That sounds awesome.....I'm jealous
Good luck ironing out your game.
Lesson with a great coach Part 1
Had my lesson with USBC Gold level coach Susie Minshew today. What an eye opener it was to how much work my game needed.
We started off just getting to know each other and also what I wanted out of the lessons. I told her I was not comfortable with my approach as I had fast feet and also am unbalanced at the line most of the time.
She had me warm up and start throwing shots while she filmed me from various angles. When she was done filming, she put the video into her laptop and we reviewed it. What she saw was that I was putting too much into each shot and not letting the ball do the work. My head moves a lot while in my approach, and at the end, I really put a lot into the ball as I have been told before. Susie showed me video of my face at the end of the downswing in my approach and I was amazed at how much my face was strained.
We really dove into this and looked at my steps, my footwork, and my muscled arm swing. She had me work through several drills where I would get in my stance with my CG(belly button) essentially over the right foot, then a slow walk to the line and slide with my CG over the left knee with my foot pointing straight ahead. I have to tell you, I have never felt so balanced at the line and felt like Chris Barnes posting shots. Took some work to keep myself slow, and need more practice with it, but I think this is going to lead to some great things.
We talked about another topic I brought up and it is the mental aspect. When I miss a shot, I know my mind was just not in it. She gave me a signed copy of a book, "With Winning in Mind" by Lanny Bassham to read. He deals with the Mental Management system and I excited to start this book and see what it does for me.
Another thing we talked about was targeting down lane. She gave some pointers on reflections to use down lane to help in determining if my ball was going where I wanted it to go. Will put to use when I practice more.
Will be seeing Susie again in a few months. Have lots of practicing and some homework to do in the mean time.
High Sanctioned Scratch Game - 300(12) Hi Sanctioned Scratch Series - 822(3)
2016/17 Book Average=221, 2017/18 Composite Average=223
Equipment in the bag - Storm Crux Prime, Storm Physix, Roto Grip Idol, Roto Grip Idol Pearl, Roto Grip Hyper Cell Fused, Storm Sure Lock, Storm Drive, Roto Grip Winner Solid, Roto Grip Haywire, Storm Fever Pitch, Roto Grip Red ball spare.
Rev Rate 400. Speed 18 at heads, 16.5-17 at pins. Axis tilt 10, Axis Rotation 55. PAP 5 5/8 x 5/8 up
That sounds awesome.....I'm jealous
Good luck ironing out your game.
Company League Average: 198.1
City League Average: 186.5
WTBA Sport pattern League Average: 172.9
Current Arsenal: Roto Grip Nomad Pearl, Wrecker, and Hyper Cell; Track 920A and 505A; Storm Tropical Breeze; Plastic Spare Ball
Does Susie do Kansas city mo?
sounds like a LOT of goodies for one lesson! Will be very interesting to see if your average this fall goes EVEN higher with that knowledge! That was a very nice gift that your wife gave you! Speaking for myself, I appreciate all the information! Might even look into a little coaching myself!
(JUST A LITTLE)! LOL..
Don't walk on Thin Ice!
I figured she'd just tell you that you don't have the gift that Iceman has and tell you to quit bowling.
Awesome stuff v
That is some awesome gift you got there It will be interesting to see how it benefits your game
Originally Posted by Aslan
I figured she'd just tell you that you don't have the gift that Iceman has and tell you to quit bowling.
ASLAN, bud,,,, I am going to give YOU A GIFT, when I ride my bike out last part of summer!! You are such a DING-DONG!! AND, I am going to RING that bell on the lanes when we meet!
I never said I had the gift, I have said I WISHED I DID! If I did I would have that coveted House oil average of 220 or above! ICEMAN, has his MOMENTS,,, that is what I have said!
Aslan, YOUR gift is,,,,, let me think,,,,,,hum,,,,,, tic,,,,,,tic,,,,,,,,,,tock,,,,,,,tic,,,, YOU can beat the gifted Mike White when it comes right down to it, and all is on the line!! Other then that,,,, maybe long, way too many meaningless wordy what ever stuff you type...
My Big Gift will be bowling you in the near future,,,,, MAN ON MAN,,,, SCRATCH,,,, NOT special Olympics' give handicap crud!!
You in all your glory, against ME,,,, YOU DON'T want to know the Vegas Odds Aslan!!
ASLAN: The Gift is a REAL THING,,,, Science has proven it! Send Iceman some of you DNA, and I can tell you if your wasting your TIME! Just a couple hairs will do! Why waste you time if you don't have ( THE GIFT), your still young, you could take up tidily winks, or something to that effect!
Don't walk on Thin Ice!
Man I live on the wrong coast
Actually, not to nitpick…but you don't live on any coast.
When the ocean level raises enough, West Virginia will be on the coast... Just give it time.
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