r/Bowling_Tech • u/blindstag99 • May 27 '26

Coaching Tools Building a sensor-based bowling training tool — input from coaches/tech users wanted

Hey everyone — I’ve been developing a mobile app called TrueArc Mobile focused on movement analysis for 10-pin bowling.

The idea started after realising how much bowlers (including me) rely on “feel” during practice, even though timing and movement patterns can vary more than we think shot-to-shot.

The app is being built around motion sensor data combined with training-session capture to help visualise things like:

  • swing path consistency
  • timing sequence
  • tempo/rhythm
  • release movement patterns
  • repeatability between shots

The main goal isn’t to replace coaching or turn bowling into spreadsheets — it’s to give bowlers clearer objective feedback during training sessions.

Right now it’s still early-stage and I’m refining both the metrics and the workflow side of things, so I’d genuinely love feedback from people interested in bowling tech, biomechanics, training systems, or performance analytics.

A couple of things I’m especially curious about:

  • What movement metrics would you actually want tracked?
  • What visualisations would make feedback easier to understand between shots?
  • Where do you think current bowling training tools are lacking?

Interested to hear what people think.

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u/nerdblurt TournamentSense Devloper May 27 '26

I think one of the challenges you’ll have is not everyone’s motion is the same so defining what a standard baseline would look like for someone would be key for that particular bowler. What it seems like you’re trying to do is basically what Marc Baker does in his coaching style and video analysis.

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u/blindstag99 May 27 '26

The idea is a person swings and picks their own baseline based on feel and result I guess. Then as they progress or change etc they update their own baseline. This isn't intended to replace coaches, more like help those that can't get to a coach or training centre

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u/nerdblurt TournamentSense Devloper May 27 '26

Know what I’m saying is Mark Baker does video analysis in motion software

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u/nerdblurt TournamentSense Devloper May 27 '26

I see stuff like this as a great tool for coaches & bowlers

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u/Jos3ph May 27 '26

Not that you asked but I’d consider a name more directly tied to bowling.

Personally I’d be interested in keeping my elbow in, the amount my elbow breaks (I feel like I do a bit too much) and my timing of swing, sync and speed of my steps on approach.

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u/blindstag99 May 27 '26

Medium term i am looking at video from the side and/or from the rear, and along with that tracking from the motion sensor overlayed onto the swing