Helpful Bowling Variables

By: bowlingball.com, Originally Posted: 3/4/17; Updated: 11/14/2021

There are helpful bowling variables you may want to streamline into your game.

Identifying which variables best suit your game is key to consistency and long range success.

It is not necessary to think about every bowling adjustment which exists but rather to focus on only a few simple variables to your physical game that you can rely on during competition.

Knowing a few variables, is not enough, however. You must also know and trust your range of adjustments and not try to do everything you have read about or listened to from friends or on television.

As example, bowling ball speed adjustments require you knowing the lowest and highest speeds you can release your bowling ball and still retain good body balance and accuracy.

It is not necessary to know specifically your launch speed when releasing your ball but, instead, develop a feeling for how fast or how slowly you can effectively deliver your ball without a loss in directional control or loft distance beyond the foul line.

Avoid allowing any one variable to adversely affect another.

Another variable adjustment important and helpful to all bowlers is using your best release technique that you can repeat consistently in competition.

Avoid trying to add so many revs or add excessive ball skid distance, as another example, that you lose accuracy and unless you are well practiced at doing so.

Another example is to choose the best bowling ball surface coupled with a drilling layout which gives you a controllable ball reaction on lane conditions you face in competition.

Your bowling ball surface texture can make a sizeable difference in your ball skid length and overall ball reaction. Make certain you have your bowling ball surfaces prepared in a way which best matches the lane conditions you know you will encounter frequently.

If you combine developing an effective ball speed range easily repeatable, use a release technique you can tweak slightly to change your ball reaction without losing control, and trust your bowling ball equipment, you can bowl very well without involving too many outside variables which only serve as confusing or too many things to think about other than making one good shot at a time.

Anytime you use more than one variable during any given competition, it is important to develop and adhere to a consistent pre-shot routine where you give yourself time to think before you bowl. You must actually visualize making a good shot and feel the movements you will make prior to beginning your approach. Since you know that the feedback you gain from watching your ball reaction very carefully is vital to adjustment decisions you must make, never take your eye off of your ball traveling down the lane, contacting the pins, and leaving the pin deck. Be a disciplined bowler and narrow your bowling variables to a few simple techniques you can trust in competition.

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