Anybody else start their approach from the close set of dots?
I've always started at the close set of dots. The far set just seems too far for me. I tried it and don't know what to do with all the extra steps; it made me feel like I'd never bowled before. I start my push-away with my first step and I'm a stroker.
Thats about where I start, it's a pretty common starting place.Originally Posted by axslinger
But it will be different for everybody, depending on if they use 4 or 5 step approach (or more or less), their stride etc. Also some lanes only have one set of dots
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I actually start about 1 step behind the first set of dots when bowling. The only time I start farther back is when I have a spare to pickup on the edge, for some reason starting further back makes me think a second longer and throw straighter to pick it up.
I use a 5 step and I start about a foot length behind the first set of dots
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I use to stand on the close dots, had a 5 step approach but small strides but my approach was very fast so I have backed up to the back dots, now I have slowed down and bigger strides and still same slide
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I start at closer set of dots in a 4 step approach.
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Yup, me too.
Although I've started at various points as I've tried to find the best/ideal approach. I used to start way back...then way forward...then a foot in front of the far dots, then 2 feet behind that spot...now I'm at one foot behind those dots.
I have more issues with targeting (dots, between dots and arrows, arrows, etc...) than where I start the approach.
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Why do I feel like there is a chart coming of why Aslan stands here
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I also start at the close set of dots using a 5 step, but my first step is more like a half step.
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Nope. No chart. Although there was a good article in BTM about lofting and targeting different spots further and closer. And yes, for our folks from West Virginia…there ARE pictures.
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