Practice

[Shaneshu87]

whats your ideal practice set up? i like to change lanes between games, with no practice shots. each lane i try i different technique/ball/mark and i stick with it throughout the whole game.

[Shaneshu87]

last night i shot 222,231,157,212 1st game was my normal approach with my deadly aim, second game was a cupped approach with my assassin, 3rd was two handed with my deadly (to dry for that lol) 4th was a mark change and more inside than i normally do.

[vdubtx]

I practice on one pair. Sometimes getting 10 minutes of practice depending on center. If no practice, first game is just warm up. Then starting with my "strongest" ball in next game, then working my way down arsenal each successive game. Last game of all is to work on just 10 pin spares for entire game. If center has pin setters where you can easily setup pin leaves, I will set only the 10 pin up.

When I am working on something specific, I only go to throw balls and work on the part of game that I am focusing on. Lately for me is my approach since I just got some coaching and we worked on that.

[MICHAEL]

I practice on one pair. Sometimes getting 10 minutes of practice depending on center. If no practice, first game is just warm up. Then starting with my "strongest" ball in next game, then working my way down arsenal each successive game. Last game of all is to work on just 10 pin spares for entire game. If center has pin setters where you can easily setup pin leaves, I will set only the 10 pin up.

When I am working on something specific, I only go to throw balls and work on the part of game that I am focusing on. Lately for me is my approach since I just got some coaching and we worked on that.


I don't know of any lanes around Kansas City Missouri that have the ability to set up 10 pins only. IF YOU DO have that ability do you get 20 throws for a game? (NOT JUST 10 for the linage)

[Amyers]

Shaneshu what differences do you see between throwing cupped vs. uncapped. I typically throw cupped have thrown some uncapped but my accuracy is usually not good that way but I figure its due to lack of practice

[MICHAEL]

last night i shot 222,231,157,212 1st game was my normal approach with my deadly aim, second game was a cupped approach with my assassin, 3rd was two handed with my deadly (to dry for that lol) 4th was a mark change and more inside than i normally do.

being able to play THAT INSIDE, can be a life saver sometimes. Its a whole new delivery for me! Like that old saying: There is more then ONE way to skin a cat! Where in the hell did that inhuman saying come from??? Sorry,,,, but you get the point...LOL

[tccstudent]

I don't know of any lanes around Kansas City Missouri that have the ability to set up 10 pins only. IF YOU DO have that ability do you get 20 throws for a game? (NOT JUST 10 for the linage)

The one place around here where you are able to set this up. If you want to be able to set up certain spares you have to rent the lanes by the hour

[vdubtx]

I don't know of any lanes around Kansas City Missouri that have the ability to set up 10 pins only. IF YOU DO have that ability do you get 20 throws for a game? (NOT JUST 10 for the linage)

If I hit the 10 pin first ball, it counts as a strike. So if I hit it 12 times in a row, 300 game!! :cool:

[Bunny]

If I hit the 10 pin first ball, it counts as a strike. So if I hit it 12 times in a row, 300 game!! :cool:

Good practice. We played next to guy last night that thinks he's all that. Couldn't pick up a 10 pin to save his life. I just giggled to myself every time he threw it in the right gutter. :o

[mike_thomas93]

I prefer practicing on a pair mostly. This sounds silly but sometimes I tend to ask whoever's at the front desk what the lane conditions are like, and that would obviously give me a better idea of which balls are more worthy to bring with me. ;p. I just throw my first shot and go from there. ;p

[fortheloveofbowling]

This is a great practice regiment if you have say 4 different balls. Get a pair and bowl 4 games at the same time with all the balls. At the end of the first game go down to the 2 balls that were the winners. Then bowl 2 more games with those and get a champion. This makes it fun and a competition and also teaches you the difference in your equipment and forces you to play different parts of the lane with the different balls. Also there is a great game you can play for shooting 7 and 10 pins called low ball. You try to pick the 7 or the 10 on the first shot and the other on the second. Obviously a perfect score would be 20. If you throw it the gutter it scores as 10 and if you knock down more than 1 on a shot it counts as whatever you knocked down. Just some ideas to mix things up.

[tccstudent]

When practing I like to play atound the world I think it helps to build a veristle game

[vdubtx]

When practing I like to play atound the world I think it helps to build a veristle game

And that is what exactly?

[tccstudent]

Around the world you start with your foot on the first dot and you stay there until you strike then you move to the next dot until you strike firat person all the way down and back again is the winner

[Mike White]

I don't know of any lanes around Kansas City Missouri that have the ability to set up 10 pins only. IF YOU DO have that ability do you get 20 throws for a game? (NOT JUST 10 for the linage)

To get your money's worth, have them set up the 7-10 split.

[Shaneshu87]

Shaneshu what differences do you see between throwing cupped vs. uncapped. I typically throw cupped have thrown some uncapped but my accuracy is usually not good that way but I figure its due to lack of practice

when i cup i get my ideal rev on the ball, however as lane break down i can uncup and force a smooth release to bring down my revs. that way i dont have to stand in front of ball return ;)

[JohnnyG]

Practice playing angles on the lane which you will eventually encounter in competition in addition to playing your favorite or most natural angles. Practice making a series of "parallel adjustments" which require adjusting your feet alignment and your eye alignment at the on-lane target and move across the practice lane in both directions as to better familiarize yourself with playing angles not comfortable to your eye. A good goal is to make certain there is no angle targeting the break point with which you are unfamiliar.