Bowl Them Away.

Bowl Them Away.

Last updated: 8/2008

The League Bowler Report

Hall of Fame bowler – and star of 4 motion pictures – Joe Wilman has shared his techniques for bowling success with more students than any other teacher in the history of the game. Today, he will teach you the secret on how to…

Bowling Tips - Raise
Your Bowling Average
To A Respectable Level

Bowling tips - Bowling strikes is fun…and it does wonders for your score, but even professional bowlers can't bowl strikes at-will. The real key to success – and the technique that offers the greatest increase in score is – picking up spares!
When you learn to consistently pick up more spares, your bowling average will literally skyrocket. Today's lesson is all about picking up spares. Plus, I'll share with you my exact strategy for picking up the 2-7 spare.

By Edward Aw, Staff Reporter
January 11, 2008

Far too many bowlers worry about bowling a strike, but not enough about picking up the spare. This is the single biggest mistake amateur bowlers make.

With the help of legendary bowler Joe Wilman, I'm going to share with you exactly why you must take spare opportunities seriously…and how to significantly increase your odds of picking up every spare that comes your way.

Put these tips into action…and watch your average climb skyward. Let's get started.

Rescue your bowling average with this technique - Bowling Tips!
Who is Joe Wilman
Hall of Famer Joe Wilman said, "Making spares consistently is the principal distinction between the star and the average bowler." What he's saying is simple, the star knows that if he continues to pick up his spares, he will wind up with a respectable game…and that the strikes will eventually come.

While doing so, he chalks up his spares so that when the strikes do arrive, he can come through with big counts.

"The average bowler, on the other hand, never bothers to figure that if he made only spares throughout a game, he could still role a game of 190. He is always too intent on the strike, which is the beginning and end of bowling as far as he is concerned.

The average bowler never really takes the time to stop and consider the importance of the spare shot, and consequently he never practices shooting at spares.

Wilman continues, "I know from personal experience that spares can make or break you, especially when your strike ball is not clicking as it should. Many a time I have gone what seemed to be endless frames without a strike, just converting each spare as it popped up, and then suddenly found myself right up in the running as the strikes began to appear."

His point is clear: by keeping himself in the running by making the spares, he avoided those really bad low games that can cost the difference between winning a tournament and finishing twentieth.

The same advice could apply to you: picking up those spares could ...

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