Yoga and meditation.
Now and then, a beer helps.
http://www.yogabasics.com/
http://www.meditationiseasy.com/
Before a match I usually need to get focused and in the "zone." If I am not concentrated I know I will have a bad game, which is why I prepare before hand. I find Yoga to be the perfect fit to relaxing all your muscles and relieving all of your stress, but what do you guys do to prepare for a game?
Yoga and meditation.
Now and then, a beer helps.
http://www.yogabasics.com/
http://www.meditationiseasy.com/
Duke Harding
When I do not have my Ipod with me I think of a song like Enter Sandman and that gets me pumped up
For me it's:
1. Be at the Lanes 15 minutes before practice starts.
2. Get ready (shoes on, balls out of the bag)
3. Get refreshments and food (if not able to eat beforehand)
4. Stare at a point down the lane without the pins and forget everything that happen before coming to the lanes.
After all that Bowl like crud.
All pins are POSSESSED, I'm just happy to be able to exorcise the poor dears and put them out of their misery.
It's the least I can do
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As long as you don't have to many.
Years ago, taverns would have a couple of lanes...Of course, the bowlers would get thirsty, and what better to drink than a lager or two.
Shame the breweries disassociated themselves from professional bowling, (or did the PBA disassociate themselves from the breweries?).
Duke Harding
All pins are POSSESSED, I'm just happy to be able to exorcise the poor dears and put them out of their misery.
It's the least I can do
High Game: 265
High Series: 665
Avg.: 180
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That's the key - forget everything that happened prior to walking in to the house - relax and let your muscles do what they should.
Everyone has routines - some to notice it. Stick with it, don't get off the gameplan, and last but surely not least - stay away from the negative bowlers or the ones we call whiners that evaluate every shot they make. You don't want to hear any bad things about the game - you just want to bowl your game - not your opponent.
When I face head to head, I don't look at whom I'm bowling or how much crap they carry or I don't. I just bowl my game and more than not it's enough to win. Focus on your game more than your opponents - that's being relaxed and focused. When you get to this point -it's the zone we all strive for - where everything works.
Enroute to the lanes I listen to Jimmy Buffett, Carlos Santana or Jake Shimabukuru to cleanse the mind. Arriving at least 15 minutes early and some stretching.
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