Control of your feet
asics gel lyte iii noir , body, right arm, your arm swing, your release, and of the ball itself. And consistency is the ability to do the same thing,
time after time after time. These two things are very important to be champion
not only in the game of bowling but in most of the physical as well as mental
games. CONTROL AND CONSISTENCY Control and consistency are the keys to bowling
fame and for- tune. If you have them, you can become a champion. If you have not
well, you simply will have to develop them. You may become a fair kegler and
occasionally shoot a good game or even a good series, but you will never reach
the top without developing these two skills. What do I mean by control? I mean
control of your feet, body, right arm, your arm swing, your release
asics gel lyte 3 femme rouge , and of the ball itself. Sounds like a pretty big order, doesn't it? Well, it is. And consistency? Consistency is the
ability to do the same thing, time after time after time. It's as simple as
that. To illustrate the meaning of control and consistency, let me take a moment
here to describe what to me is the most amazing example of these two virtues
that has ever occurred or may ever happen again in the bowling game? In
Lockport, New York, on October 25, 1939, a little fellow named Allie Brandt,
just five feet, one inch tall, and weighing 122 pounds sopping wet, was bowling
in a league series. As you know
adidas boost femme rose , in five-man league competition, you bowl once and then sit on the bench while your four teammates bowl. There is no chance to "get hot and
keep shooting" as there is in doubles or singles play. But tiny little Allie,
bowling against men up to twice his size and taking his prescribed waits between
turns, delivered his medium- speed ball down the lanes that evening for three
successive games of 297-289-300 for the towering and almost incredible total of
886, a score never matched before or since in sanctioned play. On that evening
in 1939, little Allie Brandt possessed control and consistency to the ultimate
degree, and was as close to a machine as any bowler has ever been. You can
imagine my reaction when I hear bowlers say, "Oh, I can never bowl well in
league play. Getting up there every fifth time instead of every other time
throws me off my game." With the example of Brandt and that amazing series at
hand, it is fairly easy to impress upon these bowlers that league bowling is
largely a state of mind. I know some top bowlers who bowl much better in
five-man events than they do in individual matches. They have learned to adapt
their control and consistency to the game as it is played. They remember the
peculiarities of the lanes, and their game is so grooved that they can make
their approach and delivery almost identical every time. They do not make the
mistake of many bowlers who feel that their game is better when bowling fast.
The story of Allie Brandt epitomizes practically everything I know to be true
about bowling. To begin with, it is obvious that if the game required brawn and
muscle, no little man could ever hope to succeed at it. If it demanded a
"powerhouse" ball that practically drove the pins through the back
wall
adidas climacool homme soldes , weight lifters and wrestlers would completely dominate the sport. The little man from Lockport refutes all these ideas, and in
an unmistakable manner. But even Brandt has no monopoly on the laurels of the
small competitor in bowling. Outstanding performers like Hank Marino, Tony
Sparando, Ray Schanen and many others, all of whose deeds are legend, are
positive proof that control and consistency breed topnotch performance. In order
to acquire control, footwork is most important. The bowler must practice and
practice some more to perfect the rhythm of his steps so that he can put his
feet in practically the same identical place every time even if he is
blindfolded. Now, placing the feet in the same spot time after time cannot be
accomplished overnight. Don't expect it to be. Practice your run to the foul
line whenever you happen to have a few minutes of spare time. Practice in front
of a mirror whenever possible, and practice with all the concentration you
possess. Footwork, of course, is timed with the movements of the body and right
arm to produce a smooth swing. The more correct your foot- work and the more
smoothly your body and arm move in relation to it, the more effortless and
effective will be your swing. Accuracy comes naturally when your delivery slips
into this grooved state. You can bowl well and you can bowl for long periods of
time without tiring, for you are repeating the same process until it becomes
almost second nature. I am not going to try to tell you that control comes
easily. It takes time everything good takes time. But meanwhile
adidas outdoor france , you will experience the real thrill that comes with the knowledge that you are succeeding at a sport that is very difficult to master.
Some bowlers, however, are never satisfied. They get a poor hit, get eight or
nine pins on it, and still complain that they should have had a strike. Even
though splits are a part of the game and everyone can figure on one or more over
a period of three games, these players are loud in their wails every time they
encounter one. Which brings to mind a statement attributed to one of these
perpetual crybabies? This particular fellow, a star bowler by the way, was
hitting strikes one after another until he had finally tallied twelve in a row
for a perfect 300 game, the dream of every bowler. One of the first to
congratulate him was the proud and beaming proprietor, who was astounded to hear
the star reply, "Say, you'd better get that alley in better shape. I almost got
tapped on that seventh strike!" Many star bowlers are made because of their
controlling power and their consistency level. So you may now know why it is
important to be in control of your body as well as your mind and consistently
perform well to be a champion. Author's Resource Box Mitch Johnson is a regular
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