There comes a point after enough practice that you’re able to replicate a consistent strike shot. No matter how good you are, you have to use the scoring system to your advantage in order to get above 200, and exponentially so as that number reaches 300. This is because of the way that each score builds off of each other. That is why bowling can rely heavily on how well your mental game is.
- If you’re able to keep your nerves intact and not overthink any particular shot, you’re golden. Your body knows what to do, let the muscle memory you’ve created do the heavy lifting.
- Something that I found incredibly useful with my bowling is keeping myself distracted, not from bowling but from everything else around me. It helps me to focus on only what I'm doing, and helps limit the amount of overthinking I do on my shots. I still focus on what I'm doing, but it helps me from getting too much in my head.
- By dulling the part of me that overthinks it I often am able to make harder shots when they come up, based purely on what my body intuitively does based on the quick analysis of what I have to hit. If you pick what you listen to with intention, then you can even use the music to help you find a good rhythm to approach to. This has been many songs for me over the years, but “Sweet Child O’ Mine” by Guns N’ Roses will always be one of the more formative ones for me:)
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