More practice or less, or it's a wall shot it doesn't matter

[fokai73]

What part of the title does your bowling reflect?

Need more practice to get better.

Need less bowling, too much bowling is ruining your game.

Or, who needs practice? it's a house shot.

[mishatx]

Never a such thing as too much

[mishatx]

regardless of the pattern, you can still work on timing, spares, something

[Hammer]

I am 70 years old and have been bowling for 30 years. Because of my age and some body issues I don't practice anymore. After bowling for so long just know what to do from years of experience. On my last league night I bowled a 154 after the house gave me and my wife just 2 minutes to warm up. God, could they spare it? Second game was a 190 and the third was a 243. Changed balls for the third game and it worked out great. I was recently thinking on putting in some practice.

[KYDave]

I practice a lot.

Sometimes it is because I want to improve something. So I concentrate on working on that one thing.

Other times I do it for feel, just to keep fresh on my game.

But really, in the end I just love to bowl.

[stargell1]

Never a such thing as too much

That's what I thought until I got tendinitis/golfers elbow from practicing too much. I am in my mid 40's. Younger people can play more without getting injured. I havnt bowled in two months and still have not recovered from this crap.

[J Anderson]

That's what I thought until I got tendinitis/golfers elbow from practicing too much. I am in my mid 40's. Younger people can play more without getting injured. I havnt bowled in two months and still have not recovered from this crap.

We insist that our youth bowlers warm up and stretch before throwing a ball on saturdays. Unfortunately, we forget about this in the summer when youth league moves to monday evening. And then, of course, when they're at the alley see their parents or grandparents bowl in adult leagues, they realize that 90% of adult bowlerseither do not warm up first, or the warm up consists of walking to the bar and carrying back a pitcher of beer

When you do recover, I have two suggestions. One is to have the fit of your bowling balls checked by the best PSO in your area. Rhino Pages career was almost cut short due to wrist injuries caused by incorrectly fitted balls. The second is have a qualified coach take a look at your swingto make sure there isn't something that you are doing that's putting extra strain on the elbow.

[LOUVIT]

I think more practice but practice what you need practice on. My issue is that if I make a bad shot I move on the approach. I need to learn to stick it out and find where I belong. I know moving is part of the game but not every frame or 2. Yesterday my ball was diving through the nose on 3 shots. I moved left and it wouldn't come back and I kept going light. I wish I had more speed control bit I only throw like 12.5 and that's forcing the ball.

[fordman1]

Both of my leagues turn the practice lights on 15 minutes before we start. All they do is destroy the pattern. By the time I bowl one game I am luck to have a shot. 5 Minutes should be the max.
It turns into a speed contest and once you get a older throwing more speed isn't an option.
Neither is going just to practice a few games. It takes a day or two to recover.

[fokai73]

Never a such thing as too much

I guess you were never in organized sports. If you were, you had bad examples for coaches and trainers. I've been around sports from high school to the pros; as an athlete to a coach.

you need to practice on practice with a mentality like that. It's quality not quantity.