This is a Candlepin Classic! Dan Murphy, one of Candlepin Bowling's best known bowlers gives his tips and advice for becoming a better Candlepin Bowler. What better way to improve your scores, than to learn from the best!
I quit ten pin bowling due to a torn right forearm flexor on a back swing using a 15 pound finger tip ball. I can return to bowling with either hand if it's candlepin. Great game and great video.
If Dan Murphy was on the Candlepin Bowling with Don Gills show, he would have got $50 in bonus money for three marks in a row. I also have Irish Protestant roots from my Dad's family, the Barrett's, migrated from Ireland to Newfoundland in the 18th century, so I loved the "Irish Luck" remark in the end.
@@steveboone1498 5 years later and I am still at it. I .avg between 92 and 96. I am a very straight ball thrower. So my entry angle is just that. Now If I can just stop releasing it too early or holding it too long my confidence level would be better!
@@JBSmallz77 timing is key to a good release, it's a matter of when or where to release it. I will say that your average in candlepin is above average.
Halifax, Nova Scotia is my hometown, so I used to play Candlepin Bowling on a recreation basis. I moved to Newfoundland in 2008 for family and employment reasons, so I had to settle for 5 Pin Bowling (Canadian Bowling). Strange that my High Single in 5 Pin is 312, but only 96 in Candlepin. When I return home for vacation, I usually have a few games of Candlepin.
Even if you're an experienced ten pin bowler, you will find this game very challenging. PBA champion 'Packy' was trying his hand at candlepin bowling and having a difficult time.
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@@ballpen9157 in candlepin u don't curve the ball there is no oil on the lane curving don't help and is not effective without oil my brother curves it and he's shit a straight ball will always do more damage
@@ballpen9157 bc curve doesn't make the pins fall better they fall worse I'm a 97 average and curving is pointless in candlepin unless u have like 20 years to master curving like a pro I know in his 80s
They honestly should never have thought about demolishing it. This is the house where many historic Candlepin games occurred, including the taping of Boston's local broadcasts of Candlepin matched back in the day, and most significantly Paul Berger's 500 triple. So many Candlepin houses in Massachusetts and they picked this one for the chopping block. Greed is indeed to blame
I've watched the video. I'm a bowler and I sometimes keep score. Dan gets too many strikes and spares to understand score keeping. I would start off with regular score keeping with no strikes or spares to understand the basics of score keeping. Then add the strikes and spares. It also doesn't give you any tips about hitting your target.
I'm done now. So duckpin was invented by those 2 Baltimore Orioles because they wanted to come up with a more difficult version of this game. I get it now.
Duckpins are shortest, candlepins are tallest. The different types of bowling in North America are 10-pin, Candlepin, rubber-band duckpin(with and without string pinsetters), non-rubber band duckpin(with and without string pinsetters), and 5-pin(played with each pin having a point total attached to them; with and without string pinsetters). =P
pins and a bowling ball...just wondering what other name you might have for it...the official name of this sport is called "candlepin bowling" so you cant call it tennis
