That's a standard THS, nothing special and certainly not long or heavy. Bowl whenever and wherever you can. When you're at the drier house, move inside 5 boards.Originally Posted by Gunz1911
I do focus practice about 2/3 of the game and naturally bowl the last few frames.
I do no-step drills followed by one step drills. Then I do a couple of full approachs focusing on relaxing and doing the swing/release/whatever is the focus of the drill. I go do a couple more frames of 1 step drill to fine tune, then finish off with couple of frames of relaxed, natrual bowling to integrate the change. I make note of what happens when I relax and just bowl. Anything out o whack, I go back and do it again next practice game. As the league season is over, I have all summer do de-construct my swing.
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1. Don't ever ask about my business
2. Never discuss business at the table
3. Don't ever side with anyone against the family
That's a standard THS, nothing special and certainly not long or heavy. Bowl whenever and wherever you can. When you're at the drier house, move inside 5 boards.
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In response to your question about practicing on dried out lanes, yes by all means you should practice on lanes when it's not a fresh shot. As you know, when lanes dry out, that's when the real challenge begins. The question of where has the oil moved, what moves should I make with my feet, target, and/or ball change all come into play. I'll give you a recent example. Last Thursday, during practice I had a beautiful shot. Threw mostly strikes. Started the first frame, left a solid ten pin in the pocket. 2nd & third frame exactly the same thing. The oil had already started to move and the ball was not finishing the same as is was 20 minutes earlier. So what did I do? Went to another ball (earlier roller) and threw the new 6 strikes, won my point and shot 247. Stayed with that ball and shot 257 and 209 the third game.
What I'm saying is bowling on a fried shot will give you knowledge that you won't necessarily get on a fresh shot. So by all means look for the tough ones along with occasional practice on fresh shots. The knowledge you gain will pay big dividends for you.
Bob
"There truly is such a thing as a bad night and when these doomed evenings arrive you can't avoid them. But there's a bright side to this, it's that bad nights won't kill you, and sometimes will make you a little smarter."
Isolation drills are excellent at "retraining" your body movements. I always integrate in the end by bowling normally, not thinking about any particular part of the technique.. Again not concerned with pinfll, but with the resultant ball reaction. I can adjust for pins when pin results is the specific focus of my practice. Even then it is something specific like specific pin leaves (like 7-pin or 10-pin), or good first ball (line 1-3 pocket without a pin leave).
Later, when I do bowl for pins, I note my faults, marking it as the next object of a paractice session. In fact my current practice is not to record pin fall, rather I record percentage of closed framed. My goal is consistent 90%-100%. I simply count the open frames hoping to exceed 8 out of 10 frames. Say I score 70%. I note the specific spare opportunity, where I stood, where I INTENDED to roll, where I ACTUALLY rolled, and why I missed..
Next practice session: back the drawing board based on the failure factors of that session.
I live by three simples rules:
1. Don't ever ask about my business
2. Never discuss business at the table
3. Don't ever side with anyone against the family
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