How to Practice Bowling Away from the Lanes

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There are many things you can do to improve your bowling game away from the lanes including practicing your steps to visualizing consistent strikes.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Step 1

Find a place with a vinyl, tile or hardwood floor similar to the bowling lane.
Step 2

Make a "T" with tape to mark your starting position.
Step 3

Place your toes at the top of the "T".
Step 4

Figure out your ideal first step, and mark that spot on the stem of the "T".
Step 5

Practice your first step while visualizing bowling a strike.
Step 6

Repeat your ideal first step so that it is exactly the same everytime. You shouldn't have to look down at your marker to know where to step.
Step 7

Understand that a good "first step" is the key to good approach. A good consistent first step equals a good consistent approach.

Step 1

Stand in your normal, comfortable, start position without a ball.
Step 2

Visualize the lane in front of you and fix your gaze on a specific spot in your imaginary lane.
Step 3

Swing your bowling arm back in a mock backswing.
Step 4

Do fifty to one hundred of these mock backswings.
Step 5

Realize this process will help you groove out your backswing so that the motion of your arm becomes very familiar.
Step 6

Make sure your thumb is pointing down at the top of your backswing.
Step 7

Visualize bowling a strike with each swing.

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