Well when you do it. Where do you start and where do you end? Best way is if your drifting over say 5 boards on the approach and staying over there and not drifiting back then I would recommend starting 5 boards left and aim for where your wanting to slide at which should be straight ahead and your mind should tell you not to drift so you can end up in the right spot to release the ball.

I would work on just that the next time you practice, if you think its hurting your game. I wouldn't worry about score or anything just that, if you really need to change it.

Some people drift and are aware of it and know how much they will drift and compensate for it. Some drift and are unaware and don't understand why the ball is not dropped in the same area. For me, I drift if I need to but thats just around the ball returns and things, not usually when I'm not near the return.

Drifting is ok as long as you know your doing and how much your drifting and that its consistently the same. Now if one time you drift 3 boards then the next time you drift 7 boards with the intentions of releasing the ball in the same spot, then you need to correct it but if you drift 3 boards everytime, you can just compensate for it with your starting spot when you need to move.
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Well maybe he can shed some light on to why he does it? He may be doing it for no reason or he could be trying to walk around the ball in his backswing.
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Well, I'm no where near being a coach or anyone that needs to tell someone to do something one way, but for me, if I was having this issue I would just practice the steps on the approach and just let the ball go where it may on the lane because thats not what I would be focused on.

Just find something to focus on the approach and while doing your usual ball release just watch your feet, don't worry about the pins or anything just try to watch your feet and make them go in a straight line. After doing this for a while your muscels will memorize this and it will become much more easy to do without even thinking about it.

right now your muscels have memorized the steps you take now and thats just what feels natural to you so your going to have to really focus on it to change it and be like a natural approach on the lanes. Otherwise you will slip back into the old ways of drifting.

This is just experiences that I've had with different things and how I would correct them. This may not work for anyone else but its the best way for me.
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i believe straighter players walk straighter while crankers walk left more...the drift frees up the arm swing some..as long as you drift the same everytime and allow for it is really doesnt matter...i drift 5 boards left..when playing deep i dont worry about it.when playing the gutter i really concentrate on walking straighter..i dont know the name of the system but i read about it on here where lets say i walk 5 boards left and most people release the ball 7 boards away from their ankle..so to throw the ball up 10 i would need to stand on 12..my magic number is 2..(7 minus the drift which is 5)7-5=2..add 2 to the target(10), this puts me standing on 12 to allow for the drift and 7 boards away from ankle..to open the lane up say from 14 to 10 use the same setup..my number is 2 so add 2 to the target(14) plus the 4 boards(14-10) you wish to cover..so 14(target) plus 2(magic number) plus 4(diff in boards covering)=20.....so i would stand on 20 look at 14 and my break pt should be 10...if i havent confused you enough by now oh well..
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