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The Player's Club - Scratch Bowling Doubles/Trios tournament
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28TH - TRIO'S (6) GAMER ~ OPEN SCRATCH @ MORGAN HILL BOWL!
$60.00 PER PERSON
TOURNAMENT STARTING @ NOON
NO RESTRICTIONS - NO RESTRICTIONS - NO RESTRICTIONS
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November 28th, 2009 ~ Morgan Hill Bowl
650 Tennant Station – Morgan Hill, Calif
Ph: (408) 778-0909
OPEN SCRATCH TRIOS 6 GAMER
Teams will consist of three bowlers. Field will be limited to 30 teams, please SIGN UP EARLY to avoid being on STANDBY!
October 21, 2009
Develop Good Practice Routine : Bowling Tip
Analyze your delivery and think about what you are doing when you practice. Feel your good shots when you make them and imprint it into your mind so that you can repeat them. Use visualization to practice off the lanes and go through the delivery in your mind making perfect shots.
Ball Weight : Bowling Tip
Simple suggestion... Don't go for the heavier ball automatically. Try a lighter ball and work your way up till you find one that is comfortable for you. A ball that is too heavy isn't going to perform as well as one that you can control/hold easily. Leave the weight lifting to the Gym!!! Have fun!!!
Creating An Earlier Roll : Bowling Tip
If you are attempting to stay behind the ball longer to create an earlier roll, try this. Try leading the ring finger through your target line. This will usually delay the motion of coming around the side of the ball.
Keep Your Arm Swing Loose : Bowling Tip
The key to a loose arm swing is keeping your thumb relaxed in the ball. In order to have a relaxed grip in the ball your ball has to be drilled and fitted correctly. If your thumb hole feels loose it will cause you to squeeze the ball and muscle your swing. Inserts in the thumb and finger holes can help give you a more secure fit. If you have a large webbing at the base of your thumb add extra bevel all around the top edge of the thumb hole for a better fit.
Methods to making spares
Spares are an important part of your game whether you are male or female, whether you are a 120 or 200 average bowler. There is nothing worse than having 8 strikes in a game 4 opens and shooting 170. If you make all your spares in a game you will still shoot 180 or 190. That's much better than 160.
There are two basic spare shooting techniques. The first is the 3-6-9 rule. You simply use your strike target and move your feet 3 boards to the right for where you are standing for the 2 pin, 6 boards to the right for a 4 pin and 9 boards to the right for a 7 pin. (Use the reverse for a left-handed bowler) Use your strike target to shoot at the spare. Also, watch what your ball does. If it misses to the right you may not have to move as much. The lane will tell you how to move. This is also just a guideline to get you lined up properly.
The other option which I myself use it to throw a plastic ball at your spares. (I do not use this for double wood spares) Using a plastic ball takes the lane out of play. The ball should not hook at all or very little. This allows you to line up straight to your spare and throw right at it. A standard line is standing on 35 and looking between the 3rd and 4th arrow for the 10 pin. And standing on 10 looking between the 3rd and 4th arrow for the 7 pin. (Once again use the reverse for a left-handed bowler) This option is good for someone who cannot throw the ball very hard at their spares and finds that the ball has a habit of hooking.
These are two common practices for spare shooting. I think they will definitely improve your average and make the game more enjoyable. Good Luck and good bowling.
Secret Pins
Watching the pins can tell us so much more than we realize. We take the pins for granted and see them only as targets, when most of the time they are one of the most important tools we have at our procession.
We will use an example of one of our recent experiences. The pattern was tough we are not playing an area on the lane we are playing angles. As soon as, a bowler's angles are off it is an indication they are using the wrong ball or physical strategy. Our eyes naturally tell us we want to see the ball change directions and make a strong move through the pins. In painting a picture to the players this week we would tell them that if they could possibly leave the 3-6-10 they needed to consider a ball change. We knew we would be aiming at the 3 pin, but it did not matter if the bowler was standing on 2 or 42. They would be able to move pair to pair better if they were using a ball and physical strategy that allowed them to cut down their angles and feel they were using the three pin as their target (2 pin if you are a lefty).
The oil transitioned down the lane very quickly. The first step was to make sure that happened as fast as it could so transition would not be as drastic and the bowler would be able to use less angle. It was the second transition that caught most bowler's attention, when the heads or mid-lane dried up. Let's say a bowler was lined up focusing on the move the ball made through the pins. Obviously he would be looking for the ball to make a right to left move through the pins (right hander). If a bowler was focused on that he would either be aiming further right and using an area of the lane that was providing friction at the time or a ball and layout option that changed directions late and strong. That sounds good until you start thinking about transition.
Transition feels constant on patterns this flat and moving across the house. Whether it was oil going down lane or the early part of the lane breaking down a ball that changed directions on the lane was only going to see more. A ball and physical strategies that did not change directions would allow the bowler to play angles and not the lane. The first sign of trouble was the 3-6-10. As soon as you left it something was off. The first choice would be to make sure the bowler was still using angles and not an area of the lane. The second thought was the ball. It is way too easy to shoot 160 or less in this environment looking for text book reaction. If your ball choice or layout option allowed the ball to change directions sharply we would guarantee several games of 160 or less. Those are hard games to rebound against in the U.S. Open environment.
We chose to use layout and ball choices that would only see the early friction and allow the ball to stay on line. And since the bowler was playing angles at the three pin misses and transition were not going to be anything dramatic. We chose to use flaring options to create this because of the amount of oil down lane. This is a moving across the house strategy. If the bowlers were not moving across the house and they had more control of how the lanes were transitioning I would opt for different strategies.
Giving a player something to look for and key on during transition allows them to be aware of where they are in their game plan. This week it was when you leave the 3-6-10 check your angles and make sure it is not the ball that is causing it.
We are trying to give you some information that might help you in your environment. If that environment is league the obvious two pins to key on are the 10 pin and 4 pin. If you are leaving a combination of the two it is probably the wrong surface or wrong speed. If it is the flat ten it is probably angle and ball choices. Quite often we see bowlers using too strong of layouts and opening up their angles, which is a guarantee for poor carry. Opt to reduce your angles with higher flaring layouts and if flare is needed because of the oil down lane use a cover that will allow you to use stronger layouts and not use extreme angles. See your knowledgeable local pro shop operator to help you with these decisions; they are not always that easy to see from the foul line.
We hope you find this article of some value as you strive to improve. Be sure to watch the pins they may be telling you more than you realize.
10-Pin Suggestions
We have all had it happen. You throw a great looking ball only to leave the 10-pin (7-pin for left-handed bowlers). This is the time to make an adjustment. There are many different techniques you can integrate into your game to change the outcome. Slight changes can have dramatic results and making these slight changes should be done immediately.
First, you can make a slight movement either forward or backward on the approach. Try not to move more than approximately six inches. This gives a subconscious effect on your approach. When you move backward, you will naturally make slightly larger steps, increasing ball speed. Getting the ball to the pocket more quickly, gives the ball less time to react to the lane resulting in more pin action. This adjustment will put the ball exactly where it needs to be in order to strike.
On the other hand, you can also move slightly forward. Moving forward will have the opposite effect of moving backwards. When you move forward, you will take smaller steps, producing a slower ball speed that allows the ball to have increased reaction time on the lane. The increased reaction will allow the ball to reach the pocket in a stronger position. The stronger position will allow a better chance in carrying the 10-pin (7-pin for left-handed bowlers).
If you are uncomfortable with varying your step movement this might be the answer. You can increase or decrease your ball speed by simply holding the ball in your stance a little higher or lower. Holding the ball higher in your stance will generate faster ball speeds, whereas holding the ball lower in your stance will create slower ball speeds. This will have the same effects as mentioned in the paragraph above.
Try the above suggestions first. However, the following suggestions have also been used in adjusting your shot. You can also change the pressure on your fingers. When you release some of the pressure on your fingers, you will hook the ball slightly less and it will come up lighter in the pocket. When you increase your finger pressure slightly you will create more revolutions on the ball, allowing the ball to come up a bit stronger in the pocket.
Some bowlers are successful in changing the pressure of just one of their fingers in order to give a desired reaction. To carry the 10-pin you can attempt putting more pressure on your ring finger than your middle finger getting the ball to go longer and then flip slightly more on the backend. To have the opposite effect you can add more pressure to your middle finger than your ring finger and causing the ball to roll earlier, helping the ball roll up higher into the pocket.
Our best suggestion would be to attempt these methods through practice before the lights are on for a league or tournament. Get out there and practice, and practice hard, because this is how you can become a great bowler.
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