What would you want if it were possible to make one change in your bowling ???

[Judy clemons]

If I could make change in my bowling the one thing that I would want extreme perfection on would be
ROLLING my BALL over my TARGET every time. I believe that is the single most important factor with the biggest IMPACT!!!

[Tampabaybob]

If I could make change in my bowling the one thing that I would want extreme perfection on would be
ROLLING my BALL over my TARGET every time. I believe that is the single most important factor with the biggest IMPACT!!!

Judy, I agree with you 1000% !!! I've been teaching and coaching bowling for over 30 years and the biggest thing that I stress is accuracy, accuracy, & accuracy. Give me an accurate team member to bowl with any day of the week. Many guys that I bowl on the league with are crankers that "play an area" . Well, that's fine if the "AREA" is working for them. If it isn't they're not going to be very much of a threat. The let it fly mentality that some bowlers have just doesn't work in my book.

So you're right on the money. The problem most bowlers have (only about 90% !!) is looking up from their target a split second BEFORE they release the ball. And you can't hit what you don't see.

[Judy clemons]

:-)WOW! you blew me away i never expected
that kind response. Thank you, Tampabobay

[Judy clemons]

Correction on spelling needed i'm sorry.
Tampabaybob and THANK YOU again.

[Dartgod]

For me, it would be to eliminate wrist pain. I bowled for years and never had a problem but then took a 12 year or so hiatus from league bowling. I started up again last year and I have dealt with wrist pain ever since. It severely affected my ability to get decent revs on the ball and even got to the point where I had no strength. I couldn't even lift my ball off the rack to bowl.

I finally went to a specialist and it seems that I have some arthritis now in my wrist. He gave me a steroid injection and I now bowl with a wrist brace, which has helped considerably. It's been a couple of months and some of the pain has started to come back, so I'll probably end up getting another injection at some point.

[ecub]

Consistency for me. I can hit my mark, but sometimes not at the same speed or not enough revs.

[jbeck]

Consistency for me. I can hit my mark, but sometimes not at the same speed or not enough revs.

I'm in the same boat! I may not always hit my target, but I'm pretty sure I'm 90 % accurate with it. I just need to match my revs with my speed or vice versa and that's what kills me in consistent pin carry.

[Tampabaybob]

I'm in the same boat! I may not always hit my target, but I'm pretty sure I'm 90 % accurate with it. I just need to match my revs with my speed or vice versa and that's what kills me in consistent pin carry.

It comes with many years and thousands of games of practice. Very, very hard. You'll see some of the pros on tour bowling well for a few weeks and then all of a sudden they don't qualify for a few weeks. I can tell you from experience, after those weeks of not qualifying, you can bet they're at the lanes every day probably bowling for 4-6 hours and working on their game. It's not something that comes easy.

[billf]

I wish I had started bowling 30 year earlier. I bowl against people who started very young while I didn't start until 37. That's put me thousands of games behind.

[Tampabaybob]

Yeah, I was very fortunate. My Mom and Dad were bowlers. they bowled "Duckpins" for years in Connecticut before Tenpins really came into the area. Our first "new modern" bowling center wasn't even built until 1959. That's when all three of us started bowling tenpins. It just kind of took off from there for me. I was very fortunate, I had several del good coaches along the way. I guess that's one reason I coach today. It's my way of giving back to the game that has done so much for me.