December 2012 Content Archive

Many readers will be familiar with the ten year or 10,000 hour of training rule. Specifically, this informs us about how many hours of purposeful training are required to reach an elite level of performance. This rule is a well-documented...

In its simplest form, bowling is not too far removed from cavemen rolling round rocks knocking down sticks. From the time we realized there is more to bowling than house balls and rental shoes, we have worked to develop our...

In the last couple of articles, I’ve introduced three player “categories” based on the area where a bowler is weakest. I’ve called them the Thinker, the Volcano, and the Blind Squirrel. Over the next three months, I want to address...

S is for speed Some think speed is the most difficult of all adjustments, as it tends to mess with your timing the most. That can be true, especially if you manipulate your speed range by trying to use either...

I developed a technique many years ago my students have affectionately named the Ron Clifton Scoot. The scoot is a reasonably easy technique to learn that accomplishes several desirable things at once. When you do the scoot, you create a...

There is an old story about a Cherokee Indian chief who was teaching his grandchild about succeeding in life. “A fight often goes on inside people,” he said to the boy. “It is a terrible fight and it is between...

I need your help. I have been trying to think of a sport which involves either kicking a ball or hitting a ball or throwing a ball or rolling a ball in which the athlete does NOT have to follow...