This step-by-step guide to conquering the lanes covers grip, stance, footwork, arm swing, timing, strike targeting, and spare shooting as well as strategies for adjusting to various lane conditions. Dozens of drills and self-scoring exercises chart progress and accelerate improvement.
See your average rise and the pins fall with the second edition of Bowling: Steps to Success.
Inside you’ll find progressive, detailed instruction on all aspects of the game. You’ll learn these essential skills and strategies:
• Grip
• Stance
• Footwork
• Arm swing
• Approach
• Timing
• Release
You’ll also learn the best strategies for targeting and picking up spares as well as correcting common errors and adjusting to various lane conditions.
Best of all, this updated second edition features new full-color photos and diagrams, dozens of drills, self-scoring exercises for charting progress, and professional advice for improving your performance.
Part of Human Kinetics’ popular Steps to Success series—with more than 2.5 million copies sold worldwide—Bowling: Steps to Success will have you landing solid strikes and converting even the most stubborn spares in no time.
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"In Bowling: Steps to Success, Coach Doug Wiedman has provided an excellent foundation for those bowlers wishing to develop some sound fundamentals as they learn the game. Coach Wiedman pulls from his extensive background of coaching to offer tips and techniques that will help any bowler improve, whether a newcomer or someone who has enjoyed the game for a while and just wants to improve."
Gary Sparks-- Head Bowling Coach Vincennes University, 12-Time National Junior College Athletic Association Champions,4-Time NJCAA Coach of the Year
| Climbing the Steps to Bowling Success |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| The Sport of Bowling |
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Step 1 Selecting and Gripping the Ball |
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Step 2 Establishing a Proper Stance |
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18 | (15) |
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Step 3 Starting Fundamentals |
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33 | (15) |
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Step 4 Finishing Fundamentals |
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48 | (12) |
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Step 5 Refining the Swing |
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60 | (23) |
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Step 6 Improving Footwork |
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83 | (17) |
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Step 7 Coordinating the Approach |
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100 | (13) |
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Step 8 Perfecting the Release |
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113 | (24) |
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Step 9 Fine-Tuning Your Game |
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137 | (23) |
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Step 10 Targeting Strikes |
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Step 11 Picking Up Spares |
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Step 12 Understanding Lane Conditions |
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Step 13 Competing in the Sport |
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| About the Author |
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Doug Wiedman is a lecturer in the department of health and kinesiology at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. Wiedman has been the department's bowling instructor since 1993, where his courses have become among the largest college-based bowling instruction programs in the United States. In addition to his teaching duties, Wiedman has been the assistant coach for Purdue University's nationally ranked intercollegiate bowling team since 2004. He also coached bowling at the high school level at Harrison High School, Lafayette, Indiana, from 2001 to 2009. Wiedman has twice been selected by Bowler's Journal International as one of the nation's top 100 bowling coaches. He started United States Bowling Congress (USBC) coaching certification courses in 1998, culminating in silver-level certification in 2005. Since then, through additional coaching and recertification activities, Wiedman has maintained his silver-level status. He was a member of the Purdue University men's bowling team from 1984 to 1988.
