Author Topic: How do you practice? (Read 1364 times)

tenpinspro · « **on:** November 24, 2008, 06:17:10 AM »

Mr. Guined made some excellent points on this subject which I felt we could all learn and share info with from one another. Here was his post...

I think one of the keys to add about practice is how and the quality of practice sessions.

"Remember practice is exaclty that, your not shooting for score."

It's like watching people at a driving range, they go hit buckets upon buckets of balls but that's all they have done. They never line up their shots, work on hand postion, placement of the feet, or ball in their stance, ect, ect.

Bowling works the same way people. Practice is about working on fundamentals then expanding them. Learning different hand positions, foot work, how to change your axis tilt, or rotation, how to venture out of your comfort zones and learn to play a larger portion of the lane. Practice at differnt centers with different surfaces, oil patterns, try them when they are fresh or they are burnt. learn to see ball reaction on these differnt conditions and watch how the ball moves through the pin deck and what the pins do.

Key is to develop a practice routine that works on varying aspects of your game at individual times and then bring them together. This way you are developing your "A", "B", and "C" games.

The last thning I want to hit on is spares. They are one of the most important things you can practice. If you can be effective at picking up your spares your strike precentage will increase. Just look at Walter Ray, he just won his 45th title and he is also the best spare shooter on tour. Maybe it's just a coincidence but I don't think so.

So go out and practice correctly and try stepping out side of the box. I guarantee there is no alligators out there. Lol.
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Kid Jete · « **Reply #1 on:** November 24, 2008, 02:21:40 PM »

"I mean listen, we're sitting here talking about practice, not a game, not a game, not a game, but we're talking about practice. Not the game that I go out there and die for and play every game like it's my last but we're talking about practice man. How silly is that?"

Lol in all honestly I wish I could practice. My practice involves the 5 minutes before league and pot games on Sunday mornings.

Edited on 11/24/2008 3:22 PM

tenpinspro · « **Reply #2 on:** November 24, 2008, 03:02:46 PM »

I have one method that may help some become more versatile. Pick any ball you want (and stick with it) plus doing this on the THS is fine as well. The stronger ball (for some) will teach you to fluff in the exercise and the weaker ball will teach you to turn(for some).

Line yourself up to the 1st arrow and try to strike. You can't leave this spot until you throw a five bagger, then move onto the 2nd arrow (throw 5 in a row) and then move onto 3rd arrow. If you can do this return immediately to 1st arrow and repeat. This is not easy...

What this should accomplish is that it should make the individual learn to adjust lift or rev rate and/or change axis rotation of the ball (if needed). It also forces us to place ourselves physically in the proper position to strike from each angle. By doing this, it allows the bowler to properly create the appropriate visualization needed to play from that angle and hopefully help overcome the fear of not trusting certain shots.

Try and expand your beliefs guys/gals and this may help make you a more well rounded bowler.
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Edited on 11/24/2008 4:17 PM

Mark T. Trgovac · « **Reply #3 on:** November 24, 2008, 06:06:33 PM »

One thing you can do to help yourself out in practice is to take some white tape and use them as a target marker on the lane. The way I like to do it is take three strips of 1" white tape. The first one I place on the board I want to dead on hit and I tend to place a Dime under it (ask the counter person at your center before you do that). Then to give my self an area to target, I place one two boards left of it and then I place one two boards to the right of it. This gives you a great area on the lane to target.

The tape with the dime will show you how well you can hit your target. You will see how much that helps when it comes to bowling on your PBA Ex. Leagues and harder shots. The area will help you learn to get your ball downlane on a THS. The other thing you may want to try with this is just as Rick stated. Stand right and try to hit this area going up the boards. Then just adjust your shot by moving left and keep the same target. This will help you learn to play looking at your break point. This comes in handy when the lanes get dry and you need find that you are trying to get the ball to go longer. The looking at your breakpoint can help you get natural speed and length without throwing your timing off.

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Xcessive_Evil · « **Reply #4 on:** November 25, 2008, 09:46:31 PM »

Well, since I'm usually pretty busy I tend to only have time to practice on my league nights.

With the exception of position rounds and nights when we go against good teams, that is my time to practice. I try a little bit of everything, from crossing every board to playing the twig. I guess this is why-even with the month and a half slump-I'm having my best season yet.

My spares still need some work, but if the last 2 weeks are any indication, I'm finally starting to see the benefits of that as well.
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