Ten-Pin Bowling Balls

Improve Your Score With a New or Used Ten Pin Bowling Ball

If you love ten pin bowling but wish your score was higher, then a new or used ten-pen bowling ball may help. You can find a wide selection of new, used, vintage, and antique ten pin bowling balls on eBay. You can find ten pin bowling balls in a variety of weights and made from a variety of materials when you shop for ten pin balls on eBay.

Many companies make ten pin bowling balls, including:

• Brunswick: You can find Brunswick, DV8, and Radical brands made by Brunswick.
• Ebonite International: On eBay, you can find Ebonite International with Columbia 300, Ebonite, Hammer, and Track brand names on them.
• Storm: You can find Storm ten pin bowling balls with Storm and Roto Grip brand names on them.
• 900 Global: This Texas company labels their balls with 900 Global and AMF brand names on them.

A ten bowling ball's coverstock material affects how it moves down the alley. Options include:

• Plastic: These are usually the cheapest bowling ball option, and they usually travel straight down the lane. They offer very little lane resistance, which can help the ball travel straighter, especially on oily lanes.
• Urethane: These middle-of-the-price-range balls are great at teaching players to throw a hook ball. They also revolve slower than other options, which may help players pick up a strike.
• Reactive resin: These bowling balls produce more lane friction, which may help players hit the pocket, throw balls with backspin and improve pin carry.

There are at least three different types of reactive resin bowling balls. Reactive solid coverstocks offer the most lane resistance, particularly on oily lanes. Mica is added to reactive pearl balls, which can help them break nearer to the pins. Reactive hybrid coverstocks have both reactive solid and reactive pearl properties, which often creates a two-tone ball. They offer the advantage of a late-breaking ball that has adequate lane resistance.

Ten pin balls can have several different types of cores, including:

• Pancake cores: These entry-level ten pin bowling ball cores cause early hooks, and they travel down the lane in an end-over-end matter. They are also designed to touch the lane more, which may cause the bowling ball to slow down.
• Symmetrical cores: These cores are designed to be smoother and more even rolling as they travel down the bowling lane.
• Asymmetrical cores: Balls containing these cores tend to break big and late.