Bowling Ball Braemar?
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Topic: Bowling Ball Braemar?
Posted By: BenEdwards
Subject: Bowling Ball Braemar?
Date Posted: 8/25/14 at 2:24am
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I found a 16lb and 18lb bowling ball on Craigslist for a great price. $10 for the pair. Is a bowling ball a decent tool to train Braemar or Open stone? On one hand, I like that it is less dense than a shot put for the weight. My first thought is that it might be a better way to train for the stones in the Games. Compared to using a smaller diameter shot put, I mean. I used the search function but only found a few mentions of bowling ball here on the forum. Not enough to tell me one way or another if other throwers are using it - and if so, if there is carryover to the stone throws. ------------- http://goalorientedtraining.wordpress.com/ |
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Posted By: agm_
Date Posted: 8/25/14 at 6:49am
| Reasonable weight for an open stone, but much bigger. Bigger than most Braemar stones, but much lighter. Probably not a bad idea to throw it occasionally, just for variety, but I don't think it would work well as a regular practice implement. |
Posted By: Duncan McCallum
Date Posted: 8/25/14 at 7:59am
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Get a rock. Skip the bowling ball. ------------- The man in the arena. |
Posted By: C. Smith
Date Posted: 8/25/14 at 8:09am
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I started out with a bowling ball. I doubt I'd recommend it, honestly, esp given the options. |
Posted By: BenEdwards
Date Posted: 8/28/14 at 12:39am
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agm_ wrote:Posted By: BenEdwards
Date Posted: 8/28/14 at 12:41am
I can't seem to find that magical 22lb stone that is even close to being round. I'm not looking for a perfectly round stone. Those are called "shots." Not against those either, so I may just quit being a cheap bastard and buy a 20lb shot and call it quits. ------------- http://goalorientedtraining.wordpress.com/ |
Posted By: BenEdwards
Date Posted: 8/28/14 at 12:44am
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Posted By: C. Smith
Date Posted: 8/28/14 at 7:48am
| Yea, it served it's purpose at the time, but looking back...just finding a stone would have been a much better option. |
Posted By: Duncan McCallum
Date Posted: 8/28/14 at 9:10am
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Posted By: Silverback
Date Posted: 9/19/14 at 10:16am
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Use the bowling ball to practice for Stone Mountain, or the old Montgomery Bama game. Similar to what you throw there
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Posted By: BenEdwards
Date Posted: 9/25/14 at 8:00am
Thanks for the tip! ------------- http://goalorientedtraining.wordpress.com/ |