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FBM357

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Being a good driller equate to being a good bowler?
« on: February 16, 2005, 02:09:05 AM »
What do you think and why?
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stanski

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Re: Being a good driller equate to being a good bowler?
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2005, 10:14:27 AM »
No, I find many drillers spend so much time working that they lose much of the talent they originally had for the game. I know my driller is only averaging 197, albeit he is 68 years old, but he is one of the best drillers in town.
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Re: Being a good driller equate to being a good bowler?
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2005, 10:17:04 AM »
My driller averages about 240 on the ths (he's also the laneman) and well over 200 in PBA regionals, though he dropped his card.  BUT, I don't really think being a good driller equates to being a good bowler.  It can certainly help (knowing layouts and ball characteristics is a huge plus), but if you don't have the mechanics down you're not going to be all that great.
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Re: Being a good driller equate to being a good bowler?
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2005, 10:19:30 AM »
Nope.

And good bowlers do not necessarily make good drillers.

Each has its own skill set.





 
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Re: Being a good driller equate to being a good bowler?
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2005, 12:15:05 PM »
Vernon,

I believe one actually has to be very careful to watch for the opposite, as so many 230-240 average house hacks think they are pro shop drillers.  Like coaching, hand-foot-eye coordination (primary measuring tool of bowling ability) has no relationship to the ability to teach or to drill and suggest balls properly.
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Re: Being a good driller equate to being a good bowler?
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2005, 01:58:41 PM »
There is absolutely no correlation between being a good bowler, and being a good driller.  Same thing with coaches.
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