Bowling Help

By: bowlingball.com, Originally Posted: 1/3/17; Updated: 12/8/2021

Regardless of your experience or skill level, if you are seeking bowling help you can find it from a variety of sources.

For new or beginning bowlers, the obvious things are to first take a bowling lesson and use the local pro shop for equipment needs, particularly to get a bowling ball drilled to custom fit your hand.

If you are a league player, a tournament player, or both, you will still use the services of a coach and the pro shop when you need to work on your game and when you need to expand your equipment “toolbox.”

Experienced bowling instructors not only help sharpen your skills, they can help you develop a practice plan where you work on the key aspects of your game in an organized format so each practice session moves you toward your goals in improvement.

To improve, you must also know your game. You must know how to make adjustments to your game in competition, on the fly, and that requires knowing the mechanics of your game thoroughly.

The first reaction is to think of using a coach to help you improve your physical game but good coaches also offer other services needed to advance in the game.

If you find an experienced instructor, you can work together to improve your knowledge about oil patterns, oil carry-down, oil break-down, and in making appropriate alignment adjustments to the pocket or for converting spares.

One thing highly skilled players possess is the ability make adjustments during the challenges of good competition.

There can be no question that a personal coach, one experienced in all aspects of coaching, is importance in learning about playing the lane conditions and about tuning your physical game, but your coach can help with establishing groundwork for sound mental game strategies.

Your coach can help you prepare your mindset to control you emotions in competition.

Developing sound mental game skills starts with using a consistent pre-shot routine, as example, to get you to focus on making decisions about playing the lanes and visualizing how you wish to deliver your next shot before stepping onto the approach and preparing to bowl.

Another facet to the game is physical fitness. It is recommended to consult first with a physician and your coach before initiating fitness routine.

It is widely recognized, however, that developing a routine of using stretching exercises prior to bowling will help prepare you for able performances during competition.

As you can understand, a good instructor can help in a variety of ways. Knowing this, if you are serious about making progress in the game from where you are now, use the services of a bowling instructor regardless of your skills and experience in the game.

Another factor in making progress in the game is to challenge your game by entering events such as tournaments or strong leagues which present stiffer overall competition than what you are facing at this time. The stronger competition you face, the more you will be compelled to sharpen your physical game skills and to trust your decision making process during competition. Dealing with the anxieties of competing against a strong field of bowlers is a step to becoming an improved player you must accept and engage.

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