Effective First Bowl - Coach's Corner #2 

Well said! It's something a lot of people don't appreciate when playing. That first bowl pressure can change everything!

Exactly Mike! Thanks for checking us out.

To start the idea is that a mat length in any direction would be effective. So in front, to the sides or behind is ok. Once you really start locking that in and need to challenge yourself then you can alter your parameters for success and I'd go with a mat width anywhere in front and a mat length behind. The fact is that 95% of the time the jack is going to move backwards during the end, so front bowls get further and further away and therefore become less effective over time. For a lot of people mat length is a hard enough challenge, so I always start there and then increase difficulty as the skills improve.

@@CanadianBowler Thank you! Appreciate the response, and creating my goals. The video and instructions was easy to follow and understand.

Short bowls are a skips nightmare unless they are just in front of the jack otherwise they are usually in the road of other bowls