Trouble keeping my eye on my mark

[vgw]

I think it's a good move. While many people do use the arrows, the distance may not work for everyone. Plus with the arrows, they are not at the same distance from the foul line. I use boards myself, but at the same general distance that the arrows are at. Some people use the dots that are closer and some people use marks past the arrows.

[josheaton16]

Bob I definitely agree I'm overthinking it. But if I don't think at all i don't look at my mark. So I'm not really sure how to fix this. If i overthink and focus to hard on hitting my mark its bad, and if i just execute i throw i good shot but miss my mark lol. Thanks for all the suggestions I'm going to have to practice and see what happens.

TCJ what do you mean by watching a board? Out on the lane or on the approach? I have tried to watch the dots at the end of the approach and i would do ok but i could hit that spot but still not hit where i wanted to at the arrows.

[TCJ]

TCJ what do you mean by watching a board? Out on the lane or on the approach? I have tried to watch the dots at the end of the approach and i would do ok but i could hit that spot but still not hit where i wanted to at the arrows.

I mean watching a board around where the dots (see image) on the lane are. If you've ever seen Wes Malott bowl, you'll notice that he's focusing DOWN and not at the arrows when he bowls. That's more what I started doing.

[josheaton16]

Ok so it's a little closer to the approach than the arrows. I think for me that might be part of it, is that the arrows are too far. I may also have to try that lol i'll try anything. Thanks for the suggestion.

[Tampabaybob]

Here's something interesting I noticed:

I've been working on trying to focus on a target. I pick the arrow, keep my eye on it and try to watch the ball go over the target. Only thing is I rarely get to see it go over! I thought I was getting better at it, but this past time I always seemed to miss my mark by much, much more than I usually do, even if on off days. So I tried something else. Now I' pick the arrow, watch it, but halfway there, I switch to watching a board (which relates to an arrow) AND my arm to make sure my arm follows through up the line of that particular board. Then I watch my ball, and sure enough, it's going over the mark more often than not. Maybe it's a fluke, or maybe I'm better at using boards than arrows. Either way, I'll do some more experimenting to see if it was a one time thing or if I can consistently do that.

I would be the first to tell you, whatever works for you....do it. Every person is different and not every person sees the same as another. Until it stops working for you, use it, and change it to suit you needs, and conditions. Many years ago I did something similar. I created my "own way" of shooting spares. (I'm talking about 50 years ago !) I've since taught hundreds and hundreds of bowlers my system with great success. So that's why I'm telling you to stick with what you're doing, and try to improve on it. Good Luck, let me know how it's working for you.