When I go up to bowl, I line up and just play a tune in my head since I bowl tournaments where you can't have earphones. It helps me calm down a bit and worry about executing the shot.
I try to remember to do a mental pre-shot routine: Stance... grip... visualize (ball path)... relax... launch. But sometimes I forget to do the mental pre-shot routine. So, probably, I should add "Remember to do the mental pre-shot routine" to the beginning of my mental pre-shot routine.
I haven't tried it yet (I probably will the next time I practice), but I've been considering breathing exercises during my approach. I've been practicing yoga over the last few months, and one of its biggest facets is that of syncing breath to movement. So my idea is to focus on my breathing as I walk to the line (e.g. deep inhale on step 1, hold for steps 2, 3, and 4, and exhale on my slide step). Doesn't need to be a complicated pattern, as long as it's consistent. Your thoughts?
Derek M. Toohey I thinks that’s an awesome way to focus on your breathing. Yoga isn’t as easy as they make it look. Let us know if your breathing technique works
I've been told several times to finish my 10th frame because I didn't know what frame I'm on and no idea of my score until I finished, those were usually my higher games.
I don't view the mental game as dealing with internal issues, like worrying or checking the score. Rather, the mental game is about handling external issues that try to disrupt your performance, like missing team members, beer spills, messed up automatic scorers, or the opponents smoking reeking cigars. You have to be able to shake off negative distractions. But there are positive mental distractions too. This only happened once in 40 years of bowling, but my match play opponent was being particularly unfriendly. It was about the 4th frame of the 3rd game and I picked up my ball to wipe it off while he was bowling. He hadn't even lined up his feet but he got all huffy that I was out of line. Even his teammates were surprised at his attitude. I said to myself "I have to win this game" and it was all strikes to the end. The problem is you can't bottle that kind of motivator.
Art, how do I get out of the gutter. I have been bowling for 2 months got couple 200 games and about 142 average. But lately I am down to 100 game... Any suggestion, please?
we are filming a video on Friday just for this purpose a how to watch are videos in a particular order to go from zero to hero...start by videoing your self from two different angles so you can see what is wrong with you game
Shot 235 then 158. Thought about keeping the ball closer to my foot. Hit 203 last game. Reminded myself before game 3 the prior 2 games are gone go forward and think about what you may have done differently. Great advice. The prior shots are done and gone. One frame at a time. Your so right.
I don't every look at my score if I am doing poor or extremely well, just to stay out of my head. If I miss a spare I get mad at my self for about 2 seconds. Then I say that frame is behind me. Then when I get on the approach I line up get my hand under the ball and tell my self elbow tucked follow through. The other day in practice during open bowl I started a new game by 2 frames before I even realized I rolled 234. Baby powder in the face? That is funny. I would like to hear some more funny quarks from other peoples leagues or some unofficial house rules. The big thing at our house is don't leave the five pin and if you do you best not miss the spare. If you hang a single 5 pin and leave it every ones hand goes up in the air. Then if you miss the spare anyone with a hand up you owe a beer too. Knock on wood this year I have not had to buy any beer and I could easily drink 3 or 4 a night for free if I wanted. You can tell everyone to piss off if you want and not partake but if you ever take a beer then you are on the hook. Most the time they buy a pitcher and set it on a table and we only make them buy up to one a night. But 14 bucks every time you miss your 5 pin I don't miss. Thank God they did not make this rule for the 10 pin. Then their is the old one " if you don't break a hundred you have to start the next game pants down" That is a old one but no one every backs it up.
Art- I am new to your site and am enjoying every episode. This particular subject matter was presented so well. Sometimes the most basic concepts can be the most challenging to achieve. The mental aspect of bowling is one of those. Your commentary, along with the great graphics, especially the video clips of the two PBA champions, gives me hope that I can incorporate the "zen factor" into my bowling ... consistently. Thank You. Oh, the baby powder slap reminded me of the segments of The Soupy Sales Show and the number of pies smashed into his face. I'm sure that the reference to this ancient TV show will be beyond some of your reader's, but there are a few of us still around and still bowling.
Im one of those who rembers soupy sales. One of the saddest moments of my life was going to a nostalgia convention and seeing soupy there almost drooling out of the side of his mouth. Signing auto graphs. Post his nbc radio years being tourtured by don imus.
This! Thank you for the mental lesson! I had this one league where this young and powerful team called “The Re-Birth” held 1st place wire-to-wire throughout the entire league duration. Anytime their opponents or anyone else in their line of sight gutters on the very first shot of any frame, they’ll get amused and heartily shout “SURVEY SAYS: ZE-RO!” where everyone can hear them! That aside, this is an awesome reminder to just focus on what’s in front of you than around you!
I bowled in a youth tournament today, I got 682 in the first three games which was my best 3 game series , I bowled 162 in the fourth, but when it got to the fifth game I just lost it, I didn’t have the same feeling and was just mentally exhausted, I bowled a 128 and needed 7 more points to qualify for scholarships money. I just can’t help beating my self up about it, I was in first place and then I just gave it away. I feel like a failure and I could’ve done so much better. Now I feel like that opportunity will never come again, like I bowled the BEST I have ever bowled in the first three, I had a hell of a start but I lost it. Idk what to do I just can stop thinking about what I could’ve done better.
don't let that get you down it happens to all of us my best 3 game set was a 817 the first thee in a tournament followed by a 162.....practice big moments in your head and on the lanes imagine the big strikes see the ball going down the lane....
Good video Art! My mantra, which I sometimes forget to use unfortunately, is “you’ve got one job, hit your mark”. It does help me focus on the one thing that I often feel is most important, and that is hitting my target.
@@jordanwiththeuselesscokeca69 and @josuebowlinstudios, Art of bowling fans get together and take pictures while there and take pictures Ill send you tee shirts
Thanks! "Art of Bowling" for always giving the best tips. Yesterday in League, I used your MANTRA (sorry for not paying for royalties :=) and had 3 consistent games (657)..
hey Coach Art, love your youtube channel. your excellent tips and insight plus your tongue in cheek humor strikes a great balance between educating and finding ways to become better bowlers. the mental game is always a challenge and fortunately i am not a Type A guy so i don't let me delude myself but boy do i see some of my fellow bowlers mismanage their mental game in a league or tournament that ends up showing in the physical game.
I watched a team that bowled very well at nationals and the whole team used plastic stright up 15 all practice to push the oil in the middle down the lane to create hold room. It worked they shot very well.
How do you stay focused when distractions abound? Let me know!
@DASO MILITIA send the video to my facebook page
When I go up to bowl, I line up and just play a tune in my head since I bowl tournaments where you can't have earphones. It helps me calm down a bit and worry about executing the shot.
I try to remember to do a mental pre-shot routine:
Stance... grip... visualize (ball path)... relax... launch.
But sometimes I forget to do the mental pre-shot routine. So, probably, I should add "Remember to do the mental pre-shot routine" to the beginning of my mental pre-shot routine.
I haven't tried it yet (I probably will the next time I practice), but I've been considering breathing exercises during my approach. I've been practicing yoga over the last few months, and one of its biggest facets is that of syncing breath to movement. So my idea is to focus on my breathing as I walk to the line (e.g. deep inhale on step 1, hold for steps 2, 3, and 4, and exhale on my slide step). Doesn't need to be a complicated pattern, as long as it's consistent.
Your thoughts?
Derek M. Toohey I thinks that’s an awesome way to focus on your breathing. Yoga isn’t as easy as they make it look. Let us know if your breathing technique works
I've been told several times to finish my 10th frame because I didn't know what frame I'm on and no idea of my score until I finished, those were usually my higher games.
That’s the way you want to be
I don't view the mental game as dealing with internal issues, like worrying or checking the score. Rather, the mental game is about handling external issues that try to disrupt your performance, like missing team members, beer spills, messed up automatic scorers, or the opponents smoking reeking cigars. You have to be able to shake off negative distractions. But there are positive mental distractions too. This only happened once in 40 years of bowling, but my match play opponent was being particularly unfriendly. It was about the 4th frame of the 3rd game and I picked up my ball to wipe it off while he was bowling. He hadn't even lined up his feet but he got all huffy that I was out of line. Even his teammates were surprised at his attitude. I said to myself "I have to win this game" and it was all strikes to the end. The problem is you can't bottle that kind of motivator.
Thank you for that mental lesson. I have been slumping lately. And maybe the mental aspect will help me. Thanks again Art.
We all need that from time to time.
Great advice there. Similar to what I'm learning in Lanny Basham's book With Winning in Mind.
thanks for the book suggestion!
Art, how do I get out of the gutter. I have been bowling for 2 months got couple 200 games and about 142 average. But lately I am down to 100 game... Any suggestion, please?
we are filming a video on Friday just for this purpose a how to watch are videos in a particular order to go from zero to hero...start by videoing your self from two different angles so you can see what is wrong with you game
Shot 235 then 158. Thought about keeping the ball closer to my foot. Hit 203 last game. Reminded myself before game 3 the prior 2 games are gone go forward and think about what you may have done differently. Great advice. The prior shots are done and gone. One frame at a time. Your so right.
I don't every look at my score if I am doing poor or extremely well, just to stay out of my head. If I miss a spare I get mad at my self for about 2 seconds. Then I say that frame is behind me. Then when I get on the approach I line up get my hand under the ball and tell my self elbow tucked follow through. The other day in practice during open bowl I started a new game by 2 frames before I even realized I rolled 234.
Baby powder in the face? That is funny. I would like to hear some more funny quarks from other peoples leagues or some unofficial house rules. The big thing at our house is don't leave the five pin and if you do you best not miss the spare. If you hang a single 5 pin and leave it every ones hand goes up in the air. Then if you miss the spare anyone with a hand up you owe a beer too. Knock on wood this year I have not had to buy any beer and I could easily drink 3 or 4 a night for free if I wanted. You can tell everyone to piss off if you want and not partake but if you ever take a beer then you are on the hook. Most the time they buy a pitcher and set it on a table and we only make them buy up to one a night. But 14 bucks every time you miss your 5 pin I don't miss. Thank God they did not make this rule for the 10 pin.
Then their is the old one " if you don't break a hundred you have to start the next game pants down" That is a old one but no one every backs it up.
On my practice days I ask to be placed next to kids or a family with a birthday. After a good three year olds birthday, you can handle anything.
So TRUE So TRUE! Stay in the Moment 👍 One shot at a time. Great Advice
Art- I am new to your site and am enjoying every episode. This particular subject matter was presented so well. Sometimes the most basic concepts can be the most challenging to achieve. The mental aspect of bowling is one of those. Your commentary, along with the great graphics, especially the video clips of the two PBA champions, gives me hope that I can incorporate the "zen factor" into my bowling ... consistently. Thank You. Oh, the baby powder slap reminded me of the segments of The Soupy Sales Show and the number of pies smashed into his face. I'm sure that the reference to this ancient TV show will be beyond some of your reader's, but there are a few of us still around and still bowling.
Im one of those who rembers soupy sales. One of the saddest moments of my life was going to a nostalgia convention and seeing soupy there almost drooling out of the side of his mouth. Signing auto graphs. Post his nbc radio years being tourtured by don imus.
This! Thank you for the mental lesson! I had this one league where this young and powerful team called “The Re-Birth” held 1st place wire-to-wire throughout the entire league duration. Anytime their opponents or anyone else in their line of sight gutters on the very first shot of any frame, they’ll get amused and heartily shout “SURVEY SAYS: ZE-RO!” where everyone can hear them! That aside, this is an awesome reminder to just focus on what’s in front of you than around you!
Yes we get a resounding you suck for that and a slap with baby powder if the do it twice in the same frame.
I bowled in a youth tournament today, I got 682 in the first three games which was my best 3 game series , I bowled 162 in the fourth, but when it got to the fifth game I just lost it, I didn’t have the same feeling and was just mentally exhausted, I bowled a 128 and needed 7 more points to qualify for scholarships money. I just can’t help beating my self up about it, I was in first place and then I just gave it away. I feel like a failure and I could’ve done so much better. Now I feel like that opportunity will never come again, like I bowled the BEST I have ever bowled in the first three, I had a hell of a start but I lost it. Idk what to do I just can stop thinking about what I could’ve done better.
don't let that get you down it happens to all of us my best 3 game set was a 817 the first thee in a tournament followed by a 162.....practice big moments in your head and on the lanes imagine the big strikes see the ball going down the lane....
LOL THEY WENT EASY ON YOU COACH WITH THE POWDER. THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE MENTAL LAPSES. IT HAPPENS TO EVERYONE...MINUS POWDER
Yes i hand picked the smallest guy in the room. He was very gentle.
That's so true what u say WOW ty again your friend tim I'm a LEFTY
I so want to come back as a lefty
I agree.. Getting ahead yourself does hurt.. One ball, one frame and one game🎳🎳🎳🎳
I hope you nailed the 300!
I have thrown a few
I don’t have been bowling score is 300 during my bowling games at bowling alley yet during my life.
If u shot a 299 and lost to a 300, you are bowling on "cake". Try a Seniors League where 90% of the balls being thrown are plastic!
I always imagine the sound of didgeridoo :) It's a very calming sound. Then I tell to myself "just do what you already did thousand times anyway".
Nice to add some good taste humor there . Keep it up !
We try!! Humor is my trigger in coaching style for people to remember what I am telling them.
Got here after leaving 10 pin in 6 frames and 7 pin in two frames. Luckily spare game was on point.
I would like to add to the topic the pre shot routine. This 8 to 10 seconds routine will help you on frame to frame shots and those real clutch one.
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I’m a 10th frame bowler…it’s the other frames that are difficult
Good video Art! My mantra, which I sometimes forget to use unfortunately, is “you’ve got one job, hit your mark”. It does help me focus on the one thing that I often feel is most important, and that is hitting my target.
I was wondering if you were ok it took so long to comment
Ha!
@@DGV_Tips did you see our shoutout to you on the community page
Art Of Bowling no...FB?
One ball.
One game.
One game.
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This is really gonna help me in the Junior Gold Championships that I'm going to compete the very first time in Detroit, Michigan.
Congrats i want video of that experience
Good luck on Junior Gold, I'll be in the same boat you are xd.
@@jordanwiththeuselesscokeca69 and @josuebowlinstudios, Art of bowling fans get together and take pictures while there and take pictures Ill send you tee shirts
@@ArtOfBowling I will definitely try, but I'm a u17 bowler if that narrows it down to the squads anyway lol. 😁
@@jordanwiththeuselesscokeca69 that put you two in the same age bracket
Why to bowlers stand up while throwing it.and how to stop it
Thanks! "Art of Bowling" for always giving the best tips. Yesterday in League, I used your MANTRA (sorry for not paying for royalties :=) and had 3 consistent games (657)..
Love to hear it! Thanks for sharing, and keep me posted. Anything else you’d like to see me cover, let me know
hey Coach Art, love your youtube channel. your excellent tips and insight plus your tongue in cheek humor strikes a great balance between educating and finding ways to become better bowlers. the mental game is always a challenge and fortunately i am not a Type A guy so i don't let me delude myself but boy do i see some of my fellow bowlers mismanage their mental game in a league or tournament that ends up showing in the physical game.
the best in the world struggle with that
This didn’t work my friend was on the front nine and messed up I’m calling clickbait
I practice the tenth frame i give myself 7 in a row anf try to close it out
Cool
Thank you for this.
Going to the nationals on june 234 do u thank the lans well be oily??
Yes, and try to play similar paths to the pocket it helps
Ty very much that is the plan 🤓🎳🎳🎳
I watched a team that bowled very well at nationals and the whole team used plastic stright up 15 all practice to push the oil in the middle down the lane to create hold room. It worked they shot very well.
Definitely showing this to Isaiah.
Yeah id say this is the weakest part of his game.
@@ArtOfBowling I totally agree with you
That gutter ball in the 10th... 💀
Appreciate you coach 👊
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