It's wild. I have coached hockey, figure skating and softball and the number one thing that we tell people is that PRACTICE and repetition are the only way to train muscle memory. Here we have a poll on the number of nights that people bowl and the largest percentage of people only bowl twice a week. Yet, like golf, another completely mucle memory sport, people like to get all excited about "this doesn't work" and "that didn't help", "I think I need a new ball, shoe, glove, wrist guard and on and on....
I am starting to realise that if I am not going to dedicate 3-5 nights of bowling a week to the sport, then I am totally not allowed to make myself feel bad for how I bowl. If I have a great game, great, if I have a crap game, no problem because the harder I try to find things to blame my bowling on, the more I am slapped in the face with the reality that the only way to truely improve my game is to practice, practice, practice.
From now on, I am just going to roll the ball and have fun...
man you are so dead on with this. I have been competitive at a number of sports and for some reason this simple fact of practice makes perfect never sank in with bowling for me. I was expecting to see big results and they just weren't coming yet. My wife and I read your post before we went bowling, not only did we have the most fun we have had in a while but we bowled a lot better. I even won a bet with her and got the first turkey which means I get a new ball.... so now I'll get my first spare ball. Thanks for the post!
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