Bowling 300: Refine Your Aim

Are you a Nintendo Wii bowler willing to approach the game of bowling with new respect. If you accept bowling is your situation, this moment is crucial beginning in your development as a real bowler. Our “Next Steps” handbook to bowling shouldn’t be ignored. Pros in a nearby bowling pro shop are there to assist their customers develop bowling skills. It’s no surprise, aim the balls at the pins and let them roll. That’s a joke. Okay, if only it were that simple. It’s all good, we can have you throwing the best way we know how.

You’ll definitely want to invest a little in properly-fitted bowling shoes, balls and bowling ball bags. Rentals and house balls suck. It’s no joke, have your favorite ball drilled for custom finger holes, and your game will benefit. A well weighted bowling ball can make a substantial improvement in your game. Of course another critical matter is having quality bowling shoes that haven’t been worn out by a million people!

Now that you went ahead and acquired comfortable supplies, you’re ready for the number two piece of bowling advice: aim how the pros aim. When you wait to roll, don’t necessarily roll the ball at your actual target, the pins. Line up using the arrows like a barrel of a gun. Why, you ask? It’s less difficult to hit a mark that is closer. For it to work right, include it as part of your routine to stand in the precise location 4 steps from the foul line every approach. Roll from the same place, in the same way and you can perfect your aim using the arrows in the lane.

As for hooks, to get specific action on the pins? That makes the third-most essential bowler tip. The secret is the their expensive reactive resin balls. Most professional bowlers carry at least two bowling balls to roll aggressive pin action, depending on the type of game and lane. Just a bit of caution: intermediates might want to keep it simple, and avoid a ball that weighs a ton. Many serious bowlers opt for bowling balls made for extra surface. However you should know these special-made balls regularly make even some well known pros look like beginners. That about raps it up. Rest assured you’ll find next month.

~Frank Rogers

My friends and I bowl with a company team (US Systems) a group from the operation at a major bowling ball retailer just outside Plano, Texas. I provide guidance to professional and amature bowlers at my blog and in my local newsletter. Also, I have to wave hello at my teammates back home. Knock ‘em dead.