Bowling Tips: How to Hit Your Target
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- Опубліковано 16 бер 2020
- 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 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
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
Pro trick: you can watch series on kaldroStream. Been using it for watching loads of movies recently.
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!
Yesssss, I am going to watch a lot of bradandkyle because they closed everything I love. They closed down food, fun and bowling.
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.
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 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!😭😭
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..
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.
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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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Very good and helpful tips, guys. Thanks for your videos and they had truly helped my game. Keep making them and you have us to watch and learn to elevate and improve our bowling scores. Kudos and appreciate your bowling tips.
being a wheelchair bowler i need to get my arm swing constant.
I needed this for so long.
Thanks for the tips guys. Can't wait for the bowling centers in my area to open again...hopefully soon.
this is so awesome thank you brad and kyle.
Thanks. Great advice from 2 great athletes. Hope to see both of you working again soon
thank u so much brad and kyle
Brad and Kyle, stay well and safe, guys. Best wishes from England.
The idea of balance made me strive for it, and I have found improvement in my game: accuracy improved and scores have gone up. I always had the idea that bowling should be effortless for the most part, and finding the dynamic balance in the approach is how it happens. For me. For you? I dropped a coach recently because he could not deliver on this simple concept, so thanks Brad and Kyle.
Love how you guys are trying to help with everything, even things that everyone does differently
Thanx-Again You Guys!!! From Akron , Ohio !!!!!!!
Great info guys!! Thanks
Great tips here. Longtime down and in player, losing ball speed, got to learn how to play inside of third arrow. I feel that the suggestions offered here are going to help me a lot.
Thanks for the help guys.
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
Great tips guys thanks
I’m going bowling tomorrow. Lucky I’m watching this
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.
Appreciate yall!
Great video and great points guys, keep grinding after this corona v pass’s by.
This helped me so much
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.
This might be the best video you guys have produced for me (0 handicap league bowler)
I love this intro song!
Today did bowling had fun though helpful tips
Great video, you explained it very clearly and in simple terms, showed it to my kids (whom you met at 2019 US Open!) and it will be a great help in their bowling education.
Great video.
Brad or Kyle would you please make a video for bowlers with a lower rev rate esp those with wrist problems thanks love you guys
Bowling basics 101. People get to tied up in just the bowling ball. Great video.
Love your guys videos but something I know I'd love is you guys talk a little more about the gear and balls you use on your. Hearing from the pros what they like and use is a big eye opener
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
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.
Thanks
I grew up looking at the arrows. I recently started looking at the dots to help get the ball down without lofting it. I noticed I was "more accurate" at the dots, but the margin for error is smaller. I recently switched back to looking at the arrows. I'm a little sloppier at my target point, but much tighter downlane. So it really is a personal preference. Whatever you need to do to find the breakpoint.
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.
thanks
I average around 209 and these videos are awesome. I look maybe 10 feet or so beyond the arrows and I've always wondered if that was normal or not
Can you do a vlog on getting gown versus staying up at the line?
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.
I like the blues banner
Can somebody please tell me the name of the song that they play in the intro because it is jamming
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 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 & 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?
Can u do some videos with packy and Chris to help out the 2 hander or no thumb bowler? 🤔
exact foot placement can be difficult to repeat. What's you method for recording the spot when you're bowling some practice games?
I'm getting back into bowling after 30 years. Even when I was nine years old, I loved the fact that bowling was all up to me. Once I release the ball I have no control, so it's all in my visualization and accuracy.
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?
Hi Brad Hi Kyle!
Realizing there are so many different ways to look at it helps. I don't bowl the way the majority of people bowl(I actually end on my same leg as hand I bowl with). But being reminded of fundimental info helps.
If that works for you it's great but you may want to try to transition to the other leg unless you have injury. With your other like out of the way it allows for your swing to properly come past your body. Otherwise your arm is having to go around your leg which can cause injury in long-term to your arm
@@highrevbowling7615 thanks for the advice I know it isn't best for me but kinda how I have done it forever due to my opposite side having a disability. I might be able to try it to do it correct way but would take a long time.
@@morganmcconnell247 yeah I figured it may be a situation like that. Ultimately if you're knocking down pins, keep on rocking it
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!
Love watching your videos but question for Brad. @ 2:25 you said you look at the dots and then @ 7:41 you said you look at the arrows. Please explain... Also Please tell Kris Prather that was awesome watching his 300 game/bet plus I just got to watch his Win in Ohio.
I believe he’s talking about a 3 point targeting. You look at where you want your ball to read the lane?(breakpoint) for 3 seconds then you move to the arrows for 3 seconds then the lay down spot for 3 seconds. You move from each spot to visually draw the line to the pocket and then most people look at the arrows during their approach. I could be wrong but this is what I use and it sounds similar to what he’s talking about.
I look at the dots ..found their closer and easier for me .... but it has improved my gam ‘
Bruce Iler I used to look at the foul line when I was one handed because it helped me release the ball consistently. Now I’m a two hander and I look at the arrows and draw the line back to a point right in front of the foul line (again to help me release the ball consistently).
@@DeanMcCain That's funny I'm the complete opposite. I looked at the arrows when I was one handed but after going two handed I found that it was hard to look up enough to look at the arrows so I'm transitioning to using the dots. The odd part is translating where at the foul line I need to throw to get it to hit at the arrows where I want
pequals hence why I look at a point in between the dots and the foul line after I’ve started my approach. The way I do it is I look at my target at the arrows and then as I go through my approach I look down at the point my eyes want to look at (which is usually right behind the target at the arrows) and then I immediately look at the arrows once the ball has gone over the point my eyes were looking at.
@@DeanMcCain Interesting I'll try that out the next time a bowling center is open around me.
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.
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 .
8:21 new cloths hilarious xD !
Brad F'n Miller in the 🏠🎳 team⚡storm🌀
Usually when im bowling i am looking at the foul line and i got pretty good at it, but my shots do tend to be innaccuate with my target because my eyes are at the foul line and arrows but my shot ends off with my eyes at the foul line and not the arrows which nothing is wrong with looking at the foul line but the arrows create a better picture and result down lane
your right when you say it does not have to have a number but my coach always says i want u to aim a the 10 arrow but he refers it to the amount of boards so it goes arrow 5 10 15 20 15 10 5 is that bad to actually make numbers for it
So the wsob shows were they ever done I seen the world championship but didn't see the rest. Also you videos have helped alot ty keep up the good work
king pin32 they postponed the WSOB animal patterns.
@@DeanMcCain thanks for the info
king pin32 you’re welcome
Question for Brad. In the beginning of the video, Brad says he targets the dots. But, when he demonstrates a shot at the end, he says he looks at the arrows. Please explain.
Brad said he looks at the dots then said he looks at the arrows ???? Also I have a question. For a righty what foot left or right do you put on your mark? Just curious what most bowlers do.
That intro fire 🔥🔥
Love it
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 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
I have to ask this question I don’t look at the arrows I don’t look at the dots I’m actually looking at the breaking point where the ball would break into the pans is that wrong
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
Will this help with two handed bowling as well
Of course. Visualize your shot, execute your delivery, stay balanced until the ball hits the pins.
Meanwhile.. I just centre my focus on the pins firmly and insure that my release is as straight as I can make it. :D Aiming for the strike pocket. It has worked 85%/90% of the time. I struggle to see the arrows on the lane due to the glare of lights. (Sometimes I aim between 2nd and 3rd if I am able.) It still ends up being roughly the same results. My balance has drastically improved via some words from a teammate (to the point where I am unable to bowl the way I did before.) But the key for me personally? Listening to music via headphones. I time my approach, my swing and my release to certain favourite tunes. Now that I am balanced and I take my time to slow down? I am seeing a real positive perk to my scores. I may not be a pro bowler by any means.. But 6 years in a league has provided me with a hobby that is essentially legal anger management. I am set to move to an alias league next year so that I am able to wear my headphones every time I play. (Stupid TBA rules will plague me no longer soon enough.) 🤣
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.
So you can focus on the pins?
We all have our own way ...... I just found it easier to hit my spot that way
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
Thanks! Now I want to go bowling and I know I am not able to hahah
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.
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.
Good advice; let me go check on Wesley 😂
This helps, but my biggest problem with hitting my mark is my elbow, I've tried a bunch of different things to keep from flipping my elbow out, but I have trouble keeping my elbow in...
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.
Does anyone else love the intro music as much as me lol?
Maybe could have a video on how to breakdown a pattern during practice
Chocoknight Andrew they have done exactly this already
@@darrencarone924 they've done how to break down a fresh oil pattern would you be so kind as to send me a link
Chocoknight Andrew I can tell you something that a coach once told my sports league. Throw a slow ball down the middle and watch where it hooks. Where the ball hooks will tell you the length of the oil pattern. The amount of oil on the lane can then be determined because the volume used is always the same. The difference comes with the length of the pattern. Typically short patterns (less than 39 ft) will have heavier concentrations of oil in the front because the pattern is squooshed. A medium pattern (39-42 ft) will have a more even distribution of oil. A long pattern (above 42 ft.) will have a lower concentration of oil as it is spread out. There are lane maps online that you can use to tell you how long each portion of the lane is (front, middle, and back).
@@DeanMcCain I know how to read a oil pattern sheet but to breakdown the lane like during state tournament or nationals would be beneficial
Chocoknight Andrew I’m not talking about an oil pattern sheet. I’m talking about a lane map (that’s what I call it anyway). It’s just a picture of a lane showing how long in feet the approach to the foul line is, the foul line to the dots, the foul line to the arrows, and the arrows to the pins. Using all of that information as well as the information I gave in my last reply can tell you all you need to know to figure out the length and concentration of oil. This can then help you learn where to play and where to move once you see transition.
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
Perfect video when getting mentally prepared for nationals.
Assuming it doesn't get cancelled.
I wish you showed your standing position and end of your slide. Also, your lay down.
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.
I want to see Brad with HAIR is there an early video out there?
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.
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.
I have bowling tomorrow morning