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Exploring the game as a spiritual experienceIn the search for ultimate answers to the flaws in ones

game, Dean Hinitz offers a different approach: plug yourenergy drain holes, get down to the ground level, and

handle things at the roots.

Refining your reactionSusie Minshew shows you how to ever so slightly tweak your handpositions to multiply your reactions and give you lots of options.

Doing it my wayThis motto not only defined the life of the legendary crooner Frank

Sinatra, but reflected the actions of many of the greatest playersin bowling history. John Jowdy walks you through the many ways

bowling's greats threw away the book and created their own rules.

How to feel the frictionA readers eyesight problems led to Bill Halls exploration of feelingrather than merely seeing the changes that lanes go through as they hit oil

patterns and go through their lane transitions.

Spares are soooo boringBut heres why you might be missing them on a regular basis. Ron Cliftonidentifies ten mistakes in shooting spares and tells you how to fix them.

The Big Four keys to proper exercise programmingPaul Butcher has a plan for how you can schedule exercise and fitness intoyour busy life, what to include in your plan, how often, how many reps, andwhat duration. A sample fitness program is included.

How much should I practice?Chris Mesagno matches practice to personality, outlining research findingsthat show how the characteristics of your personality may be the critical

factors in determining the amount of practice you need during training.

Finish at the foul lineA good start insures a good finish position. Jack Schmid walks you throughthe finer points of positioning yourself at the approach, including how to do aone step drill.

Defining the game through biomechanicsJoe Slowinski takes on the physical game of Amleto Monacelli in thelanguage of biomechanics to give coaches and players a more extensiveprofessional language. Why? To more accurately articulate the movementsand positions of the physical game.

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