Who runs this site, and what it is honestly for
My name is Jorge Bravo Castrejon, and I run The Sport of Bowling on my own.
Let me be upfront about what I am, because it shapes everything here: I'm a hobby bowler. I go with friends every few weeks, at whatever centre is nearby — I've bowled in a lot of different places and don't have a home house or a league card. I'm not a coach, not a pro, and I've never claimed an average worth bragging about.
The site started out of frustration. Every time I wanted to understand something specific — why my ball kept sliding past the pocket, what the arrows on the lane actually measure, whether a heavier ball was really going to help me — I ran into the same two things: pages that restated the question without answering it, or forum threads from 2009 where three people disagreed and nobody followed up.
Bowling has a genuinely deep technical layer underneath the casual Friday-night version most of us play. Oil patterns, coverstock chemistry, drilling layouts, pin carry. Almost none of it is explained anywhere in a way that a curious recreational bowler can actually use. That gap is what this site tries to fill.
I want to be straightforward about this too. I use AI research tools to help draft articles, and I review and edit them before they go up. That is how a one-person site covers this much ground.
What I check: technical claims about ball motion, coverstock behaviour, lane conditions and oil are verified against manufacturer specifications; scoring and competition rules are checked against USBC published rules. Where a claim can't be sourced, it either gets cut or gets hedged honestly rather than stated as fact.
What I don't do: I don't publish first-hand reviews of equipment I haven't used, and I don't present myself as having competitive experience I don't have. When an article reflects opinion rather than a verifiable spec, I try to say so.
Through display advertising and affiliate commissions. Some retailer links are affiliate links, which means I may earn a commission if you buy something, at no extra cost to you. No manufacturer pays for coverage here, I don't sell links, and I don't publish sponsored posts dressed up as editorial. The full detail is on the Affiliate Disclosure page.
Given how this site is built, errors are going to happen. If you bowl seriously and something here is wrong, I would genuinely rather hear it than not — write to contact@thesportofbowling.com or use the contact page. When something is wrong, I fix the article rather than quietly leaving it up.
This site is independent and not affiliated with the PBA, the USBC, or any equipment manufacturer.