I was taught on hitting the arrow when i was a kid. I teach my high school team some old but mostly new school. I teach them the most important thing to do is to hit your mark. What is your mark and most of them say the 2nd arrow. Well I teaching them thats great but watch where your ball turns up at the breakpoint. If you are watching where it turns over you can adjust that way and be consistant hitting that mark in your score a little more higher. So I really like teaching both parts at the beginning stage hitting the arrows but when your getting better and more consistant you need to learn how to adjust from the break point.
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i remember growing up my parents were like "hit the arrow " "be square with the foul line"


never worked for me.  The difference of their game and mine (old vs newer)

my targeting once i quite lisening to them has always been arrows & bp but the problem i had was the range of bowling balls had to remove the sweeping hook with the later hooking for a better fit.

as of now i generally still use it but find having  a 3 point (dots,arrows and bp) is more useful for drier or tougher shots (for me to get straighter)

I actually thought this article did a good job of "introducing" the idea of multiple targets.  I disagree that it''s too much information, I think it''s a great way to help beginners and others learn multiple targets.

One thing that I''ve noticed is that none of the other posted articles talks about or mentions where you lay the ball down.  You could have 15 targets on the lane and if you don''t know where you are laying the ball down at the foul line it won''t matter.  

Many people posted about creating angles etc, and that''s absolutely correct.  When I target I use a 4 target system:

1. Where I lay the ball down at the foul line
2. A board at the dots
3. A board at the arrows
4. My breakpoint

This allows me to draw a line from the foul line all the way to my breakpoint. If I don''t know where I am laying the ball down at the foul line then I can''t draw that line correctly.  This line will be different for everyone.  I lay the ball down 5 boards right of my slide foot.  Some people lay it down 10 boards, 12 boards, or less, 3 boards, or 2 boards depending on the type of release they have.  Anyone who has played a sport shot and tried to throw past an arrow to a breakpoint and constantly washed out, you may want to take a look at where you set the ball down and you may be sending the ball too far right even if you''re hitting your target at the arrows.  

This system has greatly helped my game.  It wasn''t easy, I had to video myself, watch where I lay the ball down, test my marks by throwing different shots to see the reaction.  However once you get it down it''s easy to make big moves on any kind of shot because it''s just creating a new line, and a new angle.

The original post done here starts off this process, however there is more to it than just having 2 targets.

Hopefully this information helps someone, if not then good luck with your game and I''d be curious to hear what your system is.



Edited on 5/10/2010 12:08 PM