Common Inconsistencies
Common Inconsistencies in Lawn Bowling
Should you at any time begin to perform poorly, or your bowls feel heavy in the delivery action, or produces scattered bowls, check your alignment and length patterns e.g.
Alignment Alignment Pattern
Effective bowl: 50 centimetres wide of jack
Marginal bowl: 1 metre wide of jack ●
Borderline bowl: 1.5 metres wide of jack ○ ◦ ○
Unsatisfactory bowl: 2 metres wide of jack ●
Length Length Pattern
Effective bowl: 50 centimetres past or short of jack ○
Marginal bowl: 1 metre past or short of jack
Borderline bowl: 1.5 metres past or short of jack
Unsatisfactory bowl: 2 metres past or short of jack ● ◦ ●
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Alignment: Should your bowls be outside the effective alignment dimensions you may have the following inconsistencies:
- Not focusing correctly and loosing your aiming point,
- Poor eye, hand aiming point alignment,
- Not seeing your hand in the peripheral vision,
- Poor timing and coordination e.g. pushing the bowl.
Length: Bowls outside the effective dimensions show the following inconsistencies:
- Not focused correctly on the aiming point and loosing it,
- Poor eye, hand aiming point alignment,
- Not seeing your hand in the peripheral vision,
- Pushing the bowl (short back-swing),
- Poor timing in the pendulum action of the delivery arm e.g. it should be the same speed back same speed forward.
Training: Should you be confronted with any of the above inconsistencies consult your coach in relation to:
- Obtaining a video analysis of your delivery action for correction or modification,
- Taking up a training program or reconstructing the one you have.
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