If you could work on one area of your game what would it be?

[Amyers]

I have an appointment for lesson #2 tonight and my coach seems to be big on me telling him what I want to work on. It got me thinking if you were going to work on one aspect of your game what would it be?

[RobLV1]

Developing more ball speed. It seems like every center in which I bowl, the lanes are dominated by the higher speed bowlers.

[Ptnomore]

Accuracy. And Accuracy with speed. I lose accuracy when I need to add some zip or revs on the ball. For me, that has to do with my release and tension in my fore arm and elbow. I've gotten my footwork under control and have improved my swing plane when I have to open my hips. But my release still suffers and affects my accuracy.

[Amyers]

Developing more ball speed. It seems like every center in which I bowl, the lanes are dominated by the higher speed bowlers.

Yeah this is the one I would love explained to me but I've talked to everyone until I'm blue in the face about it and I get something along the lines of hold the ball higher or speed up your foot work or stand farther back all of which are great if you need an extra 1/4 to 1/2 mph. None of which explains why as not a dinosaur (40) I get the speed of a super senior. I may be averaging 11.5 now up from 10-10.5 but most of the guys I bowl against are 14-17 mph it sucks going out knowing your hitting the pins with 1/3 less out of the gate.

I know it's not ball weight, it's not my foot speed, it's not my timing and it's not where I'm starting on the approach. I think I'll have a long talk with him about this again tonight.

[fordman1]

Entry angle..

[Tony]

For me consistency would be one of my biggest issues, I can go from great to junk and back in a heartbeat. The second item would be adjusting or I should say learning when and what to adjust ahead of the curve to continue staying in control of my game.

[scottymoney]

Kicking the 10 out at the end of a 3 game series where I have moved left and the lane is fried. I can get it back to the pocket consistently now but that dang 10 pin! I have been working lately on playing deeper as the new league I bowl in is much more competitive and transition has been much faster.

[Tony]

Yeah this is the one I would love explained to me but I've talked to everyone until I'm blue in the face about it and I get something along the lines of hold the ball higher or speed up your foot work or stand farther back all of which are great if you need an extra 1/4 to 1/2 mph. None of which explains why as not a dinosaur (40) I get the speed of a super senior. I may be averaging 11.5 now up from 10-10.5 but most of the guys I bowl against are 14-17 mph it sucks going out knowing your hitting the pins with 1/3 less out of the gate.

I know it's not ball weight, it's not my foot speed, it's not my timing and it's not where I'm starting on the approach. I think I'll have a long talk with him about this again tonight.

I bowl with a guy who has the same issue, people tell him the same things and it changes very little. He is a smaller guy and throws about 9.5 to 10.5, size doesn't appear to be the issue, I have another teammate the same size 5' 4" and he is in the 17- 18 mph area. I know this doesn't help but at least you know you're not the only one.
He went to see a Gold level coach and according to him, the coach only had him hold the ball a little higher and closer to his body .....did add a .5 or so to his speed but that's not what he needs.

[Amyers]

I bowl with a guy who has the same issue, people tell him the same things and it changes very little. He is a smaller guy and throws about 9.5 to 10.5, size doesn't appear to be the issue, I have another teammate the same size 5' 4" and he is in the 17- 18 mph area. I know this doesn't help but at least you know you're not the only one.
He went to see a Gold level coach and according to him, the coach only had him hold the ball a little higher and closer to his body .....did add a .5 or so to his speed but that's not what he needs.

Well it is nice to see it's not just me. I'm 5'11" so not miniature my wife is 5'8" throws 15 mph with no problem. I at least used to have a higher speed than my 11 year old but she is consistently in the upper 12's now. I don't know if the people I've asked about it in the past don't know what the problem is or if it's just more involved than what they wanted to get.

[JasonNJ]

For me it would be moving left. Once I move more than 3 or 4 boards left I have to start changing my release for more revs to get the ball back to the pocket which of course hurts my consistency.