational axis line.

The following Figure 3 shows the calculated moment arm forces and also shows the differences or imbalances between the moment arms of the top versus bottom parts of each design. Greater imbalance in moment arms is equivalent to greater amounts of loping as the core rotates traveling down the lane. The “SRC” having the greatest imbalance, in conjunction with its little to no resistance described previously, when rotating gives this core maximum dynamics, performance and efficiency in energy usage.


A	B

C	D Self Righting Core
Figure 2: Mass Distributions of various core designs

The following Figure 3 shows the calculated moment arm forces and also shows the differences or imbalances between the moment arms of the top versus bottom parts of each design. Greater imbalance in moment arms is equivalent to greater amounts of loping as the core rotates traveling down the lane. The “SRC” having the greatest imbalance, in conjunction with its little to no resistance described previously, when rotating gives this core maximum dynamics, performance and efficiency in energy usage.

Tech Matrix

Figure 3: Moment Arm and imbalance calculations

In conclusion, using shape contours, stable/unstable equilibrium points, precise center of gravity placements, and moment arm concepts 900 Global has once again taken the next step in innovative motion. The new “SRC” helps give “The Bank” unprecedented reaction on the lane by releasing energy most efficiently and effectively to gain optimum ball reaction per bowler. Integrating new technological advancements 900 Global has been able increase the overall mid-lane read and back end continuation in this product versus other products on the market today.

Moment Arm Video Chart

Posted by johncongdon on 20 August 2010 at 3:01 pm under Uncategorized.
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900 Global Bank WSOP contest

Bank Newsleader 900 Global Bank WSOP contest

BANK Program Rules and Regulations:

How to register-

Each consumer that purchases a 900 Global Bank ball will be invited to compete in a private online free-roll satellite tournament presented by 900 Global, where the winner will receive a World Series of Poker main event seat and $1,000 cash. To register for this event consumers will need to remove the Bank card that can be found in every Bank single ball box. The Bank card needs to be completely filled out without exception. Entries must contain a valid phone number and email address. In addition to this information the consumer must attach the proof of purchase bar code to the card. This POP bar code sticker is located at the top of the single ball box, on the flap. The card must be mailed to and received by 900 Global no later than November 15th 2010. Consumers will be contacted by email with further information regarding the date, time and location of the online tournament. Consumers that purchase two or more Banks will be entered into a secondary event that will be conducted soon after in which another seat and more cash/prizes will be awarded.

Please mail all Bank entry forms to:

900 Global
Attention: BANK Tournament
5005 West Avenue
San Antonio, Texas 78213

Tournament Dates/Time:

The tournaments online location, dates and times will be announced on our website as well as by email to all registrants in the coming weeks. 900 Global reserves the right to make changes to the location, date and time of the event if necessary at any time.

Winners:

The winner/s of the W.S.O.P. main event seat agrees to play in the event and wear supplied apparel/patches from 900 Global on the upper right and left chest area. All winners consent to be used in any future advertisements by 900 Global.