Bowling Tips: How to Hit Your Target
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- When Bowling, hitting your target is crucial to throwing lots of strikes and bowling high scores. In this video, we discuss strategies and tips such as visualization and balance to improve your accuracy and hit your target.
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I am watching this to utterly destroy my nephew.
So, How'd it go?
@@Itz_brandon I lost.
@@hirobaker3152 We'll get 'em next time.
My wife and I bought her ball to do it. Lmao I’m tired of her kicking my ass! Lmao
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I have a very simple philosophy: if you don't have a target, you can't possibly miss
Facts lmao
My simple philosophy is I'll get better someday eventually
No no, he's got a point
Legend.
HAHA YOU HAVE A POINT
This is one thing I have been having the most difficulty with. I know what my target is (I look at the arrows, usually the second arrow from the right), and every time I get to the foul line, I hope that my ball will go over what I'm looking at every time, but unfortunately that doesn't always happen. I bowled on Sunday night and I was constantly missing left (however I did have some shots go over my target, even though more of my strikes were brooklyn strikes, lol).
Thank you Brad and Kyle for posting these videos. They have been really helpful and I am getting a little better each week because of your advice. Would love to get the opportunity to bowl with you guys.
Remember what they said in the video: your body has to be right if your targeting is gonna be consistent. You have to drill in your physical game so fundamentals become muscle memory. Once you’re able to do that, being able to accomplish what you visualize is much more easy. Bowling is hard, so practice with a purpose is huge.
@@CurtisL8.3066 Thanks Curtis ;)
ik this is old but people drift in there approach so where ur standing u might drift left causing you to miss to the left a good way to find out is take videos of yourself where you start and where you end up at foul line so then lets say u drift 5 left your standing on x number missing 3 or 4 boards left u can adjust to stand further right so when u finish ur excatly where u wanna be to hit that spot.
@@1337chunkypuff simpler Way to know if you drift.. look down before You start thé approach... look down at the foul line alternative the shot..
Was it me or did Brad say he looks at the dots at first but then once he throws the shot he said it's the arrows... hmm seems like he knows what he looks at as well as I do! Lol oh well I stick with what works even if I feel like I'm throwing blind lol. Muscle memory is crazy and makes bowling effortless at times. #mentalgame
Brad and Kyle, stay well and safe, guys. Best wishes from England.
being a wheelchair bowler i need to get my arm swing constant.
this is so awesome thank you brad and kyle.
Thanks for the help guys.
I am currently upgrading my targeting system. I really wish I had access to a center with oil. The closest one only oils for tournaments or Thursday night league, which is full right now.
But I decided to get a job there, and use it to my advantage lol.
Thanks
I usually look at the dots area to begin my path for a strike and if I start missing for a couple of frames I usually try moving perhaps to the left since I am right handed or I might move my target 3 feet or so past the dots to get back on track. However, if nothing seems to be working using the dots area, do you advice THEN move to the arrows for your target since the dots are now working? I find that adjustments seem much "smaller" in the dots area than perhaps further down in the arrows or past arrows area. Thanks. I enjoy your videos.
Brad & Kyle, always enjoy your videos, great theme song. Brad, at the beginning of this video you say that you use the dots . At the end of the video you say that you use the arrows for your target. You both say it does not matter which you use , dots or arrows, so I am assuming that you , Brad, change your target as you play. Is this correct, or is there an error in the video script?
Hi Brad Hi Kyle!
I have a question I drift and I drift badly let's say I stand on 20 and once I start going towards the foul line I go from 20 to the left and I end up back at either 20 or somewhere between that i cant ever seem to be able to walk a straight line can u help me plz with this some tips I can work on
Brad, first you said you look at the dots, at the end of the video you said you look at the arrows?
8:21 new cloths hilarious xD !
Great video and great points guys, keep grinding after this corona v pass’s by.
Great tips guys thanks
Sometime my eyes look down. It’s what is done natural for every shot. Sometimes I can just look at the arrows all the way through the approach.
I'm 64 havent bowled in 40 years. I started with the arrows if I was missing my target I would go for the dots. Then watch what arrow it was hitting. going bowling tonight for the first time in 40 years . My ball is from then also . Urethane hammer 1st generation. lol. hope I survive.
I want to see Brad with HAIR is there an early video out there?
I wish you showed your standing position and end of your slide. Also, your lay down.
I have trouble keeping my eyes on my target. I have a very high back swing like Kyle how do I keep my eyes on target.
My question is where to position your feet when you are targeting. II my shot is straight up board 8 where should I position either the edge of my right foot or the inside of my left foot at the start of the shot and assuming I do not have any drift.? I guess another way to ask is how many boards difference from your feet to the laydown board?
I position inside left....as a righty
Btw, if you walk straight you'll want to position your left foot at 14 or 15th board.
Jim thank you for the reply.. I too position with inside of left foot but have had like a 10 or 11 board difference . Whenever we get get back to bowling I will try the 7 or 8 board difference.
@@stephenczaja125are you drifting to the right? For instance if you start at 15th board do you end up on the 12th?
Good luck with your practice habits.
Thanks! Now I want to go bowling and I know I am not able to hahah
Where is the free gift thing I don’t see it
That intro fire 🔥🔥
Love it
Even when you throw your ball over your target, the oil depicts how the ball will travel down the lane. For me, I make adjustments based on the lane and somewhat my mark.
I’m a youth state champ in bowling 🎳
Are you guys aliens? 😂 just kidding. Your videos have been helping me with bowling.
"Try not to make a flat 10"
IM CRYINGGG 😭😭😭😂😂😂
Anybody have tips for my issue? I’m starting to pull my eyes, I’ll line up and know where I want to throw on the arrows and I’ll make a good shot but my eyes will focus on the ball and I won’t see where I hit at the arrows
Lou Scataglia what I did was have someone come with you when you practice and have them watch and ask you every shot what arrow you hit.
I know what you're saying, it's probably because you're a bit too interested in the result. You can practice with a house ball or something that you know is not going to strike. Line yourself up and do your pre-shot routine as normal, execute your shot and stare down your mark at the arrows. Watch the ball roll over the exact board at the arrows. Do not watch the ball after the arrows. Write down those exact boards after every shot. Throw 20 shots like that and then look at your paper to determine how accurately you're hitting your mark. Once you lock down this first mark then you can work on trying to get the ball to hit your first Mark and travel onward to the trajectory that you chose down Lane at the break point. We all get excited about strikes but doing this kind of leg work will definitely bring you more strikes in the future. You even being concerned about something like this shows that you're a very serious bowler. Good luck out there.
Been bowling forever and I can't tell you what I roll it over each shot. Second arrow, simple game my friend. My wife and I both have 300s as well. Not that it makes me any more credible lols.
Dane Whittington you can definitely get away with that on house shots, but I bowl a lot of sport shot tournaments and it’s frustrating when I throw a good shot and don’t know where the ball hits
@@louscataglia7429 i gotcha, ive shot quite a few tourneys myself but its more trusting yourself, or asking a fellow bowler to see what happened like that one guy said. theres no way to know exactly how youve shot...these guys all have reps and coaches
How to know ? Where is the point of taking the first step?
Is it just me or does Kyle look like sypherPK
Bowl it fast and hard, lane conditions then nullified.
I'm watching to not look like an idiot
without this you will get nowhere & must be content with below 100 to 150 games most of the time. I like dot2dot meaning always know what dot you stand/start on & always know the dot just before the fool line you release the ball at then if you want to look any farther then that such as the dots past the fool line, then arrows then boards. the 4 dark brown boards then pin impact place so be it. BUT all that you do before fool line release is all you can work with. after release you can not do a thing about. if a ball hooks too much to the left then you must move left of were you stood on that shot. if you can not move any farther left then that ball & ball weight is too strong for you & too heavy for you. same holds true for lefty's but to the right instead of left. PDW stands on say the middle dot but steps diagonal to the left to the left gutter corner as to open the shot. open the shot means this how to get your back leg out of the way. I open my shot by a deeper stance/slide to lay the ball down before the fool line because I throw a straight ball shot & do not want my ball spinning/hooking.
The shot is super weird. The background literally looks like a green screen overlay. But they Brad bowled on it, and I freaked out
get wrecked lol
SirKibblestein yeah it looks like a bad greenscreen haha
@@tfi4310 real life is bad greenscreens
Lul. Focus
so true!
I can’t bowl for a f***ing month because of the corona virus 😭
Today I went to a bowling alley just to discovered that they got shut down due to the virus. Feel bad man.
Me 2 weeks.
Last Sunday was about to go out of the house to go to the bowling alley for Sunday league when they last minute cancel that night's league due to a suspected person who played there earlier in the day.
i know it sucks!!!! I want to bowl so badly
40 confirmed cases before 1pm today *still goes bowling*
League is cancelled to further notice here in Michigan with only 2 weeks left and we are in first place been bowling hot ready to take the league now this layoff, feels horrible man. Miss it already.
I hope I remember these tips in August when everything opens up again and I can bowl.
Lanes are open in Texas :) almost broke 200 yesterday. I’m a rookie. Been bowling hard since February.
@@pattyleabo426 nobody asked
@@chaselmaojk I asked
This just might help me for my upcoming season! Good luck and stay healthy!!! Looking forward to once the pba restarts!😭😭
Yesssss, I am going to watch a lot of bradandkyle because they closed everything I love. They closed down food, fun and bowling.
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TraumaER over 100k to go pal
yeah "pal"
TraumaER over 100k to go pal
Your back is shredded. Keep grinding!!!!
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I thought Brad said he looks at the dots...
That's my problem. Is the dot focus better than the arrow leading to the break point
Help. Conrsd
@@conradmitchell8118 well looking at the dots does make you put more hand on the ball and more revs so. I can only look at both sets of dots honestly
Yeah, he did.
Maybe Brad dots his I’s with arrows. He said dots and then arrows .IDK 🤷♂️
I used the dots as well
Key word in the process is “Visualization”, alignment, focus and balance... Great tip and vlog... miss seeing you guys out on the road grinding it out on tour...
i cant train to hit my target... my center closed because of corona :( cry
Same here.
Visualization.
At least one study was done on foul shooting in basketball that showed spending 30 minutes sitting in a chair visualizing shooting the ball though the hoop measurably improved players abilities to shoot foul shot on the court. I don’t remember how often you had to do the visualization, or what percentage improvement occurred, but the same should apply to bowling.
Also, since Brad emphasized having good balance at the line, anything to improve your overall balance would help. Since good balance requires engaging your core muscles, it would be good to do exercises that strengthen your core. You can also work on you legs for both strength and endurance, since bowling well requires good legs as well.
XBOX PBA GAME lol. It's actually pretty accurate
Practice practice practice
That’s all good but your not showing ( how to line up to play that picture you are imagining if I’m playing straight up the boards my shoulders aren’t going to be open I’m going to be more square to my target.
You're just fooling people by telling the same thing over and over in different ways
This was a great video. One thing that gave me a bit of a laugh is that the camera you guys are using is so good. Since you guys have yourselves focused and not the lanes there are a few moments in this video that almost make you guys look like you have a green screen of a bowling alley behind you. Not detracting from the video, just something I found funny.
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Awesome video guys. I've found what works best for me is to take my eyes from the end of the lane towards the dots as I approach and draw the line sort of "backwards" in my mind and my eyes are at the dots when I release my ball. When I got that consistent form of targeting and visualization down, my scores started going up.
My big thing is what is your body supposed to do to point the ball the way you want it to go? I don't understand that well.
Coming back to bowling after 18 months. The last month before lockdown, I was averaging about 220. I didn't pick up a ball until three weeks ago. Now, I'm working to get back to a 180 average. All of the little tweaks and adjustments which became second nature to execute, I'm now having to relearn from almost scratch. Balance is the big one. Thank God I can go back and watch all your videos again! Keep up the great work and hit that 100K soon...
A 40 pin drop on your average sounds like a few strikes and many missed spares. Work on spare conversions first. The few strikes will then get you back over 200.
Brad and Kyle, wonder what weight of ball you guys use? Also, if you have a video about ball weight? I was recommended to go heavy vs light. But to me other bowlers can handle there ball more than what I feel I can. Even watching you guys, it looks like you guys have such control, like the ball is 12lbs. Especially in you “ball release” video.
Went to Kegel a few week ago, I can hit a dime at the fowl line over and over but he had me do balance drills and tighten up my approach and stick the landing to improve my accuracy at the break point.
With all that said....how much dust can accumulate on a bowling bowl before its inaccurate...because we can’t bowl...😷
I actually never hit my mark. I generally consistently miss it in the same spot, about 2 boards right, at about 1 foot past it. If I hit my mark, I know I messed up and pulled it :)
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you must have access to your bowling alley for video recording . ours here in Washington state are all closed because of the CV19 battle .
I'd like to know if some of these vids are pre-recorded??? cuz Kyle is still wearing C300 gear
They pre-record these videos in the off-season so they can release them during the season between the tournament videos
We all have our own way ...... I just found it easier to hit my spot that way
*True Story:* Been watching this channel for a year or so. Average was around 200-201 then. Average today for season is 212. Average for 2020 is 222+. Bowled 726 a couple of weeks ago.
*Moral of the Story:* You don't need new balls. You need to learn how to release, target, and post better. Facts!
Correct, until you roll on PBA sport shots...Then you need both.
That is a true fact new balls don't make the bowler. Good coaching and good execution makes a bowler
You needs those fundamentals to make those balls react. Once you have your physical game down now you have to build and arsenal (depending if you compete in sports shot tournaments).
So true, I told myself im going to become the best spare shooter that I can be, so when I went to practice I didn't try to shoot 300 and strike every shot, I bowled and the ten pin first and shot at whatever was left. did this for 2 weeks, I've now thrown 6 200 games in a row. Amazing what happens when you focus on the right stuff.
Well I still think you need a Spare ball
Had my highest game in league on Friday, 202. Wish I could say the other two games were even close to that 😂😭😭
I swear after one game my ball either hooks off the lane of doesn't hook at all, I can never find any middle ground. It is so frustrating.
Is it bad to look at the pins then start look at the arrow then on release look at the dots? Should I focus on one?
ive been using your tips and drills to better my game and to be 100% honest ive seen my avg go from 120s 130s to bowling 190 200 consistantly and a high of 242 the other week. love the videos and thanks for taking the time to go in depth with showing how its done.
That's a great improvement. How long were you working on your game to make that improvement?
@@christ9359 2 times a week for about a year, my 242 high is done now ive bowled a 298 and 300 this year
@@nocturnalmayhem0 that's quite impressive! Keep it up
how have you been?@@nocturnalmayhem0
How do we control our balance? I try to keep my form correct, but sometimes I fall out of it. How can I be consistent each time? Thanks so much!
You seem to make it unnecessary difficult and theoretical. Not important to tell whats NOT important, rather than focus on telling how to do it. I would like to see more throws e.g.
So you're telling me as long as I'm balanced and I have a Target and I look at the target I'm going to hit it .If that was true I'd be averaging 220 already.Im looking for tips on lining up my head and arm to my arrow
without good balance I would never be able to hook the whole lane on fresh ths
Good advice; let me go check on Wesley 😂
Brad “I look at the Dots
Also Brad “I look at the Arrows” lol which one do you look at Brad? We need to know
If the PBA shuts down for Coronavirus, you guys should do a house tournament in Wii Bowling to really see who’s the best. Like do they can see!
Screw wii, PBA BOWLING on switch or ps4 is the shitttt
im a 2 hander with a 200 average but i never pick a mark to aim at. i just “know” where to throw it. i just know if its good or not. should i try and get a spot to throw at or nah
You're just playing an area, if you are standing in the same place and moving as the night goes on, it's ok to play that way. Especially on a house shot. Although, being able to nail your target board at the arrows or dots, and hitting a 2-4 board area at the break point down lane will dramatically increase accuracy and scoring. It will also allow you to adjust one or two boards left or right to change the trajectory of the ball. This becomes exceedingly important if you ever get on professional sport oil patterns. I was chatting with Brad at a PBA event and we touched on the subject a bit.
When you say you "know" where to throw it, that's your visualization. You know that if you place the ball here, it will go there and curve like that and hit the pocket like this. You're FEELING it rather than memorizing it, and it is good to have that instinct. But it's not great for consistency when suddenly you DON'T know where to throw it. What's your point of reference that you have to use to adjust? If you move left, how much are you moving? If you're lucky guessing, that's not consistent, even if it gets results.
I suspect you do know the details but you're just not paying attention to them. If you can repeat your shot consistently, then you have a set position and a target already. You're great at visualizing, and your execution is coming subconsciously rather than being a ritual you memorize and follow. I just don't personally trust myself to be that physically consistent, especially after many hours of bowling. Fatigue really hurts my game.
I heard a lot of something and nothing at the same time. Still at the starting point, how to hit your target time to youtube more channels.
Can somebody please tell me the name of the song that they play in the intro because it is jamming
I like the blues banner
2 and 3 arrow is normal depending on various ball types . . .but Oil patterns suck in tournament play very hard like the shark pattern hate that one lol
Please change the intro music sounds too much like a failing sitcom. Thanks
Can u do some videos with packy and Chris to help out the 2 hander or no thumb bowler? 🤔
Thanks for the tips guys. Can't wait for the bowling centers in my area to open again...hopefully soon.
Bowling basics 101. People get to tied up in just the bowling ball. Great video.
at the begining brad said he aimes at the DOTS,at the end before he takes his shot he says he goes for the arrows?
I usually use the dots but if my ball is hooking before it gets to my breakpoint I look further down the lane sometimes between the dots and the arrows sometimes at the arrows this allows me to get the ball further down the lane before it hooks.
I have doing the same thing for 20 years .
2:25 I look at the dots.
7:44 I look at the arrows.
I can't trust Brad anymore. I don't even trust that his name is Brad at this point. 😫
lol, he did say I look at the dots, Later on he said I look at the arrows.
Love how you guys are trying to help with everything, even things that everyone does differently
Do you think a new bowler 40yrs old can practice twice a day?
You guys are great,but when did bowling become this complicated?
?? Bowling is the most complicated sport and always has been. The amount of details to keep in mind when bowling is extreme. Feet, speed, angle, ball, cover, core, shoes, rev, axis, swing, tilt, strength, oil, breakdown, balance, loft, pin action... the list goes on and on
It's mostly a mental game,if you have the physical tools the people who are successful are the ones that have the heart to win.
Eric Friedman the mental part is being able to manage all of the factors I listed without losing focus. Which takes time to master. Mastering the physical aspect makes the mental part not as overwhelming.
Opinion respected,at the end of the day it is a great game.
Eric Friedman you originally didn’t know bowling was apparently complicated, and now you are acting like a PBA bowler. Interesting
do you recommend to get a polyester ball or to throw your strike ball flat
Why not, you always could use a spare ball for single pins that you don't need to hook it at.
I don't understand how you are supposed to know what the oil pattern is?
That’s a lot of talking to say hit the same target and stay balanced
Only a machine can produce the same motion over and over again.
I’m watching this to destroy my 11yo daughter
I needed this for so long.
Im early ,finnaly...
Thanx-Again You Guys!!! From Akron , Ohio !!!!!!!
What is one way to fix from you being too far behind the foul line?
Start your stride a litte closer to the lane. You are more than likely using the same number of steps before you release the ball every time.
It actually works loli
Loli
Can you do a vlog on getting gown versus staying up at the line?
Is it just me, or do they repeat there self alot😮
I’m going bowling tomorrow. Lucky I’m watching this