Coaching

Purposeful Practice Practice on your own Make sure NOT to practice your faults. Set an objective for each practice exercise, use a scoring/measuring method Not more than 30 minutes for each individual exercise. Practice means just that, NOT a fun roll up where the result is more important than the technique used P R A […]

Stance – Try a more upright stance to get more power. The increased body movement will add extra weight. By adopting a lower stance better weight control on shorter ends or faster greens will be achievable.

Back-swing – Adjusting the length of your back-swing is one of the most important methods of weight control. Basically the bigger the back-swing the more momentum will be transferred to the bowl from the pendulum swing and the bowl will travel faster. A small, slow back-swing will allow great control for short ends and fast

Watch your bad shotsWeight control is a mental process. You have to give your brain as much dataas possible so it can calibrate the correct distance – and hence weight.We’ve all done it. You release the bowl and in your head you say “Ahhh!That’s rubbish” (or out-loud in my case!). It is a natural reaction

Work on your line control Are you having problems with your weight control? Maybe the problem is actually your line control. A shot a metre wide of the jack will come up short with correct weight. Correcting your line and compensation of the “incorrect weight” from the first shot….. you will be a yard heavy.

Before standing on the mat, follow the instructions from your skip (if team play), check which hand (forehand or backhand) you are bowling, and that your bowl is correctly placed in your hand. Always stand in the same place on the mat (for that hand). Your body, from feet to shoulders and head, facing square