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- Aug/Sep 2017
Keep Your Arm Close to Your Body
Have you any idea where your ball is in the swing and release at the foul line? Are
you able to roll the ball over your selected arrow (point of aim) but it still misses your
strike pocket either to the left or right?
When you approach the foul line to deliver your ball, you should be balanced well
enough to be able to stay there until the ball crosses your arrow or spot and hits the
pins. Your foot should be straight toward the target, knee bent, shoulders parallel to
the target and square to the sliding foot, foot and leg under the body for support and
balance, eyes on the target, fingers still slightly curled from the release and lifting
(arm and hand reaching out and up in the finish of the follow-through).
Before you read further, get yourself into this position and you will see how comfort-
able it is and that you can stay there.
If you were to draw a line from your curled fingers down to the foul line, you would
arrive at the same board that is directly under the center of the ball. If you were to
measure the distance between the center of the ball and your sliding foot, you'd find it
was seven inches.
What I am saying is that if you keep your arm swing close to your body during your
approach, slide your foot straight ahead, lean over the foul line toward your target,
follow through toward your target, all this will happen. You will find that you can hit
your given target without pulling the ball and that it will be easier to get to your strike
pocket.
Of course, this theory applies to your spares also; you must try to be square or par-
allel to all targets.
Watch good, steady bowlers and you will see them release the ball close by their
sliding foot, thereby being able to stay in balance at the foul line. If you can trust
someone to tell you where your arm swing is in relationship to your body, listen to
them. Maybe that will help you swing the ball in a straight line.
Remember: Be square and stay parallel to your target.
2017 World Bowling Senior Championships
From page 6
On the men's side, the United States entered the day in second place but was able
to find the top of the standings to earn the top seed for the semifinals with a six-
game total of 4,845, just ahead of Finland (4,803), first-day leader Mexico (4,776)
and Canada (4,769).
For the women, the United States averaged nearly 205 as a team to earn the No.
1 seed for the semifinals with a 4,917 six-game total. Sweden was second with
4,535 and followed by Canada (4,466) and Japan (4,399).
In the all-events race, Mohr collected his second all-events gold medal in three
trips to the World Senior Championships. The right-hander averaged 217.06 dur-
ing his 18 games this week at Dream-Bowl Palace for a 3,907 winning total.
So far this week, Mohr has won gold medals in singles, team and all-events, as
well as silver in doubles with Boresch. Mohr's first all-events win at the World Sen-
ior Championships came in 2013,
the inaugural year of the event.
"While I'm not surprised with the
success of either team, especially
our incredible ladies contingent, I'm
ecstatic about my own good for-
tune," Mohr said. "Three gold med-
als in four events far transcends
anything I expected."
The silver all-events medal went
to Belgium's Marc Franceus
(3,859), and Australia's Andrew
Frawley claimed the bronze with a 3,830 total. Learn and Bohn finished fourth and
fifth with 3,821 and 3,800, respectively.
Boresch finished 17th with a 3,613 total, meaning all four men from the United
States qualified for Sunday's Masters competition.
Hulsenberg, who celebrated her 50th birthday this week in Germany, saw singles
and doubles end with the gold medals just out of reach, but her overall perform-
ance at Dream-Bowl Palace netted her the all-events gold medal.
The right-hander averaged more than 216 on the way to a 3,900 total for her 18
games, outdistancing Barnes, who claimed the silver medal with a 3,815 effort.
The bronze went to Reija Lunden of Finland with a 3,540 total.
Team USA's Carolyn Dorin-Ballard finished sixth with 3,490, and Johnson was
ninth with 3,433, so all four women from the United States also advanced to the
Masters event.
Competition at Dream-Bowl Palace continues Sunday with Masters competition,
which features the top 24 men and top 24 women from the all-events standings.
All bowling this week at the 2017 World Bowling Senior Championships is taking
place on the 41-foot World Bowling Montreal oil pattern.
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