Delivering the Jack
DELIVERING THE LAWN BOWLS JACK
Fundamentals
In a sport demanding so much concentration and application it is curious that one of the most obvious fundamentals of lawn bowls is so over-looked and given so little attention.
Carelessness
The simple act of delivering the jack, to start a match, or an end, controls much of the game, yet the majority of lawn bowlers merely step onto the mat without thought or in a careless manner, deliver the jack so that there is no control of length.
Length
Choosing the length in a fours, triples or pairs game is mostly chosen by the skip or instigated by the game plan. When playing singles it’s you own choice what length you play. The choice of length is the foundation of building a favorable head and there is hardly anything in the game so frustrating as the careless delivery of the jack, resulting in going out of bounds, into the ditch or to your opponent’s favourite length. The lawn bowler who errs in this respect has handed the control of the length to his opponent and thrown away any advantage. The tactical importance of delivering the jack to the required length cannot be over emphasised.
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