Bowling Hope And Change

By: bowlingball.com, Originally Posted: 6/8/16; Updated: 3/15/2022

If you are struggling a little with your game, it may not be enough to wish for bowling hope and change.

It is important to first visualize improvement in your game but the work must be done to earn the improvement you seek.

Introducing a new idea of any change to your game with only hope that the idea works and not grounded with a good foundation for change is not a formula to gain lasting progress.

Practice is where you can introduce ideas and technique for changing your physical game. These techniques must be practiced when scores do not matter.

Caution must be taken to avoid trying any major changes to your game until you have a chance to work on them in practice without introducing them first in competition.

Wholesale or sweeping changes to your game is another dangerous risk for long term progress.

If you feel an overhaul to your game is needed, use the services of an experienced bowling instructor to help you plan which techniques are in most need of improvement.

Once you identify areas of your game you wish to work on, your instructor can help you develop a practice plan to ensure you spend time working on the right technique to build it into your physical motion.

It is generally acknowledged that attempting big changes to your game without working on them away from competition can cause poor performances and confusion you may find difficult to overcome.

Play it smart. Work on changes to your game in practice sessions and under the supervision of your instructor.

Changes require differences in the feel of your new athletic motion from what you are accustomed to feeling when bowling now.

Your instructor is geared to help you build the changes into your game without sacrificing accuracy and confidence.



Learn to trust your judgement and your instincts when deciding on changes to your game but avoid exaggerated and prolonged poor performances resulting from big changes until you can work under the supervision of your instructor.

Knowing the strengths of your game can pay dividends. Your strengths are developed by means of purposeful practice.

When bowling in competition, rely on your experience and on the skills you have proven to work well in the past and leave the big changes for future training sessions.

Bowling hope and change becomes relevant when you plan, practice, and work to improve your bowling.