Practice Games

[canesrock82]

What is the norm for everyone when you go practice how many games do you throw?

I have been doing 3 on a normal practice night and tonight I threw 5.

Started crappy, 140 and a 138, then I started doing better. Next 3 were 190, 202, and a 179. Last game they went cosmic on my 6th frame or I would have been over 200 again.

[WiscBowler]

How do all of you afford to practice that much?  Do your centers let you bowl for free?

[justdale]

Ahhhhhhh practice, back in the day when open play was less than a buck, I could take a twenty and practice for hours, today for that same twenty I can get 4-5 games in, which doesn't give me alot of time doing what I used to do. Alot for me was repetition, which means making my body do the same thing over and over and over again.

Nowadays, I take my plastic ball and loosen up for a game, than think about what I'm doing for 3 games, and than have fun for the last game, which means I look at the score for the last game, and on a house shot, that usally means a 250-260 game. Than on my very last shot, I take my plastic ball back out and throw it as hard as I can at the 10 pin
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Dale Williams
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[Lane1Redneck]

quote:What is practice? Very few people practice today that don't bowl for a living. And the ones that do practice do it wrong!
 

Maybe you could help us then to incorporate a practice routine  for us that do practice, go about it the correct way.. Then we all can try and incorperate this to our games, and for my sons game.. And I thought I was going about it the right way..
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[TBS1]

It is recommended for stamina purposes, that you should practice at least one more game in a set than what you would normally bowl for league/tournaments(i.e. 4 games is the norm)
What I like to work on is making sure my tempo stays in control.  First game I try to establish a defined area on the lane(typically on the house shot 15-5 is my comfort zone).  I take my favorite ball of the day, and just worry about release and timing.  I don't practice for scoring purposes, I know I can score, I am working on muscle memory to help me feel in the groove for longer periods of time.  After the first "warm-up" game, I generally move inside and play a little bit deeper, then jump outside, trying different hand positions and releases.
Hopefully this helps.
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[KDawg77]

3-6 games and everything depends on specifics: working with a certain ball, playing a new angle, spare shooting, specific physical aspect, or just squeezing off rounds to work on timing in general. Scores aren't always important unless they help reinforce a positive mental state like what happened to me in 2004.
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[dechrist]

5-7 games for me to work on stamina, timing, and my "ball (or two) of the day", and how they react against each other.  When the family goes with me, they usually get one lane, and I practice on the other.

A good technique that I've heard of is to put in a letter for each game, that way you don't focus on the score.  For example, if I bowl 6 games in practice, I'll use the letters A-F.  I'll have to try it the next time I practice...
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Dale

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[dechrist]

quote:How do all of you afford to practice that much?  Do your centers let you bowl for free?

I pay $2/game, which isn't too bad.
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Dale

My 2007-2008 arsenal is here.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
-- General George S. Patton