I just do some stretching but I know Norm Duke will run in place and do jumping jacks.
I've gotten a few practice games in over the last week and one thing I've noticed is that it is taking me almost an entire game to warm up. For example, last night I went 126-197-230. I just seems like it takes about 8 or 9 frames to really loosen up and get my arm swing and legs loose and comfortable. When league starts I will get some warm up time, but we only get 8 minutes and with 10 bowler that doesn't amount to a whole lot of shots. I need to figure out some sort of stretching or warm up routine I can do before I start throwing the ball down the lane. Does anyone have anything that works really well?
I just do some stretching but I know Norm Duke will run in place and do jumping jacks.
If it's a serious league i'll find an unused lane and go through my approach without a ball. I am basically just building the confidence in my slide so that i'm not afraid of sticking, then maybe some quick squats to get the legs pumped. I'm not a big fan of stretching, I prefer to just get my body moving and blood/heart-rate up a little.
If it's a casual league i usually start with a couple of cold Bud Lights (gotta watch my figure) which seems to build my confidence as well.
Last edited by LowDown; 08-25-2016 at 12:54 PM.
I stretch and rotate my arm about 5 min before our 10 min of practice.
During the first few throws, I'm more interested in loosening my arm. After that I work on where my target(s) will be.
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I get there early, like 45 minutes early. I pick out what rocks I want to start with (I bring 6 ) and put my shoes on. I'll do several no-ball approaches then I stretch everything I can. Arms, legs, back.....without doing this I wake up on Friday for work and feel like I was in a car accident.
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