April 2011 Content Archive

Ball Speed and the Right Equipment

How to get more of both

By Mike Jasnau

Welcome back to the Round Table. As I write this I’m gearing up for the USBC Open Championships in Reno. I hope you will stop in and say hello while you’re there. This month, our expert panel of coaches discuss...

How to Become a World Class Player

Five essential operating principles for taking you to the limits of your ability

By Dean Hinitz

The USBC Masters Championship was played in Reno February 6-13th. Although there were hundreds of competitors, realistically there were only a handful who could actually win the tournament. What?!! How can we say this? There were dozens of PBA title...

Let’s Play Twenty Questions

Performing a personal evaluation on your game

By Ron Clifton

It’s six o’clock on a Saturday night. A bowler sits in a chair with his forehead resting in the palms of his hands looking down at his well worn bowling shoes, wondering what went wrong. He had forced himself to...

Proven Techniques for Effective Breathing and Targeting

Study shows better and more consistent shot routines

By Joe Slowinski

In this month’s issue, I present a study I conducted at the Kegel Training Center in February 2011 to measure the impact of a two-tiered pre-shot routine on shot consistency. The two-tiered process includes an elongated breathing technique and an...

Random Thoughts

Things that go bump in the night

By Rob Mautner

There was a silence full of anticipation as Mika Koivuniemi prepared to throw his first shot in the tenth frame of the third game of the WSOB eight-man stepladder finals at South Point in Las Vegas. Mika needed only 9-spare-9...

Should Coaches Rely on Cameras or Watchful Eyes?

Whatever works best!

By John Jowdy

Should Coaches Rely on Cameras or Watchful Eyes?

Bowling is currently benefiting from a growing number of highly qualified instructors. Proper coaching and instruction have been the catalyst for the growth of golf and tennis. These two sports, along with bowling, are not instinctively natural. They can only...

Stuff To Do, No Matter What – Part 3

By Susie Minshew

Here are the last few No Matter Whats...at least until I learn some more. “No matter Whats”,—if you’re just tuning in to the series—are what I call universal bowling applications. The pay attention NMW I’m always surprised at the number...