Author Topic: Mental aspect! (Read 1249 times)

good-bye · « **on:** July 28, 2004, 08:17:10 PM »

Have any of you gone for coaching or therapy or anything to improve your mental game?
If I'd control my emotions better while bowling, I'd have a much higher ave.
I'm one strange bird. If hate opening with 2 or 3 strikes!!! So often I get too excited and they are my worst game of the night!!!
I can't count the times I opened with 5 and didn't hit a 200 because I opened the rest of the night.
NIght I had the first 8, I had a 265. Not bad but another night I had a 275 without a strike in the front.
I can have a 70 or so in the 5th and end up better than a game when I have 110 in the fifth!!
I need to forget numbers, focus and not get so emotional.
First year I ave. 135 my goal was to get 5 strikes per game! I did it. That league the woman counted who had the most strikes/ spares for awards. Better bowlers had less strikes. I think some were amazed when my name was on list of high strikers.
Even now, if I don't get my 5 strikes I don't get ave. Weird mindset I developed years ago. I'm up to a 168 after last season. most nights when I look back I have 3 opens almost every game. Even my 230 games I had some opens.

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Kathy, From PA!
Big mouth, loves to talk.
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I wish I knew as much about bowling as my son.
He's not a bragger but mom sure loves to share his good times!

mumzie · « **Reply #1 on:** July 29, 2004, 12:38:22 PM »

My coach constantly brings up the mental game. Gives me things to work on in practice. They work, too...
And, I've attended one 2 hour talk by Dr. Dean Hinitz. I hope to spend a few hours with him one on one here in a few months. I'd recommend his book very highly - Focused for Bowling.

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All things are difficult
before they are easy.
---- Thomas Fuller

good-bye · « **Reply #2 on:** July 29, 2004, 06:06:58 PM »

Makes me think back to my pool playing day.
I'd look at it, pick my best shot and not think about the next one.
I was a great bank shot maker. Amazed hubby when we met. I'd look at an angle, aim, boom boom in they'd go.
I didn't plan ahead, he'd put English and fancy stuff to make the cue go where he wanted for the next shot.
He could run more balls but I made more weird stuff than him and often won by leaving him garbage shots.
I was very sure of myself with those banks. I wish I had that kind of assurance with my bowlng. I didn't give it much thought, just came natural. Didn't worry about the next shot, simply dealt with what I was left.
Difference in our personalities. Ain't life grand. Be boring if we were all the same.
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Kathy, From PA!
Big mouth, loves to talk.
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I wish I knew as much about bowling as my son.
He's not a bragger but mom sure loves to share his good times!

The Ratpack · « **Reply #3 on:** July 29, 2004, 06:25:15 PM »

When talking with our coach the other day he posed this question
How wide is a bowling lane?
After the obvious answers to which his reply was no,his answer was, it's 7inches(the distance between your ears) then explaining that the game is played in your head and if everything is right there then what is on the lanes is not that important because you should be able to deal with it.

Siniak · « **Reply #4 on:** July 29, 2004, 06:51:02 PM »

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If we are thinking about what score we wish to shoot or is possible at any point during the game, we are not focused on execution.

When we speak of those who have a strong mental game, we are describing one who may not even know what score they have in the 4th frame or if they know, it does not stay in their mind as they take to the approach.
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Bones

I'm with Bones here,I shot a pretty good six game set (20 pins above my average) last weekend by not keeping an eye on scores. My failure to not shoot any higher came in the third game, being 100 pins above average for two games, I thought "wow, this might turn out pretty good" and proceeded to shot 159

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As for opening with a good amount of strikes, during this tournament I opened all games but one with 3+ strikes, one of them ended with 240, another with 159

Similarly, in another tournament, I had shot another bag of mixed results and went into the last game thinking "I won't make the cut, so let's have a laugh and wrap this up". Shot my highest game so far and made the cut

The scoreboard is the devil, don't look at it

Edited on 7/29/2004 6:47 PM

good-bye · « **Reply #5 on:** July 30, 2004, 04:58:54 PM »

I went out yesterday after 24 hours of no sleep. Wanted to tape myself to see how I spin my ball. Well, I decided warm up before taping.
Hit ave, was spinning it.
When that tape went on, I messed up big time. SHould've came home. I was trying way to hard to do it for the camera and messed my elbow up. Guy said I was coming around really weird and caused the elbow pain!
I kept plugging away for 3 games with that camera on determined to do my thing. SHould've quit, simply came home with back ache and elbow pain from trying to hard while tired.
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Kathy, From PA!
Big mouth, loves to talk.
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I wish I knew as much about bowling as my son.
He's not a bragger but mom sure loves to share his good times!

JohnP · « **Reply #6 on:** July 30, 2004, 06:38:19 PM »

Proudmama -- Next time, tell the cameraman to set everything up, but not to tell you when he's taping and when he's not. Then do your best to ignore the camera and just bowl. -- JohnP

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