Championship Bowling

bowlingball.com, Originally Posted: 10/3/2014; Updated: 9/2/2022

Everyone wants to be involved in a championship bowling match of some kind.
If you are a league bowler, you will want to join your teammates and be bowling for the league championship on the final day of scheduled competition.
If you are a tournament player, you will want to be bowling for the championship on the final game of the event.
No matter what skill level you are or what strength of competition you routinely face, bowling for the championship is the goal of most all bowlers who join competitive games.
When in competition and when in the championship match, you must learn to control your nerves and trust your abilities.
In order to trust your game in pressure situations, you must understand your game and what adjustments you have ready in your “bag of tricks” to use during competition.
Regarding your nerves, one thing to understand is that everyone gets nervous when facing stressful challenges like bowling for a championship. You are not alone.
If you allow yourself to use your bowling assets and focus on making one good shot at a time, you stand a good chance of being successful and performing well when you need to do so.
Trust your adjustments that have helped you in the past if you need to make any changes in your delivery technique, the angle of attack you choose, or which bowling ball is best to help you match with the lane conditions.

The battle is with the lanes and yourself to perform to your capabilities, not with your opponent.
How your opponent performs is irrelevant because there is nothing you can do to control an opponent’s game.
Pay 100% attention to your game and cease thinking about how your opponent is performing. If you do your job, you stand the best chance of winning.
Keep it simple - trust your game and control your nerves. If you are able to do that, bowling for championships will be made easier and will introduce an element of fun as opposed to stress and frustration.