The Game Changer by Mark Baker

[billf]

You both enjoy bowling so what would be so bad about a bowling camp honeymoon? I'm sure you could extend it a couple of days and take in the sights. Most of us aren't loaded so combining two great things makes sense. To love, honor and bowl!

[noeymc]

my brother can marry u guys not sure if he can do it on line but he can marry people in the state of ohio =D if that helps and i just so happen to know a great coach some good lanes =D dont forget the big ring so what does he get if he gives u a big ring anyways i am just wondering

[Tampabaybob]

Wow, marriage arrangements by bowling blogs ! Pretty soon we'll be seeing this turn into a dating site for bowlers !! LOL

Bob

[sprocket]

I do want to read this book, but I have a question:
Does Mark Baker talk about his own footwork in this book? If I remember right he had issues with his footwork back in the '80s. I watched a youtube video of him and Marshall Holman bowling for the title in the TOC ('87, I think) and his footwork wasn't very pretty. His steps had unusual rhythm and length and he often fell off to the right after delivering the ball. Is this one of those "those who can't do, teach" things or did his footwork get a lot better over time?

[Zothen]

I do not recall him talking about his footwork! I do know he said at a seminar he had back issues,so that may be why his footwork was funny.

Zothen

[AZBowla]

He doesn't talk about his own career much (other than a back injury ended it) but he does talk about footwork quite a bit in the book.

[billf]

What's wrong with "those who can't do, teach"? Bill Bellichek never threw a touchdown pass but is considered a future hall of fame coach. Did Phil Jackson play in the NBA? I don't know so if he did he wasn't nearly the player he is a coach.
Coaches have the same love for the sport as the players, maybe more. Coaches usually had something, whether it's ability, injury or whatever, that kept them from being a good player or player at all. They are usually not the better players so they had to work harder, study more and still came up short. So those coaches understand what it takes, ability-wise and work ethic-wise. It also drives them to come up with things not before previously thought of and they end up revolutionizing a sport. Mark Baker's way to check timing is revolutionary.

[AZBowla's Girl]

my brother can marry u guys not sure if he can do it on line but he can marry people in the state of ohio =D if that helps and i just so happen to know a great coach some good lanes =D dont forget the big ring so what does he get if he gives u a big ring anyways i am just wondering

That is for me to know and him to find out and you all to use your imaginations. I will just say this though...there will be a lot more than bowling going on...

[billf]

For the first week or two anyway. Then it's all back to normal lmao

[J Anderson]

Did Phil Jackson play in the NBA? I don't know so if he did he wasn't nearly the player he is a coach.
Coaches have the same love for the sport as the players, maybe more. Coaches usually had something, whether it's ability, injury or whatever, that kept them from being a good player or player at all. They are usually not the better players so they had to work harder, study more and still came up short.

If I remember correctly, Phil Jackson played for the NY Knicks in the 70s. While he didn't put up hall of fame numbers as a player, when you consider the number of professional teams and the relatively small roster size for basketball, he was certainly an above average player.

It seems like very few star players are as successful as coaches or managers as they were on the field or court. It's like the way that most of the best teachers weren't straight A students for whom things came easily. The great teachers tend to have been the ones who had to work really hard get Bs. Because they had to really think about things, they can explain them more clearly than the genius who just intuitively got everything.