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Anthony Simonsen’s win over Marshall Kent for the 2024 PBA Tour Finals title shows another advantage to 2-handed bowling

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Sunday, June 9, 2024 9:30 pm
Anthony Simonsen’s win over Marshall Kent for the 2024 PBA Tour Finals title shows another advantage to 2-handed bowling
Anthony Simonsen won the 2024 PBA Tour Finals on Sunday. Photo by PBA.
In general, 2-handed bowling has obvious advantages over traditional 1-handed bowling in rev rate and ball speed. Some also contend it makes shotmaking “too easy” when the thumb isn’t involved, which pretty much says it is a superior technique. The 2024 PBA Tour Finals that concluded Sunday on CBS Sports Network at Steel City Bowl & Brews in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania illustrated another advantage of the thumb not being involved: a player doesn’t tear it up. By the time...