Bowling Tips!

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This is the one time that watching TV is GOOD! OK. Maybe not the one time. But a really good time. This bowling tip is telling you to watch the pros. Don’t just watch — study. See what they are doing. Record them and play it back in slow motion. See what the basic technique they are using.

So knock yourself out and grab that remote control.

“STOP THINKING SO MUCH!” Did I yell loud enough? Most of us are used to people telling us we aren’t thinking enough.

When you are ready to start your approach and you have gone through all the prep. Then you need to just let your body do what it know to do.

In my opinion, if you keep trying to think about it at this point you are more likely to mess things up than get a good shot off.

Just relax and go for it.

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The general rule of thumb is to bowl straight at the pin you are trying to pick up. Nothing fancy. If you have a hard ball that doesn’t hook this make it easy to pick it up with your normal swing.

If you only have one ball then adjust where you aim and where you start accordingly.

Picking up spares should be easy.

Now, if you are a lefty and wanting to pick up the 4 or 7 pin (or if you are a righty trying to pick up the 6 or 10 pin) then move all the way to the other side so that you can bowl across the lane. This allows you some flexibility so you are not having to hang on the end og the gutter.

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At some point, you are going to need to learn to bowl the arrows. Those are the pointy things that form a big arrow. They are spaced five boards apart.

The reason for bowling them is that you can be much more consistent focusing on them than the pins since they are so much closer. You can tell if you hit your arrow or not and make adjustments accordingly.

Practice this and your score will skyrocket!

Once again, every one stands differently. I think that you want to stay relaxed in your stance. This will help your entire approach be more relaxed and fluid. I like to bend the knees a little and make sure I am well balanced. If my stance isn’t balanced from sided to side and front to back, then I won’t be balanced at the line and that is deadly.

I’m going to take this from the end versus the beginning.

When you finishing releasing the ball and completed your follow-thru, your hand should be in a “handshake” positions. Not over the top.

Imagine shaking someone’s hand. That’s how your hand position should be at the end of your release and folow-thru.

Now, how you begin in another story. I typically, have my hand directly under the ball. Sometimes, I tilt the ball more to one side or the other depending on what I am trying to acheive.

Figure out a routine that you will use everytime you compete. Some would say to plan out your complete day. This may be a little extreme from most of us.

For this bowling tip, I suggest have routine set for when you get to your lane.

My routine for instance:

1. Clean and put balls on return tray.
2. Clean and put on shoes.
3. Check fingers and thumb fit in each ball.
4. Check sliding on my approach.
5. Go through the approach without the ball a few times.
6. If I can have practice frames. Take a few and think of how it feels and make adjustments for lane conditions.
7. Clean balls, wipe hands, relax.

Now, when I it’s my turn up:

1. Clean ball.
2. Dry hand over air blower while focusing on my arrow and what I want to do.
3. Address the lane.
4. Put ball into position.
5. Focus on arrow.
6. Take a deep breath and relax.
7. Forget it and bowl.
8. Analyze foot positions, if I hit my arrow, ball movement, and pin actions.
9. Think of what to do for next frame.

Everyone will have their own routine. Just have one. It will help!

You’ve heard that practice makes perfect. NOT.

PERFECT PRACTICE makes PERFECT.

Don’t mess around when you practice. Concentrate on what you are trying to do. Focus on one area so you can get it down. Remember that you are programming your body so that it will automatically do what you wnat in the real game. Focusing on one area allows this programming to happen because you’re doing it over and over again.

Analyze your delivery and think about what you are doing when you practice. Feel your good shots when you make them and imprint it into your mind so that you can repeat them again. Use visualization to practice off the lanes at home

Also, don’t keep score when you’re practicing. It will cause more damage than good. You end up focusing on getting a better score than a better game.