Putting it together Physically and Emotionally require the Lawn bowler know his game and his own performance. Using Visualization to roll and win at Bowls require that all the tools which allow a bowler to win without visualization be well developed and in his tool box.
In the video of Tiger Wood on Youtube.com " Previsualization in his Golf Game ", on which these blog are based we hear Tiger talk about his coach saying." he was very instrumental in teaching me how to control my creative mind" or Tiger saying "I get so entrenched on the moment, I guess my subconscious takes over" In order for your subconscious to take over your routine you have had the delivery and game analysis completed. And when we talk about "the athletic is in the here and now, uncluttered mind, relaxed ". We are not concern with those thoughts.. we left our delivery to the subconscious mind.
1 - Good Style and a Constant repeated controlled movement in every delivery. Visualization is seeing the bowl doing what you can do. If you need more practice to draw tight to the kitty then visualization may not do it until you do it.The photo below from World Bowls 2012 video during the Women's Semi Final seem like a little routine.. but how much of is relaxing the mind, body.. starting the routine free of doubts.
Learning to Bowl, my coach had a routine of 12 steps from getting to the mat until the bowl was released. Val Smith NZ top Women's Single show Step 3 "Preparing your Grip" which I have not seen much of during the years I bowled.
If you have your routine, you won't throw a wrong bias and if you visualize the bowl to a position it will happen because all of your routine of delivery are always the same. Your subconscious know how to do it.
2 - Instructional Choices must have been decided. If you have wind behind you and your though is "I need to take of 14 inches". This means nothing to the Mind (your subconscious mind) if you can not physically and mentally decide on how take of that 14 inches. And just as bad is if you have 3 way to do it and you never use always the same unless special conditions. (ex: If you do a shorter step, lay down the bowl roll or think it back it all must always be your way for you. If you do a off-cant as a special condition (cross wind) then that method must be only on that day.) Yes you prepare for the game with decisions which after the first few ends are a regular part of your routine. Myself.. with win like these girls had.. 44 km behind and in face, I would be doing mentally positioned jack . (visualize the jack as being 3 meter short or 3 meters further)
3 - Constructive Analysis of the shot. In previous blog I showed choices of what percentage of Success with a situation in the head. Decide these shots before going to the mat.. Not while on the mat. The subconscious mind must have a "take control place" let it be somewhere at the beginning of your routine. (Above photo of Val Smith may be giving the mind that control when she is preparing her bowl in hand) All the analysis must be there before letting the mind take total control of your delivery. Then when you go into a Previsualization view of the bowl rolling to the jack; you are giving instructions not hoping on a result.
4 -Concentration If you are hearing the crowd or the PA system in the middle of your delivery it is not the conditions of play that are wrong... You must go get more shut-out techniques of concentration. Put yourself inside a bubble. Got Bubble video and think if you could bowl in that noise.
Seems strange to think the mind is going to take control but what are you going to thinking. Listen to this video on you tube and the noise.. Could you bowl with that noise.
In the first Blog I spoke of a Swimmer in training and wanting to develop a certain muscle condition. Bowls we don t have that so I knew it would be strange to the reader. But sometime these idea of Total Immersion in Thought and perfection is strange. If we were to follow that muscular development we would have to learn every aspect of that muscle building and control we know nothing about.
Look at other sports. Baseball or Basketball. the muscle movement of a throw or basket shot are totally in control of the mind. I want it there and I do it there. So a basketball coach has his athletic do mental shot. Why? To know his routine and his ability to transfer total control to the mind. In Instinctive Archery we say "Become the arrow .. follow it to the target.. One movement.. Throw the arrow with your mind. So you are going to learn to Roll the bowl with your mind.. NO.. Your mind know how to Bowl you are going to go into your bubble and let your mind (subconscious ) do it thing.
In the video of Tiger Wood on Youtube.com " Previsualization in his Golf Game ", on which these blog are based we hear Tiger talk about his coach saying." he was very instrumental in teaching me how to control my creative mind" or Tiger saying "I get so entrenched on the moment, I guess my subconscious takes over" In order for your subconscious to take over your routine you have had the delivery and game analysis completed. And when we talk about "the athletic is in the here and now, uncluttered mind, relaxed ". We are not concern with those thoughts.. we left our delivery to the subconscious mind.
1 - Good Style and a Constant repeated controlled movement in every delivery. Visualization is seeing the bowl doing what you can do. If you need more practice to draw tight to the kitty then visualization may not do it until you do it.The photo below from World Bowls 2012 video during the Women's Semi Final seem like a little routine.. but how much of is relaxing the mind, body.. starting the routine free of doubts.
If you have your routine, you won't throw a wrong bias and if you visualize the bowl to a position it will happen because all of your routine of delivery are always the same. Your subconscious know how to do it.
2 - Instructional Choices must have been decided. If you have wind behind you and your though is "I need to take of 14 inches". This means nothing to the Mind (your subconscious mind) if you can not physically and mentally decide on how take of that 14 inches. And just as bad is if you have 3 way to do it and you never use always the same unless special conditions. (ex: If you do a shorter step, lay down the bowl roll or think it back it all must always be your way for you. If you do a off-cant as a special condition (cross wind) then that method must be only on that day.) Yes you prepare for the game with decisions which after the first few ends are a regular part of your routine. Myself.. with win like these girls had.. 44 km behind and in face, I would be doing mentally positioned jack . (visualize the jack as being 3 meter short or 3 meters further)
3 - Constructive Analysis of the shot. In previous blog I showed choices of what percentage of Success with a situation in the head. Decide these shots before going to the mat.. Not while on the mat. The subconscious mind must have a "take control place" let it be somewhere at the beginning of your routine. (Above photo of Val Smith may be giving the mind that control when she is preparing her bowl in hand) All the analysis must be there before letting the mind take total control of your delivery. Then when you go into a Previsualization view of the bowl rolling to the jack; you are giving instructions not hoping on a result.
Seems strange to think the mind is going to take control but what are you going to thinking. Listen to this video on you tube and the noise.. Could you bowl with that noise.
In the first Blog I spoke of a Swimmer in training and wanting to develop a certain muscle condition. Bowls we don t have that so I knew it would be strange to the reader. But sometime these idea of Total Immersion in Thought and perfection is strange. If we were to follow that muscular development we would have to learn every aspect of that muscle building and control we know nothing about.
Look at other sports. Baseball or Basketball. the muscle movement of a throw or basket shot are totally in control of the mind. I want it there and I do it there. So a basketball coach has his athletic do mental shot. Why? To know his routine and his ability to transfer total control to the mind. In Instinctive Archery we say "Become the arrow .. follow it to the target.. One movement.. Throw the arrow with your mind. So you are going to learn to Roll the bowl with your mind.. NO.. Your mind know how to Bowl you are going to go into your bubble and let your mind (subconscious ) do it thing.
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