Author Topic: Can old bowling books be helpful? (Read 1769 times)

bigmac9931 · « **on:** July 22, 2004, 07:32:43 AM »

I just got "How to Win at Bowling" by Frank Clause the other day.The books copyright date is 1961.Can a book that old be helpful?I mean the pinsetter was invented just 9 years before that.Is it even worth reading?

Hamburglar · « **Reply #1 on:** July 22, 2004, 10:44:17 PM »

I agree with King on the John Jowdy book. I've read it cover to cover a couple of times this summer and have re-read parts of it several times to remind myself of what I need to do to correct my faults. Very helpful indeed!
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bigmac9931 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 22, 2004, 10:45:10 PM »

ok thanks...any other books I should give thought to?

bigmac9931 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 22, 2004, 10:46:17 PM »

I think the most thing I need help with is the approach...I seem to want to fall of to the right after every ball and want to fix that.

AdrianS · « **Reply #4 on:** July 22, 2004, 10:48:41 PM »

Dick Webers book from the 60's has got some good stuff in it. "the semi-spinner doesn't just knock pins over, it seeks to destroy them!" Plus the library copy i borrow here in oz must have been donated by someone years ago who was lucky enough to have got it autographed by the whole Weber Family when Dick toured Australia in the late 60's(the last signiture down the bottom in little kiddie writing says "Peter David" awww.. how cute!

) Next time i borrow it i should explain to the staff exactly what they've got.
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DavidKSNK · « **Reply #5 on:** July 22, 2004, 11:07:23 PM »

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Dick Webers book from the 60's has got some good stuff in it. "the semi-spinner doesn't just knock pins over, it seeks to destroy them!" Plus the library copy i borrow here in oz must have been donated by someone years ago who was lucky enough to have got it autographed by the whole Weber Family when Dick toured Australia in the late 60's(the last signiture down the bottom in little kiddie writing says "Peter David" awww.. how cute! ) Next time i borrow it i should explain to the staff exactly what they've got.
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EVERYONE wants some of this!!!

www.totalbowling.com.au/www/live/2002australianopen/multimedia/adrian_shelton.MPG

Or you could just not return it and say you lost it and would like to pay whatever the cost is.

MSC2471 · « **Reply #6 on:** July 22, 2004, 11:52:34 PM »

The two best books to read in my opinion are Par Bowling by Tom Kouros and Bowling Execution from John Jowdy. A lot of the older books don't take into account the current lane dressing procedures and the new resin/particle balls as well as drilling techniques. I learned more from these two books about those aspects than I did from any book that exists from the 1960's on bowling.

Matt

mumzie · « **Reply #7 on:** July 23, 2004, 12:28:59 PM »

The book "encyclopedia of spares" by Dick Ritger is very, very useful. It pictures just about every spare, from both a right and left handed perspective.
The system of spare shooting is not outdated.

I also have the encyclopedia of strikes - and although it doesn't allow much for today's lane conditions, there is still a LOT of good basic information that's useful today.
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