I've bowled on a few sport and PBA patterns before. Honestly, as long as I watch my speed and keep the ball in front of me, I don't notice a huge difference. Sure my line has to change, have to cut down the angle and don't dare miss right. But i do ok. Except on the Badger. Screw that pattern...lolOriginally Posted by noeymc
on every shot ive bowled on i maybe have a half a board so unless u area is 2 boards the way u said it is u have a 5 board window that doesnt add up 1 board missed at the arrows is like 3 down the lane not trying to attack u just think about it i dont know ur goals or nothing but if its to be very consistent being able to split boards is a great start!
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I've always felt the targeting was an overblown aspect to the game once you're fundamentals are sound and you're consistent.
I had a college team practicing on our lanes next to me a year or so ago, and they hung a curtain just past the foul line and were practicing bowling blind (just relying on footwork and general lane direction as an aiming tool). I was amazed how, watching the ball over the arrows how many could easily repeat their shots. Some of them got MORE accurate without targeting the arrows....even at the breakpoint.
If targeting is crucial for accuracy, it wouldn't have been that way. Clearly, muscle memory and lining up play more into downlane accuracy than focusing alone does.
I'm sure someone might argue against that belief, but I saw it in action with a whole team of experienced bowlers.
On a sport short, I have about a board to play with. I wasn't trying to be defensive. Just I hear these league guys talk about moving a half of a board down lane and I roll my eyes...
Exactly the reason for my question haha. I did a sport shot league a while back and made good friends with the 2-8-10 haha.
I have been practicing latley at using the three point system with Quiet eye.. and it actually works pretty good. I have been looking at the arrors and find my mid/back lane shape and area is more consistant.
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I first pick an arrow I want to go over and then I set up on the approach and put my sliding foot arch on the board I want to use to hit my target arrow. Once I am set up for that I make my approach focusing on my ball hand. I try to feel my hand having a light grip with my thumb and my wrist staying cupped and on the inside of the ball on the backswing. On the forward swing I focus on keeping my hand on the inside of the ball with my ring finger leading the swing to the release area. Doing this keeps my ball hand from rotating early before the release area.
If you are lofting when you don't want to you are probably gripping the ball too tightly with your thumb. When you do that the knuckle of your thumb raises in the thumb hole and then it hangs up instead of coming out nice and quick like it should at the start of the release area.
I know sometimes that happens to me on league. When it happens I tell my teammates that I forgot to let go of the ball when I should. If you have a light grip with your thumb it will come out quick at the beginning of the release area. After it comes out you uncup your wrist
and rotate your hand just an inch or two to get the revs on the ball.
Sometimes it is hard not to grip tight with your thumb because you feel like you will lose controll of the ball and not hit your target. You just have to practice having a light grip with your thumb and learn to trust it. I used to practice seeing how light I can grip the ball with my thumb and see when it becomes too light and the shot don't come out right. What will make you grip tight with the thumb is when you break your wrist back on the forward swing. Now you have the weight of the ball trying to pull off your thumb as you near the release area. That is why on the forward swing you keep your wrist straight or a little cupped so your thumb will stay in without gripping hard as you near the release area.
At the beginning of the release area your hand should be behind the ball or a little to the inside of the ball and then your thumb should come out quickly.
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Actually the first thing I focus on is if I remembered to take off my bowling shoe protectors before I make my approach.
Arsenal: Raw Hammer Orange/Black Hybrid 14lbs, Blue Hammer urethane 14lbs, Columbia 300 Lava Ball Plastic 14lbs, Highest scratch series 710 Bowling 38 years Never hit that 300 game. Highest game 276, had 11 strikes and one spare in the middle of that game.
When stepping up to the ball return in preparation of making your next delivery, remind yourself exactly where you want your bowling ball to go. Input into your computer the target location and then zoom in with your eyes on your target when you step onto the approach.
I think that you will find that your accuracy will improve and you rev rate will increase if you, rather than thinking about where you want your bowling ball to go (aiming), you think about the direction in which you want your armswing to go. This will allow you to let the ball go instead of aiming it at your "target." There are no pins at the arrows, and you don't get any brownie points for hitting a target that is 45 feet away from the pins.
^^^ This makes more sense to me.
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