[HN Gopher] The insides of pro bowling balls (2020)
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The insides of pro bowling balls (2020)
Author : throwup238
Score : 22 points
Date : 2024-01-20 19:16 UTC (3 hours ago)
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| Tronno wrote:
| More interesting as advertising gimmickry than physics.
| eiiot wrote:
| Derek from Veritasium has a decent video on this topic that seems
| to be less corporate: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aFPJf-wKTd0
| sharkweek wrote:
| For as hyperbolic as a headline can be, this was honestly pretty
| wild!
|
| I had absolutely no idea bowling balls were anything other than
| solid pieces of... whatever material they are on the surface.
| Aloha wrote:
| Largely same - I wonder if such complexly engineered balls is
| why bowling has a falloff in popularity as a pro sport. The
| difference in how good two pro bowlers are is often fractions
| of a percent. Maybe a step back in technology would make the
| sport more interesting.
| aridiculous wrote:
| Seems to me like bowling rules could use an update. When every
| pro is so good that they are just competing on mental focus, the
| nature of the ball, and slight environmental factors like the
| changing slickness of the wood, it has ceased to become
| compelling competition. I'd love to see some kind of dynamic
| interaction between the players: e.g. if you hit your 3 pin, it
| gets added to the opposing player. Something like that.
|
| I suppose this goes for all sports of this kind where the players
| actions don't affect each other.
| suprjami wrote:
| I'm not sure the general public are ready for Bowling meets
| Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo but I like the idea.
| throwup238 wrote:
| I was thinking something more like Thunderdome with audience
| participation.
|
| Two men enter, no one leaves.
| heads wrote:
| > _just competing on mental focus_
|
| Ahem: snooker, darts, golf, test match cricket, tennis. To
| varying degrees with these sports, at the top tier, mastery of
| the skill is merely the table stakes. The winners are the ones
| who can do so under immense pressure.
| Aloha wrote:
| The difference in how good two pro bowlers are is often
| fractions of a percent.
|
| Maybe a step back in technology would make the sport more
| interesting.
|
| I think that can be said for a bunch of stuff like pool,
| snooker, darts, golf, and bowling.
| dmoy wrote:
| Add most ISSF bullseye rifle to that list.
|
| (Not to knock the people who do that vs less high tech
| bullseye disciples, because they're also definitely better
| - they clean house in the lower tech competitions too)
|
| I'm reminded of an excerpt from Ian Banks culture series,
| the game player one (player of games?). Really good _games_
| need some element of random, not just pure skill+gear.
| dmoy wrote:
| ISSF is trying to gamify the finals for bullseye
| competitions, and it's... well it's a thing. Idk if it's
| good, but it's probably more entertaining for the
| bundesliga cheering people
| dang wrote:
| Related:
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| _The insides of pro bowling balls_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28073317 - Aug 2021 (50
| comments)
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| I don't know how 'pro' they are, but also:
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| _How Bowling Balls Are Made [video]_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35581792 - April 2023 (14
| comments)
|
| _One man's journey to the center of the bowling ball_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27324564 - May 2021 (14
| comments)
| dist-epoch wrote:
| I can't wait for a cheating scandal where the balls are "active"
| and a computer inside steers it.
| shagie wrote:
| World's First Automatic Strike Bowling Ball (Mark Rober) in
| 2019 ... https://youtu.be/wM5NHC97JBw
|
| Building Mark Rober's Bowling Ball (James Bruton) ...
| https://youtu.be/eI33iAXcEYA
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