Author Topic: When you bowl, WHat do you think about? (Read 3188 times)

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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jr_300 · « **Reply #1 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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Brutal Bowler · « **Reply #2 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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SirAshley · « **Reply #3 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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azus · « **Reply #4 on:** September 04, 2006, 03:43:36 PM »

Im thinking mostly about how i shall release the ball.
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BrunsNick · « **Reply #5 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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scotts33 · « **Reply #6 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

Rabiddog135 · « **Reply #7 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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Juggernaut · « **Reply #8 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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stopncrank · « **Reply #9 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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BOWL119 · « **Reply #10 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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demo40 · « **Reply #11 on:** September 04, 2006, 06:16:07 PM »

I think about not getting hung on beer
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toomanytenpins · « **Reply #12 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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rackattack · « **Reply #13 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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novawagonmaster · « **Reply #14 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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