Let Your Bowling Slide Be Your Guide

Written By: bowlingball.com | Written On: Sunday, December 24, 2023

By: bowlingball.com, Originally Posted: 11/12/16; Updated: 12/24/2023
If you are learning to bowl or just now trying to work on your game to improve your average, start from the ground up.
Let your bowling slide be your guide.
The best way of getting lined up to the pocket or to spare is to know where you are sliding and where your bowling ball contacts the lane surface.
Next, you must choose an aim point on the lanes for sighting purposes when walking and releasing your bowling ball.
This alignment process involves sound footwork principles.
One of the keys to good footwork and to follow an alignment system is to know which board on the approach floor where you will slide for any particular spare you are targeting or for hitting the pocket on strike deliveries.
It is very important to know where you will slide in relation to where you initially stand on the approach when preparing to bowl.
If you walk a perfectly straight line, then you can easily select an aim point on the lane to target a given spare or to target the pocket, whichever the case may be.
If you drift right or left, you must learn exactly how many boards you drift away from the starting board used in your stance position so you can select an appropriate aim point.
Make sure as you adjust your starting alignment positioning on the approach when shooting at cross lane spares that you know precisely how your walking path is changes, if at all, from your strike alignment walking path to the foul line.
Accuracy and good footwork are strongly linked in bowling.
Consult with an experienced bowling instructor to help you develop a good alignment system for strikes and spares.
Once you develop a sound alignment system, your instructor can also help you how and where to make alignment adjustments as needed.
Although it is extremely important to learn how to effectively walk and deliver your bowling ball, it is also vital to learn how to line up on the lane and how to choose an appropriate aim point on the lane based on your delivery technique.
Other factors in sliding which affect good shotmaking is to retain good body balance as you walk and enter your sliding step. Learn to slide under the center of your body mass so you avoid losing balance either to the left or right during the critical moment you release your ball. Using an athletic posture helps you to repeat quality shots when you begin your sliding final step.
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