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How to apply the 3:1:2 Ratio System

admin — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:20:24 +0000

Today’s post is dedicated to all you fathers out there. Have a Happy Fathers’ Day!

Here is a very simple but proven system.

THE 3:1:2 RATIO

ADJUSTMENT FOR VARYING LANE CONDITIONS

Strikes occur more frequently when the ball strikes the 1, 3, 5 and 9 pins. But this accuracy is seldom achieved on the first few balls of practice or game. You should be trying to find a line.

When rolling practice balls, you should strive to establish an accuracy line. This line will be found when the ball hits the head pin and causes that pin to take out the 2, 4, and 7 pins, that is, those on the left side. To establish this accuracy line, you should use the 3:1:2 spot bowling ratio system to make the necessary adjustments.

This ratio system means that to create a 3-board difference or adjustment at the pins, a 2-board adjustment must be made at the starting position.

The 3:1:2 ratio system means that a 2-board adjustment at the starting position causes a 1-board difference in the finishing position at the foul line and a 3-board difference at the pins.

This adjustment technique can be used on any evenly-dressed lane condition and with any speed of delivery or any size of hook or curve. The system depends on ratios that exist between the various markers-spots on the approach and the lane.

The explanation of the 3:1:2 system is fairly simple. The pins are 45 feet from the arrows. The arrows are 15 feet from the foul line. The starting dots are 30 feet from the arrows. The initial ratio of all these points is thus 45:15:30. Dividing by 15, the greatest common divisor, reduces the ratio to 3:1:2.

Because the ball is delivered and pivots on the second arrow, a move of 2 boards at the starting position results in a change of 3 boards at the pins.

All bowlers should be encouraged to use this ratio adjustment system. It is a positive method for making adjustment and eliminates guesswork. Adjustments should always be positive and deliberate. However, as in all successful bowling methods, the delivery should be consistent.

To celebrate Fathers’ Day, I have a Special Bowling Report for you. You can download it for FREE here: http://probowlconsult.com/special_report/optin_fr.html

Enjoy your FREE Report and I hope you’ll be able to find some invaluable tips there that can assist you in improving your bowling.

Till the next post, happy bowling.

Jonathan

It was Sharon’s day at Singapore Open Finals

admin — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 04:13:16 +0000

NST Online » Sport By : Ajitpal Singh

2009/06/07

Bowling: Sharon shines in Singapore

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Sharon Koh won her first international Open title in Singapore yesterday.

SHARON Koh killed two birds with one stone when she, after three near misses, finally nailed the Singapore Open title at the Superbowl Safra Mount Faber yesterday.

The win, which was Sharon’s first international Open’ title, has also guaranteed her a spot in the six-woman team for next month’s World Championships in Las Vegas.

Sharon, the 2006 world youth champion, stunned teammate Siti Safiyah Amirah Abdul Rahman, who won the World Ranking Masters last month, 211-181 for the title.

It was also a perfect ending for Sharon, considering that she only booked a spot in the Masters round after the 11th try in the Qualifying stage.

However, she turned her game around, with the help of national coach Holloway Cheah, to top the Masters round with a 16-game total of 3,772 pinfalls.
Sharon finished second in the 2006 and 2007 editions and fifth in last year’s tournament.

“I am extremely happy to have won the Singapore Open after three near misses. I hope with my performance here today (yesterday), I will be included in the team to the world meet,” said Sharon, who earned the winner’s cheque of S5,000 (RM12,250) yesterday.

‘My focus now is to train harder and help Malaysia achieve greatness in Las Vegas if I’m selected for the world meet.”

Siti Safiyah, who finished sixth in the Masters, had to bowl two extra rounds in the stepladder finals before earning a shot at the title against Sharon.

In the first match of the stepladder finals, Siti Safiyah bowled 245 as compared to Zandra Aziela’s 238 and Singapore’s Jasmine Yeong Nathan’s 228 to advance to the next stage.

Siti Safiyah also won the second match, against Singapore’s Cherie Tan and professional bowler Shalin Zulkilfi, on 248-226-222.

The encouraging performances of the bowlers prove that Malaysia are on the right track for the World Championships.

Malaysia’s Female Bowling Icon…Shalin Zulkifli

admin — Fri, 29 May 2009 10:26:37 +0000


 In Malaysia, the name Shalin Zulkifli is synonymous with Bowling. In many ways, she helped put Malaysia on the World bowling map.
 
Shalin was born in England, but brought up in Malaysia. She started bowling in 1989 when she would follow her parents to the bowling alley. To date, she has carved herself a most impressive list of achievements that include being voted Asian Bowler Of  The Year for two consecutive years in 2000 & 2001.

Shalin has won gold medals in a host of impressive tournaments, including the Commonwealth Games/ ABF Tour/ Hong Kong/ Doha Asian Games/ SEA Games/ 20^th Asian Championships.

Her most memorable moment was winning the World Tenpin Masters by defeating the then World Bowler Of The Year, Tore Torgerson!

In May 2008, Shalin became Malaysia’s first Probowler. This had always been a dream to her. Her next step would be to win a PBA title…ultimately achieving her dreams.

In the mean time, this determined and talented bowler hopes to qualify for the next PBA Tour which will start in August. Speaking to her recently, she conceded she was honored and proud to be the country’s first Probowler. She now has to go one step further…and that is to prove she belongs in the group of top bowlers in the world.

Shalin was humble enough to admit that there’s still a lot of work she has to do to prepare herself to compete at the highest level of bowling. Watching the pros has opened her eyes to the stuff she needs to improve on.

On what tips she would offer to aspiring bowlers, Shalin has this to say:

Have more variations on your release and ball speed.

Don’t miss spares.

Listen to your Coach.

Never stop learning.

Must acquire more knowledge by doing your own research.

But the most important advice Shalin and hubby Azidi Ameran (former National Elite Squad member) are giving would be to ‘put country above yourself’.

You can find out more info on Shalin Zulkifli here: http://web.mac.com/shalinzulkifli/iWeb/Site/Welcome.html

Till the next post,

Happy bowling

Jonathan

Malaysian Youth wins World Ranking Masters title

admin — Tue, 05 May 2009 07:35:24 +0000

2009/05/05

Bowling: Siti aims to strike it big in Las Vegas

By : Ajitpal Singh nst sports online

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Siti Safiyah Amirah Abdul Rahman (centre), gets a hug from her parents Abdul Rahman Mohd Shariff (left) and Faudziah Mokhtar after showing them her World Ranking Masters plaque. — Pic: GOH THEAN HOWE

SITI Safiyah Amirah Abdul Rahman is ready to take on the world, and being the World No 1 at only 19, will put her in the right frame of mind to achieve greater things in the sport.

Siti Safiyah, who won the World Ranking Masters on Saturday, said the win has given her the self-belief and confidence to excel towards becoming a professional.

“I went to Naples to gain experience but ended up winning the world title. It is a dream come true to win a world class title at 19,” said Siti Safiyah yesterday.

She was forced to finance her Naples trip on her own after not qualifying for the tournament on merit.

“I’m aware that the pressure will now be greater to perform in tournaments. I will need to train harder under the close guidance of coach Holloway (Cheah).”
Siti Safiyah, the only child of Abdul Rahman Mohd Shariff and Faudziah Mokhtar, said her prime target would be to help Malaysia win medals in the Women’s World Championships. Malaysia will be defending their team gold medal at the world meet in Las Vegas on July 24-Aug 2.

“It is going to be tough in Las Vegas as all the top professionals will be there with a similar goal. I have been training hard for it and even skipped a semester to concentrate on the world meet,” she said.

Malaysian Tenpin Bowling Congress (MTBC) president Datuk P.S. Nathan said that Siti Safiyah is one of the three bowlers on the sure list for the world meet.

Shalin Zulkifli and Esther Cheah are the other two on the list.

“For now, I will focus on the Singapore Open (May 26-June 6) and it will be important for me to make an impression. I must do well to show that my win in the World Masters was not a fluke,” added Siti, who is pursuing a degree in Creative Mutimedia at Segi College in Subang.

The bowler skipped her third semester in April to concentrate on training but will resume her studies after the world meet.

She will use the prize money, totalling US$10,000 (RM35,600), from the World Masters to finance her studies.

Missy Bellinder:”Any dream is a dream worth fighting for”

admin — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 07:35:31 +0000

American Missy Bellinder has achieved her dream of becoming a Pro Bowler. Strange as it may seem to some, but this young lady’s ambition has always been to become a bowler. She says “most kids will respond with ‘be a doctor’, ‘be an engineer’, ‘a teacher’ etc. Hers had always been ‘be a bowler’.

Missy practically grew up at a bowling alley. Her father Frank is a long time PBA member and owns and operates a proshop. She started bowling at the age of 2+ yrs…by sitting near the foul line and pushing the ball onto the lane!

Missy turned pro in 2004 at the age of 22 yrs. The PBA Women’s series is a small tour. Currently it only lasts from October to January. Missy’s dream is for it to expand to a bigger tour.

Missy is also a member of the Men’s PBA Regionals and is the only woman with 2 Regional titles. Her favorite quote is: “Any dream is a dream worth fighting for”.

Her advice to bowling aspirants is: “Don’t be afraid to study overseas. Try new things”. A sound advice indeed, as exposure is most important for inner growth.

As for her trip to Malaysia for the Canon Malaysian Open, Missy had fun, but is disappointed that the pins didn’t co-operate when they mattered most. She failed to proceed to the finals even though she felt she bowled well…”just not my day”.

When she’s not on a bowling tour, Missy Bllinder spends her time coaching. She’s been coaching since she was 16 yrs old and loves coaching! She’s also a USBC certified Bowling Instructor.

You can check out more about Missy by visiting her website: http://www.missybellinder.com

Have a great day!

Jonathan

Cool Zul wins again at Malaysian Open ‘09

admin — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:13:55 +0000

Zulmazran Zulkifli successfully defended his title at the 32nd Canon Malaysian International Open today. It was a closely fought battle against a most worthy opponent…Surasak Manuwang of Thailand who earlier had to put up a tough fight against Hong Kong’s Wu Siu Hong in the semi finals.

Zulmazran had earlier disposed off Malaysian youngster Kang Bo Long in the semi finals. He was speechless at his win. All he could say was “I am so happy!”

In the Women’s division, professional bowler Carolyn Ballard from USA had a narrow win over Geraldine Ng of Singapore.

Going into the quarter finals, it looked like the pro bowlers were going to dominate the lanes. Together with Carolyn were Missy Bellinder and Wendy Macpherson of USA and Malaysia’s first pro bowler Shalin Zulkifli.

However, only Carolyn survived to proceed to the semi finals when she defeated another Singaporean Bernice Lim.

For full results, please go to the Malaysian Tenpin Bowling Congress link at the top right column of this page or to the link to ABC to Bowling Facebook page for more photos and videos.

Happy bowling

Jonathan

20 yr old Indian National scores 1st Perfect Game at Canon 32nd Malaysian International Open

admin — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 07:18:21 +0000

A team of 11 bowlers from India have been in Malaysia for the past 2 months to train under Malaysian National Chief Coach Holloway Cheah. Their efforts paid off handsomely today.

20-yrs old Mayank A. Patel scored his first career perfect game which was also the first 300 game of the on going tournament that will run from March 13-21.

He told us later that his heart was pounding really fast but he was able to remember the advice of his coach …’to take a deep breath’. This calmed him down a bit and he was able to execute the final strike to nail his first 300 game.

Asked how he felt after achieving his first perfect game, he said he didn’t have time to feel anything as he was immediately swarmed by his team mates and well wishers!

More overseas bowlers are expected to arrive over the next few days. Among them will be pro bowlers from different parts of the world including the US and Europe.

For full updates, please follow the Malaysian Tenpin Bowling Congress link found at the top right hand corner of this page.

For candid shots of participants and spectators, follow the ABC Facebook link. (Actually currently facing problems uploading pics and videos there since Facebook upgraded their format! So may take a while for uploads…sorry)

Happy bowling

Jonathan

Akismet…spam filter

admin — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 07:18:44 +0000

It has come to my attention for a while now, that hundreds of your comments have been filtered as spam. There must be a malfunction of my spam application. I’m not even able to see any of these comments!

I am sorry about that. I personally do not believe they are all spam. As of now, you’ll notice the spam widget at the bottom left of the page has been temporarily removed.

I hope you will co-operate with me to confine your comments to relevant topics. This way everyone will be able to enjoy an open discussion which should benefit all.

Thanks

Jonathan