1. Rent or Buy Your Footwear
If you've ever been in a bowling alley, then you know that every place offers rental shoes. They have a universal leather sole that works well for both right- and left-handed bowlers, novice bowlers and other bowlers with a little more experience. Renting bowling shoes is a good option if you're an occasional bowler or just want to try it out for the first time. If you find that you like the game and are interested in improving it or would like to play regularly on a team, then you'll probably want to buy your own pair of shoes.
2. Browse Through the Style Choices
Most rental bowling shoes aren't exactly what one would call fashionable. However, you may be surprised to learn that bowling shoes can be very stylish. You'll never find the trendy ones at a bowling alley rental counter, so if you're looking for a bowling shoe that you're not embarrassed to wear, you'll need to buy your own. Style choices available in bowling shoes include ones that look like cross-trainers, retro-looking shoes and traditional styles. Bowling shoes are available in wide width or with adjustable soles. Bowling shoes tend to be in white or dark colors like black and brown or a combination of the two. However, vibrant colors are available for the more trendy person who really wants to stand out in a crowd; options include neon pink. Bowling shoes are also available with a variety of interesting patterns on the uppers like stars, vamps and checkerboard.
3. Right- or Left-Handed Options
Special bowling shoes are designed for people who throw the ball with their left hand and other shoes are designed for people who bowl with their right hand. The left-handed bowling shoes have a sliding sole on the right shoe and a rubber braking sole on the left. Shoes for right-handed bowlers have the sliding sole on the left side and the braking sole on the right.
4. Athletic Vs. Performance Bowling Shoes
Athletic bowling shoes are specially designed to look like a runner, but they have all the features a good bowling shoe should have. Many novice and recreational bowlers--as in once a week or less bowlers--like athletic bowling shoes. These types of shoes typically have soles that both slide. Performance bowling shoes are the ones where one shoe has a braking sole for traction. These shoes are usually used by the more serious bowler.
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