Bowling Instruction

One mans journey of how he improved his bowling game

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Location: Bunker Hill, West Virginia, United States

Sunday, May 27, 2007

Bowling Instructional Videos


There are quite a few instructional bowling videos out on the market. All the ones I’ve seen are in DVD format. The biggest advantage they have over books is they give you a visual to look at. Now you can see for yourself what good bowling form looks like.

I purchased one several weeks ago called, Bowling Faults and Fixes by Walter Ray Williams Jr. and Mark Baker. It was a little expensive at $30.00, but most seem to run for about the same price. I thought the video was quite good.

On the video, you get to see bowlers of different averages ranging from 120-208 bowl a few frames. Then Walter Ray Williams Jr. and Mark Baker give each bowler advice on how to improve their game. The bowlers then bowl a few more frames to see if the advice helped.

One of the nice things about the instructional video is Walter Ray Williams Jr. lets each bowler see him bowl a couple of times. So throughout the video you get to see him bowl several times and in slow motion so you really get to see what good bowling form looks like.

I learned a lot by watching the other bowlers on the video. Some bowlers made their pushaways to long, which threw them off balance. Others walked the approach too quickly, which threw off their timing. You’d be surprised how much you can learn from a bowling video. I know because I was.