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Title: When you bowl, WHat do you think about?
Post by: boytoy on September 04, 2006, 03:31:15 AM
When you are league bowling, or bowling in a tourney...What do you normally thing about?

Do you want a free mind? Do you want to think about bowlin?

Witch way makes you bowl better?

We all know bowling in 99% mental anyway!


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Boytoy

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Title: Re: When you bowl, WHat do you think about?
Post by: jr_300 on September 04, 2006, 11:51:21 AM
i just think about what i have to do to compete with the other bowlers.. i think about hitting my mark.. and making good shots, and if im not scoring im thinking about what i have to do.. ball changes.. etc.
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Jr
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Title: Re: When you bowl, WHat do you think about?
Post by: Brutal Bowler on September 04, 2006, 12:17:16 PM
I like to think that i will get a strike/spare when i'm on the approach.

I sometimes have Vivaldi in my head, or sometimes i have Def Leppard in my head. Something to calm me down & also when required, fire me up.
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Title: Re: When you bowl, WHat do you think about?
Post by: SirAshley on September 04, 2006, 01:26:44 PM
I talk trash... telling myself I'm the best and everyone else there are chumps. It amps me up to bowl better. Obviously I'm not saying this stuff outloud...LOL... but by doing this it also keeps me from micro-managing
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Title: Re: When you bowl, WHat do you think about?
Post by: azus on September 04, 2006, 03:43:36 PM
Im thinking mostly about how i shall release the ball.
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Title: Re: When you bowl, WHat do you think about?
Post by: BrunsNick on September 04, 2006, 04:08:31 PM
I do most of my thinking before I get on the approach. I'll think about the next shot, the angle I need to attack the fronts and how to tweak my release. When I get set and I get my grip set how I like, all I think about is getting the ball pushed away correctly because its all muscle memory after that.
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Nick Smith ... A.K.A. Les Badderâ„¢
Brunswick -=- PBA 03-06
http://www.BrunsNick.com
¡Viva la nación de Brunswick!
Title: Re: When you bowl, WHat do you think about?
Post by: scotts33 on September 04, 2006, 05:05:11 PM
Geez Nick......I thought all you'd think about was Krista.  

Enough of the mental midgets on BR are.  LOL
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Scott

Title: Re: When you bowl, WHat do you think about?
Post by: Rabiddog135 on September 04, 2006, 05:30:01 PM
I do not think about anything except my next shot, if I try to think about to many things I will mess up every time
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Title: Re: When you bowl, WHat do you think about?
Post by: Juggernaut on September 04, 2006, 05:31:56 PM
Nothing in particular, I just let my mind wander to the thought that every shot counts.

  I try to develop an un-conscious "feel" for the shot, the one where the hand, mind, and muscles take over and let the sub-conscious do what the conscious mind might not be able to, you know, sort of " be-the-ball" kind of stuff.

  Seems to work for me though. Most of my biggest games and series have come when I was basically "un-conscious" according to the opponents anyway.
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Title: Re: When you bowl, WHat do you think about?
Post by: stopncrank on September 04, 2006, 05:49:26 PM
ditto what nick said. do all your thinking off the approach. when u step on the approach, let your body take over, never second guess adjustments, trust that the adjustment you made will work. after the ball is off your hand, then think about where the ball is traveling, so u can make better adjustments. just my 2 cents.
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Title: Re: When you bowl, WHat do you think about?
Post by: BOWL119 on September 04, 2006, 06:10:44 PM
As I sit and wait for my next shot, I try not to think about bowling. And do my damndest not to talk about it unless someone sees something that I am doing wrong. Then I am more then happy to listen to them, since they are my extra set of eyes as I bowl. Once I spin my ball three times on my towel to clean it, step up on the approach and find my mark. Once I do all of that, my mind is blank. (of course my wife says it is always blank..LOL)
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T.J. FARLEY


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Title: Re: When you bowl, WHat do you think about?
Post by: demo40 on September 04, 2006, 06:16:07 PM
I think about not getting hung on beer
frame.
Title: Re: When you bowl, WHat do you think about?
Post by: toomanytenpins on September 04, 2006, 06:35:35 PM
this what i did today, thought about one of the bowlers and how they apear to be to me when they bowl. And i tried to embody what he does every time on the approach. It worked to a point . It helped me relax and focus. Unfortunately I didnt bowl nearly as well as he does, but it did helped to give me something to focus on other than what not to do or the last shot. and my shots were much better overall. It helps if your styles are similar.

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Title: Re: When you bowl, WHat do you think about?
Post by: rackattack on September 04, 2006, 06:51:09 PM
By the time I've put my figers in the ball I've already committed in my mind what shot I'm going to throw.

After I set my feet and grip,I follow my intended ball path from the foul line to the target, then follow the same path with my eyes from the target all the way to the ball.I then let my line of sight travel from my ball to my release target.When my eyes reach my release target I begin my approach and just count my steps in my head and hold my eyes on that spot until the release.

I don't take a long time on the approach so I don't think about much more than hitting that target.
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It's all about the X
Title: Re: When you bowl, WHat do you think about?
Post by: novawagonmaster on September 04, 2006, 07:03:19 PM
The only two things that go through my head once I am on the approach are:
1. Focus on your mark, and
2. Follow through.

Even though those two things are part of my "automatic mechanics", by concentrating on those two things, nothing else has time to get into my head.
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Jon (in Ohio)
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Title: Re: When you bowl, WHat do you think about?
Post by: Rev_O on September 04, 2006, 07:06:46 PM
1. is my food order done yet
2. i hope i get home in time to watch sportscenter


Seriously, I concentrate on projecting the ball towards my intended target line with the right speed. Other than that, I try not to give it to much thought. KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID!!
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Title: Re: When you bowl, WHat do you think about?
Post by: LuvThatWhiteDot on September 04, 2006, 07:12:58 PM
1.  Eyes on target
2.  See ball roll over intended target
3.  Follow through
4.  High fives for a strike!
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Title: Re: When you bowl, WHat do you think about?
Post by: KDawg77 on September 04, 2006, 09:24:42 PM
Monkeys, Unicorns, Ashy Larry.....
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Title: Re: When you bowl, WHat do you think about?
Post by: ThongPrincess on September 04, 2006, 09:37:50 PM
Once I step up on the approach and set myself, the only thought is:
Focus or Target

After the shot, it is a quick analysis of what happened, if a strike...cool, if not how am I going to convert the spare.  After making the spare shot, another quick analysis of what happened.  Do I need to make an adjustment or ball change before the next time up or was it a bad shot?

Then it is socialize or grade papers until I'm up again.  I've been working on not overanalyzing every shot and dwelling on it the whole night.
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"I cannot change the direction of the wind but I can adjust my sails to reach my destination." Jimmy Dean
Title: Re: When you bowl, WHat do you think about?
Post by: Laybzz74 on September 05, 2006, 10:08:43 AM
I try to concentrate on my key points for success:
- proper push away in sync with my first step,
- walk straight (don't drift)
- freearmswing,
- keeping my elbow close to my body during the armswing,
- roll and project the ball to my breakpoint (distant focal point)
- follow through WITHOUT hitting up on the ball.

These are done subconsciously during my approach ...

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Title: Re: When you bowl, WHat do you think about?
Post by: PA_TJ_PDW_Fan on September 05, 2006, 10:14:01 AM
I sing "Chop'em Down" from Matisyahu. That guy rocks!

"From the forrest itself, comes the handle for the axe, chop'em down chop'em down!"
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Title: Re: When you bowl, WHat do you think about?
Post by: BrunsMike on September 05, 2006, 02:20:35 PM
quote:
I do most of my thinking before I get on the approach. I'll think about the next shot, the angle I need to attack the fronts and how to tweak my release. When I get set and I get my grip set how I like, all I think about is getting the ball pushed away correctly because its all muscle memory after that.
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Nick Smith ... A.K.A. Les Badderâ„¢
Brunswick -=- PBA 03-06
http://www.BrunsNick.com
¡Viva la nación de Brunswick!


stopncrank - ditto what nick said. do all your thinking off the approach. when u step on the approach, let your body take over, never second guess adjustments, trust that the adjustment you made will work. after the ball is off your hand, then think about where the ball is traveling, so u can make better adjustments. just my 2 cents.


Between nick and stopncrank, thats basically what I do exactly!! When I get into a zone you can see it in my face, eyes mainly. Im spacing out big time but as soon as I step my left foot on the approach, ALWAYS step on with my left foot (just a part of my preshot routine) its GAME ON!!!! Also, when I space out, I might be looking at someone but Im not, im looking beyond them, beyond the wall, its just a blank stare looking at nothing really.
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NE Lake County IL
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