LANE SURFACES

USBC researchers currently are concentrating on testing bowling balls, pins and lane conditioning aspects. The long-term plan calls for performing research into this System of Bowling component.

One of USBC’s long-term goals of this research is to increase its members’ understanding and awareness of the System of Bowling through communication channels such as bowl.com and member magazines US Bowler and US Youth Bowler, surveys and studies and partnerships with the PBA and other industry entities. 

Future research plans include revising existing Sport Bowling lane dressing ratio specifications, testing how pin deck tilt affects scoring, studying potential changes in flat gutter specifications, conducting tests on lane surface coefficient of friction.