Bowling Tips: The Secret To Hit Your Target (BEGINNER & ADVANCED)

Keeping the elbow bent has greatly improved my game scores. Targeting has been one of my areas of practice lately so you are right on time. Thanks 😊

no one has ever explained it like you did, as far as i know. Excellent info.

I have used that targeting style for decades. On a fresh shot I will look at breakpoint, arrows, and then 18 inches in front of the foul line. This format gives me an earlier read of the lane. When the lane starts to break down in the heads I will move my closest target down to the dots, this will buy me distance. If the lanes are really fried or I am really deep I will look at arrows, breakpoint,

That is indeed a very correct approach to focus on the dots however there is way more in play. The stability of your throw, your hand position, under or behind, the slowness or hardness, the lane patterns, how you release. But I guess it is part of the whole complexity that bowling can be when taking it more serious. It is fun to do but it is certainly underestimated :) Good job

Excellent video. I should state first that I play two-handed. Playing tentatively? This really hit home for me. I am certainly guilty of this. I slow up on my shot because I'm trying to hit my target (I also don't always feel like I have my legs under me just right, or maybe more precisely, I don't feel like I'm sliding and I'm afraid I will go flying forward with the ball... so I slow up my legs and my arm swing). What you said about drive and coming through with the ball and being aggressive I have given a different description: Play with conviction and trust the process (this also falls into the mental aspect of the game). When I do this, when I'm feeling good and balanced, etc., the strikes come in batches. Then I lose it again. So, my goal is to be more consistent, and again, that goes back to playing with conviction and trusting the process. My targeting are the dots around six feet down the lane (although the boards I usually aim at, such as 18 or 20, or 22, technically don't have dots) trying to get the ball to about 15 at the arrows (more or less... depends on where I'm aiming at the dots). I should try what you said, to aim even closer to the foul line and then out to the dots and the arrows. Anyhow, the further out I aim, the less accurate I am. For years I tried to aim for the arrows, but they're just too far away for consistent accuracy. Lastly, I use a figure 8 arm swing to get the ball on the right angle/trajectory. If I don't do this, my ball tends to hook too early. When I do everything right, the results are what they should be. But too often I'm just off target and not playing with conviction (I think I lack confidence). It's a work in progress. My high games (250s-270s) tell me that I can be very good if I can only be more consistent. Until then, my avg is in the 180s.

Fabulous video, best, clearest targeting informational video I’ve seen🎉

Congratulations on 5 thousand!! 🎉, I did learn something though. Definitely helpful

I just started bowling again I haven’t bowl in 34 years I’m on a league I also quit be u inspire me with your video to keep bowling and don’t give up love. I found this video on YouTube.

I'm an older league bowling and targeting is really important. Thanks for your clarity.

Thanks for this video Robert! I understood your tips very clearly. Subscribed as well and will keep on watching. Thanks for this informative tip! More power to you, sir!

Thanks for this video. Having lost my right eye targeting has been a struggle. Will try your method tonight.

Excellent video. Very clear and different than anything I was told before.

Very helpful! I love the thought process. I need to work on my hand position when I release the ball to create more angle so would love a video on hooking the ball!!!

Thank you! Very cool method and I will work on implementing this

Thanks that is very important information. One thing you might add is watch your ball roll over your target first then look up following the ball to the strike zone. If hitting light or heavy move your feet one way or another a board or so to better pocket strikes .

Thank you so much for your tips. This has helped me a lot and has definitely made me a better bowler. ❤

Great video, do that myself now. For Jason, I would use the word "athletic".

I found this to be a great help in giving me a better idea of a target down the lane to hit the pocket.

I’ve watched quite a few videos on YouTube and you’re the only one who suggests looking at the arrows first and then draw a line to the dots and then just past the foul line. I only use the dots for targeting because I had a hard time hitting the arrows consistently let alone the breakpoint. I’m certainly going to give this a try. Thanks for uploading.

Excellent video and I think it might have just helped me with an issue I'm having. This is my first year playing league (on 3 teams) and I really thought I'd do well but, haven't come close to putting up the scores I do in practice. I think I know why now.