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BowlSense Milestone!
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BowlSense Milestone!

It's not a massive number - but slowly and steadily I'm getting more people using the app and website as well as providing feedback making it better each week. The sensor is in the hands of a few pro-shops and they are testing against their baseline systems. There have been a few pre-orders but I haven't been really pushing that until I can get validation data beyond just my own throws for people to review.

In addition to the app/sensor, the website is making quite a bit of progress too! I've had quite a few users go to www.bowlsense.io/speed to use the free, private speed/rev check. A few feedback comments have made it into the improvements pipeline already.

I've also built an arsenal builder www.bowlsense.io/arsenal-builder I'd love some more feedback on this. We as bowlers are always trying to optimize our kit and bring the right balls. I've tried to make it easy to find gaps in your arsenal, and share for feedback. The ultimate goal is to have BowlSense, not only be a sensor but a place where bolwers can get insights in the blog, useful tools to visualize how balls will react and ultimately improve their game by choosing strategies and equipment that helps them specifically, not just "The Average Bowler"

I have to thank you all for helping it grow, providing feedback and continually giving inspiration to keep progress going! It's been awhile since I've provided any updates so wanted to get a post out there to my fellow bowlers!

u/TransmissionEngPM — 2 days ago
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Speed/Rev Check - Web Edition

Added this to the website for people who just want to calculate their speed/revs on web/desktop. www.bowlsense.io/speed I don't save videos, users don't log-in etc. Just another simple tool to help people get the data they want. This is V1, probably some fit/finish/polish to do but thought I'd share it with this group for comments/feedback.

u/TransmissionEngPM — 7 days ago
▲ 2 r/Bowling

So - This question comes up over and over, and for good reason it's kind of voodoo magic if you're new to the bowling world. So - I made a blog post, and a little helper tool that allows you to adjust various inputs, ball speed, rpm, but also your pin to pap, Drilling Angle, and VAL angle. Is it perfect? No. Is it supposed to be? No. The idea is to give a definition of important layout concepts, help bowlers understand them and in a big picture sort of way, see how it changes what a ball "Might" do. This doesn't cost anything - it is linked to my website, but I built it to hopefully just help people who want to get more info.

Blog Entry: https://www.bowlsense.io/blog/what-do-layouts-tell-you

Image:

https://preview.redd.it/8oxvs4vsqdyg1.png?width=1309&format=png&auto=webp&s=11cc07d2102930b05d1e3c48313ee4e45b170fe4

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u/TransmissionEngPM — 22 days ago
▲ 5 r/Bowling

 Hey all, you’ve been pretty solid about giving feedback when I’ve posted here before, and a few people have jumped on the mailing list for more detailed updates.    

I said I wasn’t going to spam r/bowling with every little thing, and I still don’t want to do that. But it’s been a few weeks, and the direction of BowlSense has changed enough that I figured I’d share where it’s going and ask a question.

The sensor is still moving forward. I’m meeting with my local PSO in the next few weeks to run through a fitting-style session with him. The idea is to give him a few sensor inserts, basically small / medium / large removable-thumb setups, so a bowler can throw a few shots and we can see whether the data actually helps with ball selection.

That part still has me excited. Rev rate, speed, tilt, rotation, all the nerdy stuff.

Oddly, when I got my own team using the app, that wasn’t the thing they cared about first. They cared about league night.

Who’s bowling?

Who’s out?

Do we need a sub?

Where’s the team chat?

Can we stop digging through random group texts?

So the newest version leans way more into that. You can create a team from a League Secretary ID, pick your name from the roster, invite teammates, and then each week people can tap In / Out / Maybe. It also creates a team-only chat room, so the normal coordination, trash talk, “I’m running late,” “who owes what,” etc. lives with the team instead of being scattered through texts.

My team actually started using that part, which was a bit of a wake-up call.

So I’m trying to figure out if that’s just my team being my team, or if other league teams would actually use something like this.

Longer term, the app is shifting from “scoring/stats app” to more of a bowling home base. League/team stuff, your own game data, and gear/arsenal questions all connected together.

The gear side is where I think it could get really interesting over time. If people are scoring games and marking what ball they used, the app can eventually start showing things like what ball you score best with, how many games you have on a ball, what balls are popular with bowlers like you, and what people are actually throwing at league. Watch and sensor data would make that better, but it wouldn’t be required.    

Scoring is still there. Speed Check is still there. The sensor is still coming along. I just don’t think “another scoring app” is the right way to think about it anymore.    

So for league bowlers, especially captains or the person who always ends up organizing everyone:

Would your team use In / Out / Maybe plus team chat?

Or is your group text already good enough?

And if you would use it, what would make it worth opening every week?

No bad feedback. If you think it’s pointless, that’s useful too.

I’ll drop the link in the comments if anyone asks or wants to poke around.

Cheers,

The BowlSense Guy

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u/TransmissionEngPM — 24 days ago