Practice with a purpose

[noeymc]

decide one 1 or 2 thing whan u go and only work on thos one or two thing trying to do to much at one time u wont know if u did one of them and yea

[e-tank]

Before the league starts, I normally like to warm up with a game. Depending on who's behind the counter, I either pay $1 for a game or they just turn on the lights, but not the scorer. I normally use this to actually loosen up my arm

i might have to see if they will do this for me. They give us about 15 min to warm up which is usually fine but id also like to test the boundaries on what i can do with the lane conditions.

[75lockwood]

I Love to go practice, i have gotten a lot of great idea's from here as well as the ebook by Joe Slowinski, right now i'm working on my newly acquired slide, and hitting any mark i pick on the lane, once i get my spare ball drilled i will spend a few weeks on 10 pins, then start working on speed and axis rotation control.

Great Read:http://bowlingknowledge.info/index.p...d=23&Itemid=63

[wdc1987]

I start with working on my form for a few games. Next is nothing but strike balls. and ill play a game of 10 pins. Some nights me and my doubles partner will alternate who throws the strike ball and what ever is left the other picks up the spare.

Thursday nights we bowl during the blacklights makes you focus alot more on your lines.

[v33dubfox]

When I go practicing, the only thing I look on the screen is my speed. The scores aren't important. Also, I usually play an entire game targeting on the 7th pin because I know it is one of my weakness. I will also concentrate on the correct arrow and don't really care about the pin fall.

[SouthpawTRK]

I went to practice on picking up spares today by shooting only at the 7 and the 10 ten pin; definitely challenging and a good reality check on how bad I am at shooting spares.

[75lockwood]

When I go practicing, the only thing I look on the screen is my speed. The scores aren't important. Also, I usually play an entire game targeting on the 7th pin because I know it is one of my weakness. I will also concentrate on the correct arrow and don't really care about the pin fall.

The speed reading on the monitors is not really all that accurate, using it to judge your consistency isn't gonna work that well, video footage or a timer are better.

[ecub]

i might have to see if they will do this for me. They give us about 15 min to warm up which is usually fine but id also like to test the boundaries on what i can do with the lane conditions.

Get to know the staff, before asking anything. I've been bowling in several leagues in the house. I'm also the League secretary/Treasurer in one of the leagues there. I know all the owners, managers, and majority of the people who work behind the counter, as well as the bar. I even hang out with some of them. The person behind the counter offered to just turn on the lane, without the scorer. I even know the pro shop guy affiliated with the alley and often let's me take home a bowling ball that he has out for a demo. Of course, he only lives a few houses away from me. So yeah, I have a real good relationship with them.

[Loyer807]

For me I always begin bowling with scores on but I do my best never to look.
I don't want to be obsessed with how I'm doing but if I do put out a good game I at least want to know about it.
Of course there is always the times I bowl 4 strikes in a row but realize my game ended 5 frames ago.....but it is nice.
If I do get caught up in looking at it, my game usually lacks, if thats the issue I do just turn it off.

I always take time out from my practice to really explore the lane, try new things and work on spares. In which that case I don't even bother to look at the scores cause I know they are going to look like a poop show during that time ha.