Two Important Questions

[Aslan]

So i closing....you're weird, this girl in nuts and her coach is freaking insane.

I don't like that the bar for being weird in bowling is so low. I'm usually considered weird with a much higher bar....so it's almost not fair.

I'll add to the list:
- I use interchangeable thumb inserts.

Why add that to the list? Because you'd be very surprised how many people see me change out thumb inserts and act like it's something I must have invented.

Once again..."Hey VISE and TURBO!! GREAT job marketing!!! 99% of bowlers have no idea that your product even EXISTS!!"

Just for all the people posting here, who don't regularly check Aslan's Scores (of the non-lady kind)....as they should because it's literally the most entertaining thread in the entire forum...but I digress....I actually bucked my reputation...to some degree out of SPITE for the haters that claim I don't listen to anyone...and last night...I moved ONCE...on ONE lane...over 3 games. Just ONE move...no ball changes...no small lateral moves or anything...just went up and threw the ball with as little "overthinking" as possible. What happened?? I guess you'll have to go to "Aslan's Scores of the Non-Lady Kind" to find out.

Teaser: NOT anything special. <----don't want to get hopes up too much.

Wait...we have to "work out" to bowl??? I bowl so I don't HAVE to work out. Not to mention, I've boycotted ANY exercise until Heather DÉrricho agrees to go on a date with me...which she is adamantly opposed to...so...not gonna happen.

[GeoLes]

I really find that thinking less leads to better scores.

Pick a spot. If that doesn't work, adjust. Having a consistent routine/release is 75% of the battle, and knowing how to adjust is the other 25%. Don't overthink it.

Now you are sounding like my coach. Make a quick and easy adjustment and just put the ball on the lane. - 'nuff said.

[Tony]

I don't like that the bar for being weird in bowling is so low. I'm usually considered weird with a much higher bar....so it's almost not fair.

I'll add to the list:
- I use interchangeable thumb inserts.

Why add that to the list? Because you'd be very surprised how many people see me change out thumb inserts and act like it's something I must have invented.

Once again..."Hey VISE and TURBO!! GREAT job marketing!!! 99% of bowlers have no idea that your product even EXISTS!!"

Just for all the people posting here, who don't regularly check Aslan's Scores (of the non-lady kind)....as they should because it's literally the most entertaining thread in the entire forum...but I digress....I actually bucked my reputation...to some degree out of SPITE for the haters that claim I don't listen to anyone...and last night...I moved ONCE...on ONE lane...over 3 games. Just ONE move...no ball changes...no small lateral moves or anything...just went up and threw the ball with as little "overthinking" as possible. What happened?? I guess you'll have to go to "Aslan's Scores of the Non-Lady Kind" to find out.

Teaser: NOT anything special. <----don't want to get hopes up too much.

Wait...we have to "work out" to bowl??? I bowl so I don't HAVE to work out. Not to mention, I've boycotted ANY exercise until Heather DÉrricho agrees to go on a date with me...which she is adamantly opposed to...so...not gonna happen.

I won't say too much on where the bar is set on being weird, but refusing to exercise unless heather DErricho agrees to go on a date .....
Nice to hear you were able to play and not change and adjust hardly at all, it seems like there should be a happy medium where you make several small adjustments as you need to but don't get overly drastic and change too many things too fast.

[jab5325]

I have a girl that is now a junior in high school. I started coaching her the summer before her freshman year. She was averaging 125 on THS. Last season she averaged 205 on sport shots. Our first lesson I sat down with her and both her parents. I made it clear to her that if her grades dropped I was done. Then I explained how I understood that as a teenage girl she was just that, a child who would also have other responsibilities (chores, dances, boyfriends) so if I started to give her too much to do it was HER job to let me know things were getting out of balance.
Now she is 5'2" and 105lbs with grip sacks in her pockets. This year we talked about where she wanted to go next. Last year was Junior Gold, State districts, led GWOC in average. What was next? She said "Average 210, qualify for State, place in top 100 on at least one pattern at Jr. Gold then next year win State and Jr. Gold"
She wants to bowl in college and go pro. She wanted to go to the Olympics but that is sidelined (for now). So I nicely explained that she is done growing and if she is as serious about reaching her goals as she says then nutrition and working out are also now part of the equation. She jogged 5 miles the next day. Yes she was in a ton of pain later but starting anything easy is not her style. Three months later she can sprint two straight miles, curls 50 lbs and can squat twice her body weight for 15 reps for 3 sets. She practices two hours a day on the lanes, has a boyfriend (who bowls) and works part time. She bowls at least one tournament every weekend when the high school season is going on.
I've tried getting her to look at the bowlingacademy videos and other stuff on youtube, dvd, etc. She says I'm the coach and need to know it, she is the athlete and needs to listen to the coach. That's her balance. I learn it and she does it.
This all started when I told her I didn't care what she says she wants, people say stuff all the time but rather show me what you're willing to do to get where you want. Obviously she got the message. Also, the very first lesson, her dad was there and she replied to something I said with, "I can't, I'm a girl!" I calmly ripped her, I won't accept excuses and saying you're a girl is just an excuse and I don't ever want to hear I can't again. The only thing you can't do are the things you think you can't do. Everything else in the world is possible only when you think you can.

So i closing....you're weird, this girl in nuts and her coach is freaking insane.

Kudos to you and the girl. She sounds like a fantastic young woman who is driven and will be successful at whatever she chooses to do in life.

[Aslan]

Kudos to you and the girl. She sounds like a fantastic young woman who is driven and will be successful at whatever she chooses to do in life.

Iceman called. He said to drop her. Sounds like she doesn't have the "gift".

[billf]

Kudos to you and the girl. She sounds like a fantastic young woman who is driven and will be successful at whatever she chooses to do in life.

She wants to be a lawyer. I cringed at the thought until she said she wants to volunteer to help vets get their benefits. She was also the Ohio junior Amvets president. She really has inspired me. Kids like her are a big reason I devote so much time to improving myself as a coach.

[Gibson]

As a novice bowler on a league that gives tons of support, I take great solace in the fact that I don't bowl for a living. That being said my average increases consistantly and I am up grading from my inexpensive pink with black hearts, makes me super happy, basic ball to one much more aggressive. My straight ball is not rocket science. Stand left of center, aim right of center and if I don't have limp wrist or spaghetti arm (a serious issue in my world), I can bowl a consistant game. I have to approach slowly, and not fast pitch the ball down the alley. Any deviation from that and I am cleaning the gutters. LOL

[dnhoffman]

Wow.

[jab5325]

Iceman called. He said to drop her. Sounds like she doesn't have the "gift".

I still don't understand the Iceman references around here.

[Amyers]

I still don't understand the Iceman references around here.

Don't feel bad if you understood them then that means something is wrong in your head anyway. If you really want to know the background just search "gift" I'm sure it will bring up 10k+ posts of nonsense.