BallReviews
General Category => Drilling & Layouts => Topic started by: jensm on May 08, 2004, 07:17:59 PM
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A local youth player (13 years old) with a high track recently began tracking over the finger holes. I see no big change in his game. And he bowls with the same bowling balls as before. Anybody here got an idea why this could be happening and what should be done?
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Regards,
jensm
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Thanks for your replies, guys. It seems he has been practicing so much lately (bowling center let him play for free the last three weeks in preparation for the upcoming finals in a national youth tournament) that he has had time to develop a bad habit. When his approach is working well, his body posture goes smoothly from slightly forward bend on the first step to smooth knee bend at the line - and no tracking over the finger holes. When his approach is working badly he looks more like a divebomber and the ball tracks over the finger holes. These problems seem to occur either when he is tired from too many games or when he is not properly warmed up. Longer breaks between his sessions on the lanes and proper stretching exercises seem to help.
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Regards,
jensm