My bowling game today was just off -- nothing felt right and my score was showing it.
I decided to add two elements from my pool PSR. Then I threw four straight strikes and marked the rest of the frames (sure wish I could have the first 3 frames over again!)
The two elements were:
1) quiet eyes. Just like eye movement in pool, in bowling my eyes can flit between the pins and the target point on the lane. I realized that my eyes were too busy, jumping between the two numerous times during approach. I decided to use only one movement: start with eyes on the pins but focus on the lane-aim-point after my first step and keep my eyes on that point (don't look up at the pins again).
2) keep my head down/body still. It's really just an extension of 1). Even well after releasing the ball I keep my eyes on the lane-aim-point (I just started doing this last month in pool: focus on the object ball and keep my focus there for at least 3 seconds after contact).
Thanks pool. And thanks to AZers who are helping me develop good pool habits.
I decided to add two elements from my pool PSR. Then I threw four straight strikes and marked the rest of the frames (sure wish I could have the first 3 frames over again!)
The two elements were:
1) quiet eyes. Just like eye movement in pool, in bowling my eyes can flit between the pins and the target point on the lane. I realized that my eyes were too busy, jumping between the two numerous times during approach. I decided to use only one movement: start with eyes on the pins but focus on the lane-aim-point after my first step and keep my eyes on that point (don't look up at the pins again).
2) keep my head down/body still. It's really just an extension of 1). Even well after releasing the ball I keep my eyes on the lane-aim-point (I just started doing this last month in pool: focus on the object ball and keep my focus there for at least 3 seconds after contact).
Thanks pool. And thanks to AZers who are helping me develop good pool habits.
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