![]() Have you ever heard of candlepin bowling? Those machines are just as difficult to maintain. But as we all know, there is theory, and then there’s operation. Bowling Congress recently published new research claiming that the differences are negligible. And, perhaps most alarmingly, the players noted occasional spares that occurred because the strings crossed. Hundreds of participants during the testing phase reported that bowling to the strung pins felt off, less active. More scientifically speaking, obscure forces such as the radius of gyration and the coefficient of restitution make it so the tethered pins go flying around differently than those that are allowed free-fall. There is no satisfying crash when the ball hits. The problem is that the physics of pins suspended on strings affects the game more than you’d think. Bowling Congress recently certified these string pinsetters for both tournament and league play, to the dismay of many bowlers.
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