Develop A Three Point Bowling Delivery System

By: bowlingball.com, 12/3/16

If you develop a three point bowling delivery system, you will know how to align yourself on the approach for your strike ball deliveries.

A system can be as simple as knowing your sliding board, the ball release board, and the target board on the lane.

Let’s look at the sliding board point first.

The trick is to select which board on which you must you slide on to ensure you are close enough to the inside edge of your bowling ball as it passes by your bowling ankle so you retain leverage and generate good power.

Next time you are on the practice lane, place your bowling ball on the approach floor sitting on the thumb hole so the ball will not roll away.

Set the thumb hole of your ball exactly on the 13 board of the approach floor 7 boards right of the center guide dot (20 board) (for right handed bowlers) and about four inches behind the foul line.

Then place your sliding shoe to the left of your bowling ball, about one half inch left of your sliding ankle, with the toe of your sliding shoe only a half of an inch behind the foul line and straight with the boards on the approach floor.

You will notice in doing so that the instep of your sliding bowling shoe most likely covers the 18 board.

So if you slide with the instep of your shoe on the 18 board, your ball should contact the lane about 5 or 6 boards right of the sliding board.

This constructs two of your three point delivery system.

Next, project a line from where the center of your ball sits on the 13 board to the 2nd arrow down the lane some 15 or so feet beyond the foul line.

In this example, your shoe will slide on 18 board, your bowling ball will be released slightly beyond the foul line landing on the 13 board while you are sighting at the 10 board, the 2nd arrow on the lane.

The exercise here is to develop a system of initial alignment so you know where to slide, where to release your ball on the lane surface, and where to aim at the arrows.

Of course, not all bowlers deliver the ball similarly and not all of the lane conditions you encounter will play similarly.

By working with a qualified bowling instructor, you can also develop a system for making lateral positioning adjusts on the approach and on the lane depending how your bowling ball reacts when you make good shots.

One such system is known as a “parallel adjustment” system where you move both your feet positioning on the approach and your sight target on the lane, generally in the same direction. Accuracy is developed through sound alignment and adjustment systems. If you are just learning the game and want to make improvements and take some of the guesswork out of your alignment process, give this three point system a try next time you are on the practice lane and then consult with a good coach to learn more about making sensible adjustments to hit the pocket and to convert routine spares.

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