Article Contents
- 1. Gaining focus
- 2. Touchpoint #1: You’re up subsequent!
- 2.1. Useful issues
- 3. Touchpoint #2: Getting set
- 3.1. Useful issues
- 3.2. Extra on the pre-shot routine
- 4. Touchpoint #3: Strategy and supply
- 4.1. Useful issues
- 5. Touchpoint #4: After the ball has been launched
- 5.1. Useful issues
- 5.2. Visible focus apply
- 6. Touchpoint #5: Between turns, whereas teammates bowl
- 6.1. Useful issues
- 7. Concluding ideas
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Greetings, BTM readers! In case you are studying these phrases, you already know that our sport calls for talent and that these expertise require effort and time to develop. However let’s think about the next situation:
- One bowler possesses an excessive amount of bowling data and talent however lacks constant psychological focus and self-discipline.
- One other bowler doesn’t possess the identical stage of talent and data however has immovable confidence and focus.
Who do you suppose will win in a head-to-head match? We are able to agree that, ideally, a bowler should try towards each a powerful bodily and psychological recreation, however I feel we will additionally say that with out the latter, the previous is inadequate.
Let’s speak about how we will apply our psychological recreation in order that we will really be robust on each fronts.
Gaining focus
The first psychological recreation talent a bowler wants is focus. A bowler must focus earlier than their flip to bowl, whereas they’re making ready to start their strategy, throughout the strategy, after they’ve launched the ball, and between photographs. These 5 focus touchpoints will be remoted for psychological recreation apply, simply as bowlers will use totally different drills to isolate totally different actions within the bodily recreation.
Every of those 5 focus touchpoints will be remoted and practiced away from the lanes so as to enhance your psychological recreation.
How would you’re feeling if I stated that you may simply isolate these 5 factors and apply them within the consolation of your personal residence, with no ball, and with out paying a penny? You may, and I’ve executed it. Listed below are some methods to apply your focus at every of the 5 focus touchpoints.
Touchpoint #1: You’re up subsequent!
Complete time wanted: quarter-hour
Frequency of drill: Three to 4 instances weekly
1) Set a timer for 4 minutes. You’re making an attempt to approximate the time it normally takes for the bowler earlier than you to finish their body from begin to end.
2) Sit in a chair, mimicking what you usually do whereas ready to your flip to bowl, and visualize the totally different parts. This may imply listening to music, chatting …
