speed control

[RobLV1]

Bowling 10 games in an hour is counter-productive. Bowling, properly executed, does not build up muscles. I does build up endurance, but only for bowling. The hardest thing about bowling in a 10-gamer, particularly on a tough pattern is maintaining your composure and concentration. If you are going to bowl that many games for "practice," try to duplicate the rhythm and pace that you will see in a league or tournament. Bowling by nature is more of a marathon than a sprint.

[Hampe]

That's good advice Rob....I was going to say something along those lines after reading Shane's post. Almost anybody should have the physical endurance to bowl 10-12 games, that's the easy part.....the hard part is keeping your concentration and focus sharp for that many shots/games. Having the right amount of focus on every shot takes just as much practice as your physical game!

[MICHAEL]

Bowling 10 games in an hour is counter-productive. Bowling, properly executed, does not build up muscles. I does build up endurance, but only for bowling. The hardest thing about bowling in a 10-gamer, particularly on a tough pattern is maintaining your composure and concentration. If you are going to bowl that many games for "practice," try to duplicate the rhythm and pace that you will see in a league or tournament. Bowling by nature is more of a marathon than a sprint.

I couldn't agree more Rob,,, here are a some perfect examples of how bowling can transform your body, do to its Marathon like nature...

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these guys do 10 game without hardly increasing their pulse! Finely tuned bowling machines!
Believe it or not, BEER is what contributes most to their success!!! ( I KNOW, hard to believe!!)

[Shaneshu87]

hey i'm not saying thats how every practice session goes lol that would be crazy but i tend to do that at least once a week or every other week. sometimes you just get frustrated with your day to day life and need to pound a few pins its a great way to relieve stress, but i do believe there is a small degree of required conditioning for any bowler, most of the guys in my thursday league are beer belly bowlers (not that there is anything wrong with that) that are sweating profusely after game 1, its pretty sad when you have avoid their high 5's to keep your bowling hand dry lol these are the type of people that get their only exercise at league, (i'd hate to see them at their job) lol and yes i know some people just sweat allot. but any who have always done this about once per week for about the last 10 years, and i do get into a rhythm, always count my steps mentally, and constantly work on timing. in my OPINION it is productive in the sense that by the end of game three my wrist is not tired, my shoulder is not tired, and guess what, neither is my knee. since my body is not tired i can maintain my consistency much more efficiently.

[Amyers]

I couldn't agree more Rob,,, here are a some perfect examples of how bowling can transform your body, do to its Marathon like nature...

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these guys do 10 game without hardly increasing their pulse! Finely tuned bowling machines!
Believe it or not, BEER is what contributes most to their success!!! ( I KNOW, hard to believe!!)

Where did you get a picture of my team are you following me Iceman?

[coreyds012778]

lol, man, I thought that was some people I knew from my center. beer always in hand.

I have two ways to release stress, hammering a few pins or putting lead down range. no that I have not done 10 games in one session for a while, I don't think I could do that now. more fun to take the wife and meet up with some friends. let the friends have fun (and call me a few choice words while I practice)

[rv driver]

Where did you get a picture of my team are you following me Iceman?

There's a loooot of table muscle in that room!

[coreyds012778]

got my speed down, about 15.5mph avg for four games. cut my approach in half slowed my foot work down alot more. was not muscling the ball the whole time. had the arm swing loose like I seen in videos a lot tonight.