How Do I Hold My Temper Following Bad Bowling Shots?
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Originally Posted; 3/19/2015; Updated: 6/23/2022If you ask how do I hold my temper following bad bowling shots, the remedies lie with simple reasoning?
Bad shots are part of the game. Every bowler experiences a bad shot or a series of bad shots and becomes prone to anger.
The key to successful bowling performances is to shake off a bad shot as quickly as possible and place focus on the next shot.
Allow yourself to be upset for a limited amount of time, as short of a time as you can, then update your thoughts to the next shot at hand.
Take solace in knowing that every bowler, pro bowlers included, makes poor shots, gets bad breaks like leaving a back row pin on a solid pocket hit, or becomes distracted by outside and unexpected influences.
When you become upset, try focusing fully on your next shot whether it is converting a spare or moving to the other lane and trying to get a strike.
Avoid allowing yourself to think about the disappointment you felt from the previous poor shot and visualize making a good shot before preparing to bowl your next frame.
The best players will keep working after a making a poor shot or after making a series of errant deliveries.
Instead of letting their score or shot results adversely affect their attitude, the best players think about what they must do to make a good shot and never give up trying to do so.
These top tier players have an attitude which sets them up for victory because they never allow their temper to sustain and ruin the entire session on the lanes.
When times go bad, when you make a poor shot, pour your energies into making a good shot which, in turn, will help you build mental toughness.
If you do so, the next time when you are bowling well, it becomes easier for you to weather a few bad frames here and there and move forward with a good performance.
Confidence is a choice and is one of the most powerful mental game ingredients for any competitive bowler.
You can chose to ditch the temper, the anger, and think instead of making a quality shot the next time you bowl.
