Sticky fingers

The practise session this evening was wonderfully peaceful. Not another soul about, so I had the whole green to myself. Invested £4 in some Grippo cream before the practise session. Applied more to my hands than the bowls, but did it make any difference?

Managed my best ever score of +6. That means six more bowls delivered close to the jack than bowls left short of the jack. See 'solo practise - baselining progress' for a better explanation with diagram. 

Although I actually bowled one less wood close to the jack than the last practise session, it was the reduction in short bowls that gave me my best overall score to date. My worst short bowls score was only two practise sessions ago, when I had thirty-seven bowls short, more than half the bowls delivered. Today that was dramatically reduced to nineteen. Still not good since it averages one every end, but definitely heading in the right direction.

So the conclusion is the Grippo cream definitely helps me to reduce short bowls and will now be a permanent fixture in my already bulging bowls bag. Wonder if I can save myself future £4s by using cheap moisturising cream?