Here I am just before setting off for tonight's match against Hemingford. As ever, convinced I'm going to roll every bowl up against the jack. Did someone say I was a half pint full kind of guy?
For the first time I really did earn my stripes. Again played lead, a position that magnifies your faults. But at last I contributed, only putting one bowl in the ditch all evening and managing to put a reasonable number near the jack. And the good news is we won! Only the second time I've been in a winning team.
For the first time I really did earn my stripes. Again played lead, a position that magnifies your faults. But at last I contributed, only putting one bowl in the ditch all evening and managing to put a reasonable number near the jack. And the good news is we won! Only the second time I've been in a winning team.
Still too many short bowls. And too many narrow deliveries. Given I've been practising keeping a straight follow through every day for two months, the ongoing temptation to pull my arm across is puzzling. Really having to concentrate to avoid this.
The league table is shown below, our current position being none too secure. St Ives 2 also won tonight against Sawtry and they may overtake us, being one win behind with two games in hand. Got a week's gap, then I'm playing again in each of the following two weeks, the second of these against St Ives 2. Looks like that will be an important match.
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How do you know the difference between bringing your arm across and just taking too narrow an aim line?
ReplyDeleteThe two go together, Clarke. As soon as the bowl is delivered I know if my arm has swung across the line, confirmed by the bowl heading off in a narrower line that I intended. The bowl may also end up short through loss of impetus in the delivery. This is opposed to bowling along the line chosen, this proving to be too narrow. I'm now following advice to imagine a steel rod through my elbow.
DeleteRegards, John