Bowling is one of those sports where anyone can play, be good at it and go pro. But some people who goes bowling and wants to bowl there best game ever. So how and what mind set should you have to bowl your best game. To me there is 3 stages if bowling your best game ever. It’s the per game stage, the mid game and mistakes stage and how to finish strong stage that you will go though in order to bowl your best game. My best game is a 299, one pin from a 300 game. With that 299 game in the first frame I had a ringing ten pin, I picked that up and I struck all the all out for a 299 game. My highest set in league play was 809. So I will talk about my mindset going in and tips on bowling your best game ever.
The warm up:
If you are not in a bowling league or you are in a bowling league, the best thing you can do is shadow bowling or practice before the game starts. League players know what this means, when you bowling in a league, before the game starts you are able to bowl for 10 mins before the game starts. So if the league starts at 6:30 P.m. then practice starts at 6:20. During this time I would be rolling all of my bowling balls to see which ball looks good. I also check out the oil and how heavy or light it is. One tip that I do is I look at my opponents and see what ball they are using, how they are rolling the ball. I bowl down and in so if see other players bowling down and in, to me it means that my lanes won’t be there long so I will be looking to make an adjustment sooner than later. Most of the time during this time of practice, I would find a ball to use and a lane to play so getting there early, finding a lane to play and finding the right ball helps. Your goal is to hit the pocket the best you can. If you hit the pocket and leave one pin up, don’t worry about it and that just happens, just move on and roll better shot next time. Also coming in the game, don’t come with a mindset of (am going to bowl a 300 game easy) you never heard basketball, football players say( am going to get 60 points tonight) it just happens. Now you goal is always to throw a 300 game, that’s everyone goal but just have a mindset of I am going to bowl good today.
The Mid game stage:
During the game you may make some mistakes as we all do. There is nothing wrong with and pick up your spare and keep moving. But the spares is what will keep you going. Missing spares will just hurt your score bad. I miss the ten pin sometimes so during practice before league I would shot at the ten pin twice just to make sure I am good and lined up where I got to be. Bowling is get on your nerves cause you are throwing good shots and the pins are not falling in. or you are doing good and getting a lot of strikes and the good is going good for you. You want to keep that good game going and a few way I do this is not look at the score board, I focus on my line, I trust the ball when I release it, and keep a clear mind. Clear mind is just good thought you are thinking.
The endgame:
Near the end of the game and you are during good, now it’s time to close on a good note. I like to finish strong by doing what I was doing before with my bowling ball, this late in the game making a ball change is hard unless you sure you want to do that. Don’t worry about the score too much and just bowl and have fun. Keep that same energy you had the first game second game. This late in the game you may want to do little adjustment but it’s your call. The key here is to watch you bowling ball and how it act on the lane. If it starts going left, it’s time is move left little by little but people with the best game don’t have to move at all. They are just lock in on that spot. So take all of these tips, use them to help you bowl the best game you have ever had.