,For the summer Months of 2016 I will do short blogs on various aspects of the information from website coaching notes of great coaches like, the Australian Coach Lachlan Tighe Canadian National Coach,Dr. John Aveline or e-book writer, Rob Judson which I wrote of is in a Blog of April 2014 and since has been made available for Download from ONTHENET.CON.AU
Mr. Tighe, recently retired, was Coach Columist for Hensilite Bowls. Various notes and coaching instructions can still be found on his website of www.lachlantighebowls.com
Recently he wrote. " Last week, January 2016, my mate Mac, who is relatively new to bowls, shared with me his utter frustration at a (silly old) skip in his home town in NSW demanding all leads he plays with to perform the deliverry" Such and Such.
I understand this sort of conversation by a skip. is simply telling a new lead "I want my leads to put the bowl 2 inches in front of the jack"
The column (list) continues with "Demanding all leads he plays with to perform the delivery that has the 2% success rate of ACKOWLEDGED bowlers, What an idiot !!!"
His column or note continues to show statistics of the last four years which acknowledges his percentage of success.
The point which Mr. Tighe is making is that a skip which demands too precise a performance and is only satisfied with his lead's performance when it happens has a very low percentage of success.
Leads' performance depends upon the communication of the skip. Better Skip communication will result in better Lead Performance.
When sitting having a brew, (coffee, beer or wine) after the game it may be part of the discussion as to which bowl is the best first bowl for a lead to deliver. This is where I believe the above leads comment (in Mr. Tighe writing) was heard. Often we hear things off the green which we take to the green as expectation. I can not find anywhere on the green where the above conversation would occur. Maybe Mac's skip is one of those skips who puts his foot at a position on the green and expects the bowl to stop there. The expectation of that bowl arriving at that point is 2% to 4%.
"I like it in the Pocket" has been said in our group. This refers to the small triangle behind the jack which has it apex at the jack and the two bottom points at about 6 to 8 inches behind the jack in the direction of the incoming forehand or backhand.
This is an expectation with some leeway for a lead's acceptable delivery, because it covers an area of about 6 inches behind the jack and 4 or 5 inches left or right of that position. However, in a writing and data collected by Lachlan Tighe (ln his website article) suggest a Mat Length (ML) expectation has a success rate of 37%. All this information and Tactics are available on various pages of Coach Tighe, and any interested bowler can spend hours reviewing this great information.
Yes, in a previous blog, or two, I have suggested that the lead can/should evaluate the performance of the opponents and have some freedom on building the head with the Lead Bowls. But, of course, this liberty is given by the skip as a team effort. When a team plays together for years, the lead knows what the skip expects and attempts to perform accordingly. Acceptance by the skip and the lead is more successful if some tolerances of error is included. A mat length is quite a bit. (24 inches long and 18 inches wide) but on a fast green, this extra distance will allow for the bowl to roll a bit. In Canada where greens speeds can be near 10 or 12 seconds the bowl seems to stop very quickly.
" On a bowling green, speed is expressed in seconds. The number of seconds for a bowl to roll 90 feet from its point of deliverance to where it comes to a rest is defined as its speed. A speed of 12 seconds is acceptable but for competitions bowlers require much faster greens. It requires greater skill and expertise to bowl on a fast green. " Sports Turf News Letter (Dec 7 1993)
A Canadian bowler who was instructed by Coach Tighe, when he was in Canada as a consultant, just today tweeted the following
"Good tournament in Hong Kong-Finish 1 of 66 teams bronze medal at the end. Play on 16 and 9 seconds green"Challenge"; which indicates how much green speeds can vary. (Rain, Different Greens of Club, sunny or early morning.)
So a skip expectation of a lead must also vary with Green speeds. Good Communication both to and from the skip means a Winning game with satisfaction.
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| Website of Lachlan Tighe |
Mr. Tighe, recently retired, was Coach Columist for Hensilite Bowls. Various notes and coaching instructions can still be found on his website of www.lachlantighebowls.com
Recently he wrote. " Last week, January 2016, my mate Mac, who is relatively new to bowls, shared with me his utter frustration at a (silly old) skip in his home town in NSW demanding all leads he plays with to perform the deliverry" Such and Such.
I understand this sort of conversation by a skip. is simply telling a new lead "I want my leads to put the bowl 2 inches in front of the jack"
The column (list) continues with "Demanding all leads he plays with to perform the delivery that has the 2% success rate of ACKOWLEDGED bowlers, What an idiot !!!"
His column or note continues to show statistics of the last four years which acknowledges his percentage of success.
The point which Mr. Tighe is making is that a skip which demands too precise a performance and is only satisfied with his lead's performance when it happens has a very low percentage of success.
Leads' performance depends upon the communication of the skip. Better Skip communication will result in better Lead Performance.
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| Coach Tighe\s Four Years Data |
When sitting having a brew, (coffee, beer or wine) after the game it may be part of the discussion as to which bowl is the best first bowl for a lead to deliver. This is where I believe the above leads comment (in Mr. Tighe writing) was heard. Often we hear things off the green which we take to the green as expectation. I can not find anywhere on the green where the above conversation would occur. Maybe Mac's skip is one of those skips who puts his foot at a position on the green and expects the bowl to stop there. The expectation of that bowl arriving at that point is 2% to 4%.
"I like it in the Pocket" has been said in our group. This refers to the small triangle behind the jack which has it apex at the jack and the two bottom points at about 6 to 8 inches behind the jack in the direction of the incoming forehand or backhand.
This is an expectation with some leeway for a lead's acceptable delivery, because it covers an area of about 6 inches behind the jack and 4 or 5 inches left or right of that position. However, in a writing and data collected by Lachlan Tighe (ln his website article) suggest a Mat Length (ML) expectation has a success rate of 37%. All this information and Tactics are available on various pages of Coach Tighe, and any interested bowler can spend hours reviewing this great information.
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| List of Lessons available |
Yes, in a previous blog, or two, I have suggested that the lead can/should evaluate the performance of the opponents and have some freedom on building the head with the Lead Bowls. But, of course, this liberty is given by the skip as a team effort. When a team plays together for years, the lead knows what the skip expects and attempts to perform accordingly. Acceptance by the skip and the lead is more successful if some tolerances of error is included. A mat length is quite a bit. (24 inches long and 18 inches wide) but on a fast green, this extra distance will allow for the bowl to roll a bit. In Canada where greens speeds can be near 10 or 12 seconds the bowl seems to stop very quickly.
" On a bowling green, speed is expressed in seconds. The number of seconds for a bowl to roll 90 feet from its point of deliverance to where it comes to a rest is defined as its speed. A speed of 12 seconds is acceptable but for competitions bowlers require much faster greens. It requires greater skill and expertise to bowl on a fast green. " Sports Turf News Letter (Dec 7 1993)
A Canadian bowler who was instructed by Coach Tighe, when he was in Canada as a consultant, just today tweeted the following
"Good tournament in Hong Kong-Finish 1 of 66 teams bronze medal at the end. Play on 16 and 9 seconds green"Challenge"; which indicates how much green speeds can vary. (Rain, Different Greens of Club, sunny or early morning.)
So a skip expectation of a lead must also vary with Green speeds. Good Communication both to and from the skip means a Winning game with satisfaction.
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Not even bowlers in the world's top 16 could meet these expectations. It's like asking a team member to trail the jack. If I could trail the jack at will I wouldn't need anyone's coaching- right?
ReplyDeleteYes Clarke, a large expectation but Coach Tighe, works and writes for the elite bowlers or team and high expectation is what is expected of them. My objective of the blog was to show his writings and what is basic for great bowlers. However, my readers are also social or low competition skips and they should realize that they sometimes ask too much.
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