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Page 10 | Thursday, November 1, 2012 | THE BOWLING NEWS
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Our 56th Year
The know where you slud
NMW
Although this kind of
sounds like I’m doing my
Dizzy Dean impression, it
really is about paying attention
to where you slud, I mean slid.
Since you lay the ball down
five-to-six boards outside your
sliding ankle and since you
don’t see this as you’re looking
at your target, it’s pretty
important you know where you
slid. That way you can be very
sure of where you laid the ball
down even if you didn’t see it.
You’ll often see the pros
look down at their foot after
a shot. They’re not looking
to see if there’s a message on
their toe. They are looking to
discover several things:
a) If they slid where they
intended and the shot didn’t
work, they need a new
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intention;
b) If they didn’t slide where
they intended and the shot
worked, they still need a new
intention;
c) If they didn’t slide where
they intended and the shot
didn’t work, there’s a good
chance that’s why;
d) If they slid where they
intended and shot worked,
good planning, do it again.
In order to know which it
is, you’ve got to know if you
slid where you intended to
slide. This NMW can get very
interesting. For example, a
student and I will be discussing
this concept and the goal
of the next shot will be to get
it done. On their way back to
the settee, a little voice (me)
asks, “Where did you slide?”
What a look I get! “Oh, man. I
forgot to look.” This is not the
onset of any attention disorder.
You didn’t develop ADHD on
the way to foul line, although it
certainly seems that way.
It’s a lapse of concentration,
common and unfortunate.
That’s what I mean when I say
this is an interesting NMW.
Learning to do this is very important
and takes some mental
discipline. You can’t get mad
that you didn’t do what you not
more than two seconds ago told
yourself you would do. Like
anything else you’re learning,
you need some reps. It will be
worth whatever effort it takes.
Knowing that you did what you
intended beats guessing every
time.
It is very common that
people blame themselves when
they miss. Sometimes it’s
appropriate and sometimes it’s
not. “I must have a) juiced it
up a bit, b) had late timing,
c) forgot to turn it, or d) it
doesn’t count because I missed
my mark.” Sometimes you are
the culprit but having a litany
of ills to choose from doesn’t
make any of them right. If
you know where you slid, you
can either eliminate that as an
issue or you’ve found the likely
error right away. Either way,
you’re ahead.
That “missed my mark”
comment is a bit of a pet peeve
of mine. Even if you did miss
your target, you’ve identified a
symptom, not a cause. Why did
you miss it? I understand you
might not know. That’s why
you hire a coach. Anyway, my
issue with it is this: don’t think
the shot doesn’t count because
you missed the target. You do
not have to hit the target for
the shot to give you usable
information.
The important information
is not that you missed your target.
The important information
is why. Recognize you missed
and take whatever information
you can to your next lesson.
Missing your target is not an
excuse. It’s a pain. That’s a
great thing! Pain is a warning,
a help, an alert that something
might be going on, an early
warning system for those who
are paying attention.
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