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Sometimes we practice to work and improve on things. How about keeping it together? Like over the summer, I want to stay on top of my game so I don't lose it when bowl next fall.

Do you just go out and bowl a few games regularly?

Anyone read books or an articles on this? Does any know what some of the professionals do?
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spmcgivern

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Re: Practicing .... any suggestions on a good practice routine.
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2012, 03:21:37 PM »
I am currently reading Mark Baker's new book and am really enjoying it.  It is more of a coaching type book so far and have not come across anything pertaining to practicing.

For me, I go into my practice sessions with a goal in mind.  I know in advance what I want to accomplish.  I have my videocamera ready if I'm using it.  But what I don't do is keep score.  I work on my game for 1-1.5 hours and limit it to that.  Anything beyond that and I run the risk of losing focus and gaining bad habits. 

The goal is to work on the process of the approach and ball release, not the score.  Once you are able to separate the two and only worry about the process, then better scores will come.

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Re: Practicing .... any suggestions on a good practice routine.
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2012, 03:57:30 PM »
Pick one thing to work on at a time. Work on that for that session. If it is to be more accurate then work on that. The next time out I would pick to work on something else. I would try not to work on two things at once until I had a good enough feeling to put them together.

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Re: Practicing .... any suggestions on a good practice routine.
« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2012, 06:27:18 AM »
when i practice,i try to work on things individually and and than in the whole approach my be release,grip,armswing,than go with a full swing and not think about it be fluid

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Re: Practicing .... any suggestions on a good practice routine.
« Reply #4 on: May 18, 2012, 09:58:05 AM »

I try to work on good body mechanics. Some days are better than others...

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Re: Practicing .... any suggestions on a good practice routine.
« Reply #5 on: May 18, 2012, 06:11:57 PM »
As the others have said, one thing at a time is best.  Also, don't be afraid to videotape yourself.  I've used my cell phone to do that before (stand it up in my sneaker and zoom in to get a good shot of the whole lane).  It helps in finding out things I don't see.
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Re: Practicing .... any suggestions on a good practice routine.
« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2012, 08:20:57 AM »
I also ordered Mark Baker's book, just out of curiosity (reading is rarely a wrong thing!) and to compare it with Joe Jowdy's theories. I am keeping up my training routine, and I work on my spares with a different release, trying to build confidence in it through routine (and success...).
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Re: Practicing .... any suggestions on a good practice routine.
« Reply #7 on: May 21, 2012, 04:28:58 PM »
Here's a link to an article in the April issue of U.S. Bowler magazine. It's on the bowl.com website. There's an article called "The One Week Workout, Practice Makes Perfect". Something you may want to consider.

http://content.yudu.com/A1w86w/USB0412/resources/index.htm?referrerUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fbowl.com%2Fusbowler%2F