Curious. What are your methods on the approach for aiming when you make a move? This is kind of a both Mental and Physical side.

This is where I see a lot of bowlers failing.

Example: Person bowls a good first game. He/She will be on a good string of strikes (have 4 in a row) in the second game. He/She is playing up the 2nd arrow. Still executing well, but let's say the ball is hitting high.

Okay! Time to make a move. He/She has the knowledge that the move is more now of around 3rd arrow and they need to belly the ball out a little now to get to the pocket.

Here is the problem, this bowler has issues playing the line. He/She will have that occasional throw that is exactly the same when they were throwing at the second arrow in the first game. Confidence is lost. Bowler wants to go back to their safe line.

They would rather take the old line and struggle because they have confidence in hitting their mark; versus taking a chance on a better line, where they feel they have no consistency.

I try to tell them to stay focused, but the message is not getting through. Any good tips out there when you need to make that move.

HEAD GAME - the MENTAL APPROACH to BOWLING (and SPORTS)

Well what I usually do is this, wait, what were we talking about again?

The more you bowl, the more you practice different lines,shots,areas,releases ect the better you will be at these things. The mental side of it also has to connect with these things.

+1. Practice. Practice. Practice. Especially things that you are not comfortable with. 

The most difficult thing for me is keeping squared to target. I learned to play up the boards, squared to the foul line, and in essence target. But that was common coaching 25+ years ago in this area. Now trying to learn from the younger bowlers, I am learning keeping squared to my target and not the foul line.

I could be 1000% off, but that seems to be my biggest challenge when I need to move in and belly the ball more.

A persons body is not square to anything at release...it wasn't 25 yrs ago and it's not today...it's illusionary.
You have your swing plane on line with the intended target line and then align to that

If you're only comfortable playing one spot or area of the lane one will NEVER improve more or less....you have to practice to see the proper reaction or motion but in 3 games on a THS one shouldn't be needing to alter their line that extremely...

He/She is playing up the 2nd board

Play the twig baby!

Better find that focus quick if that's the game-plan.....

For real though.....when adjusting you're still hitting targets as the goal.  So, to me, not much changes.  Whether I'm playing in OR out, the goal is still to hit targets consistently. 

first of all you need confidence that you made the right adjustment in your angles to hit the new targets. after that its just back to muscle memory. as long as your throw a good shot youll hit the target. if you try to aim it after youre properly aligned you will more than likely not hit the target. its math and mechanical physics. it doesnt change.

if the bowler doesnt know if its they moved to properly play the intended new targets, that is what you do in practice

Quote from: trash heap on August 08, 2014, 02:32:05 PM

He/She is playing up the 2nd board

Play the twig baby!

Better find that focus quick if that's the game-plan.....

For real though.....when adjusting you're still hitting targets as the goal.  So, to me, not much changes.  Whether I'm playing in OR out, the goal is still to hit targets consistently. 

I mean second arrow. LOL! I fixed it in my message.