Lawn Bowls for Fun 19 - Finding the correct line. 

The way Alex talks about bowls; you can feel his passion and love for the game.

thank you! i took my first lawn bowling lesson today. your videos are so helpful as i learn.

As someone who has only played a little on a casual basis and wanting to start playing on a regular basis this was a great informative video. Thank you

Bowling for 23 years. I'm fit, healthy but neck problems so I find it hard to release the bowl looking up at the grass I need so I look down. Thinking this was stupid. I now know, from your instruction this is correct, so now I can take it to another level. Find my grass move my eyes down to the line and bowl along that line. THANKS.

Thank you Alex 😊. Just starting playing 4 weeks ago had 4 lessons 1 each Thursday for 2 hours. Can't wait to get outdoors in spring and summer. Keep up ya good work 👏

Glad to see bowling is finally back :)

Very informative video. Thanks Alec.

Great video Alec. Thank You!

HI Alec. Even though I'm a relatively experienced bowler i found this video very helpful. I appreciate all your effort. Many thanks.

I've started coaching four new members and have recommended this excellent video.Thanks so much for the huge effort that must have gone into producing it. By the way I use old compact discs on the green to give new bowlers practice at finding the line. Disco Hits from the 80's seems to work the best!

Hey Alex great presentation just what I have been looking for happy bowling sir

Had my first lesson a week ago and had three practice roll ups since, throughly enjoying the videos and finding them very helpful

Really appreciated seeing your video as a beginner, you are indeed an accomplished teacher, will keep following.

Alex, just watched your video on line and length, and enjoyed the advice given. I've been bowling for just a year now and experienced lots of roll ups, outside, this summer, with no competitions allowed. We were just into the indoor game when the second lockdown occurred. I'm looking forward to a "clear" year. Our practice sessions have concentrated on a sight line based on the rink markers or similar, but I did try bringing that closer (as suggested) using circular coloured markers, and it did improve matters. I work on the principle that sighting 30 yards away, a one degree deviation causes chaos. Outside, I also look for that mark in the grass, but as the rink markers were moved, so the minute undulation in the rink was apparent. This was not meant as a long email, but thanks again. I am a member of Clevedon Prom and Clevedon Bowling Club, made famous by David Bryant, who sadly passed on this year.

Much gratitude for the wisdom sir. Learned a lot.

Thanks Alec, a very helpful instructional video.

Great video and learning lot so thank you

Great video for beginners. Thank you so much.

I was playing three in our pennant team on our 14.5 second green the other day and was struggling a little bit with line on both sides ..in the finish after about half a dozen ends of 25 ends I finally found my spots on the surface of the rink both sides . As soon as I got the line it went from all over the place to very accurate ....I think getting your line is way more crucial than speed ...I also play a lot of golf at our club which is a joint golf and bowls club and in a big way putting helps me with my draw bowling especially with lining up .. Also my golf tees come in handy when practicing . I often place a couple of tees out from the mat about 200 mm apart four metres away and try to bowl in between them ...seems to help ..Great video ....

Very helpful video and excellent presentation easy to follow

Thankyou from a newbie in Perth Western Australia 😍🇦🇺🦘

Well, our outdoors season has finished - at least we managed to play for part of the season ! ! ! I managed to get to the pairs final but unfortunately came 'second' - better luck next year. Our club indoor season is underway with men's competitions hopefully due to start soon (Welsh Government permitting). Learning how your woods work indoors again is great fun LOL. I am also due to play in a winter league a nearby indoor bowls centre - again Welsh Government permitting. Watch this space . . . Looking forward to your next Lawn Bowls for Fun episode.

Thank you, very helpful to this new bowler!

Im a beginner and that was so useful... Thanks Alex

Going for my first ever try at bowls a week tomorrow, this was really useful. Not that I expect to achieve great things when I go, but this has shown me what I can do to at least not embarrass myself.......... hopefully 😂😂

Did I mention you are a natural at this coaching.

Excellent information. Thank you.

Thanks for a great video.

I've found a method which in practice has helped me to become much more improved. I started playing 9 weeks ago and already there is talk of me being a skip next season! Possibly a little bit hyperbolic but I've earned my place in the club teams on merit now 😁 What I do is find the spot where I want the bowl to start turning towards the jack. I then make my imaginary line from the 'turning point' and bring it back to somewhere close to me that I can focus on. Of course, I can only use this method after a couple of ends in away games. Identifying spots on the wall is fine but at a club where you are playing to hedges, then looking that far is a recipe for disaster. So I've tried to cultivate my approach. I'm not saying it is unique, but thought it may be interesting to see any opinions on this method 😊

Really helpful. Thank you so much.

Thanks for this video, very useful

Very nice simple instructions thank you

I will be 2000& something subscriber....enjoyed your video.

great advice ..thankyou

Another great video, very informative. I have tried to take on board some of the suggestions regarding aiming points and patches on the green etc. I really struggled this week on our middle rink 3 to read the line. Some parts of the rink seemed to be variable with almost a gully on backhand shooting the bowl to the right at the shoulder and a bump on forehand causing straightening. Should I start trying out other bowls sets in the club to see the difference in the turning performance, or should I persevere with the same set. I am using Taylors but not lignoids.

Very good Alec

Thanks for the video really usefull tips there how can i bowl consisently as thats my problem at the momeny. As wgen i bowl in a match the first 6 ends im hitting the line and length majority of the time then the second part of tge ends it seems like i forget everything i did in the begining. Any help will be appriciated

Very interesting 👍🌸

Brilliant series! Thank you so much I really enjoy watching these coaching lessons and find them extremely helpful. Why are my bowls so inconsistent? Any tips on getting more consistent would be helpful thank you. ( I think it could just be the challenge of bowls 🤔😅😂

Great explanation, but at my club the bias is either tight or sharp on most of the greens! They are so different that I have created a notepad remembering me where I am too aim! I am new at this club and it is a new challenge in my enjoyment in bowling!

Alex, I play only indoor bowls and try to use the spots as suggested. The spots are app 1 metre apart. So the 1st spot up aiming point is app 8" to the side. But if the mat is moved right up I assume the aiming point then is less, is this correct. Great videos for beginners, thanks

Funny game bowls...I have fixed my line and length I was at training the other day and the coach came to me and said I need to swing my body around to the right side more when I am bowling forehand , seems so awkward that it doesn't seem I am lined up to where I want o go, causing me to stretch out too much when I am delivering the bowl..sometimes I wish people don't get into your head until you ask...

Thanks for this. Could you explain why the practise markers weren't the same distance from the centre line?

I m From INDIA..... ... Hope I found a coach like you.... 😊

Watched this video as has defo improved my game, as i understand better during the game where im goin right and wrong... i do still seem to waste some bowls tho , i have 1 or 2 good ones a end but vert rarely them all , i presume better consitancy will come with playing more , ( only started outdoor this season)

hi alex what are you using for your bowling markers? not cgi is it hehehe...

Hi Alec, I’ve just taken up the game and have very bad knees from playing soccer in my youth. I tried using a traditional delivery with a step and getting the knee low but I’m in agony next day. It seems you’re delivering very well from a fixed stance. Am I seeing that correctly? I think it may be the only way forward for me.

Thanks.

Hi Thanks for your program, why is the left side smaller angle than the right side.

i’ve wondered why the rink doesn’t look square I see now it’s because the mowing lines are diagonal and that doesn’t help. may i suggest future talks are on a rink with lines that straight up and down. Otherwise well done.

I note in the video "finding your line' that the backhand marker is closer to the centre than the forehand. Is this because the bowl is actually delivered on the forehand side of the centre?

I am right handed but my left eye is my dominant eye, so I cant look down at a line on the ditch or mark , I have to triangulate my delivery line, if you are having trouble getting your head around this try using a bow and arrow (right handed person) and cover your right eye see if you can sight up the arrow on the target.

What do you recommend to use for a marker?

i am new beginner i have small hands and i have down syndrome what size ball can i use i am just starting my local bowls group and i am having a tester session where do i start

i play lawn bowls im 30 years old and still learning

Hi i am having a problem with my twisting of my hand when i am playing lawn bowls! My question is how do i stop doing this movement!?

How do we choose the right ball to play with?

Bowling with an arm tips please

You are easy to listen too

Why Am I bowling short at times....my line is good but I feel my action is ok, but I bowl short too often?

Is this temple fortune?