Accuracy Training

[Toon]

Since being back I have made big changes in how i do everything to do with bowling. One thing I failed at years ago. Was practicing. I used to go and just bowl a bunch of games. Not having actual aims and goals for training.

My accuracy is better now than it has ever been before.

I have been just putting lanes on, no games.
Picking 10 separate lines, each line I need to hit 10 times to move on to the next.

For example, my normal shot I throw 15 -5. So I will hit that line 10 times then move to another. 10 - 5 for ten shots. and so on. Don't worry about scores or how many strikes you get. Hitting those 2 boards is what matters.

I have been doing this for about 5 games worth of shots each week and my game has improved dramatically.

Accuracy has improved and it gives me practice shooting a shopping list of different lines.

Does anyone else have specific drills to work on accuracy?

Feel free to post tips for other bowlers in this thread.

 

[Phluff]

Become friends with your local manager/head tech. Get permission to put little cones or something on the lane at the arrows and use them for drills. I used to use those suction cup sticks from kids guns, spaced 4 boards either side of my target board gives enough room for +-1 board margin of error.

 

[amagill]

If you get little folded up bit of electrical tape, you can stick those down, right on top of your target ball & watch if your ball rolss over it....

 

[John_Velo]

G'Day Toon,

This was raised a few months back. Jim Cross had an interesting one were hey would roll out a thin piece of play-dough or similar over his arrow and bowl at it.

Another person mentioned a sheet of carbon paper over an a4 sheet stuck down at your target, then check the splay pattern after.

As a kid Dad made up a thin approach and lane to the arrows and I was forced to practice on it. These days my approach rarely wonders more than a board, and still can't hit the side of a barn eyes opened or closed.