Bowling Fundamentals

by Michelle Mullen

Hit the lanes and enjoy every frame! With Bowling Fundamentals, Second Edition, you’ll learn the game, skills, and tactics so you can play and compete.

With almost three decades of experience that includes multiple PWBA titles and collegiate championships, Michelle Mullen shares the secrets that have made her one of the world’s most highly sought-after instructors. Covering the latest equipment and the essentials of execution—footwork, approach, arm swing, timing, release, and follow-through—Mullen leaves no skill uncovered. You’ll find tactical tips for picking up the game’s most common spares (in both a traditional and advanced spare-shooting system), advice for keeping emotions and nerves in check, and basic and advanced lane-play strategies that will make a significant impact on the score sheet.

Before you take to the lanes for your next league night or match or just for fun, add a copy of Bowling Fundamentals, Second Edition, to your bowling bag and turn those open frames into solid strikes and spares!

Genres: Nonfiction

224 pages, Paperback

First published September 12, 2003

Reviews

[Andrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

My uncle Clifford G. Baxter passed away this past February, and this would make him proud. He was truly the best uncle a kid could have; bought me my first bowling ball for Christmas (a baby blue 10 pounder), always went and played miniature golf in the summertime (he lived in Jacksonville, FL), and was a generous soul if ever there was one. So, I received this little tome of bowling wisdom for free from a giveaway, but that really didn't affect my rating. The lady who put this together did a damn fine job. I really felt like her advice on ball release (good form leading up, clean thumb release, staying within your comfort zone of lane play) was spot on and helpful. Also, my biggest weakness was addressed: picking up spares. Chances are, a guy like me who doesn't bowl often enough, will not get the strike every time. In fact, I still haven't broken 200. So getting better at my spare game will probably be a life long goal. Her advice has mainly to do with shoulder position at the time of release. Be angled toward the pins you are looking to hit. Okay, I'm going to go and try some of these techniques as soon as possible, and you better believe I'm gonna read up on this book before I go!

[Lost Library · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bowling Fundamentals by Michelle Mullen is a very good tool and guideline on the sport of bowling. It covers a wide range of topics from how to grip the ball, to the mental side of the game. Everything you would want to know about learning how to become a consistent bowler is inside. I only wish I would have had this book when I began my bowling career.

I recommend this book to anyone interested in becoming a better bowler, be that in leagues or just for fun.

[David Ranney · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Tim Duncan of bowling books.

[Rob Slaven · Rating 5 out of 5]

I received this product free for review but as always, despite receiving a free product I'm perfectly candid in my review.

Essentially, this book contains more detailed information about bowling than I ever new actually existed. Everything is detailed here from how to have your ball drilled properly to where to put your feet. The information is exhaustive and meticulously compiled and organized with plentiful charts, graphs and pictures. Also, it even includes the details for left-handed bowlers. I cannot recommend this highly enough if you're an analytically-minded

PS: I hope my review was helpful. If it was not, then please let me know what I left out that you’d want to know. I always aim to improve.

[Kat · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bland read, but informative. Very helpful in terms of breaking down an effective way to approach and throw, although it felt pretty redundant. It was also helpful, as a recreational bowler gaining more interest in the sport, to gather key points that were necessary for improving my game. This helped me consider what ball to buy, and what to expect as I made changes in my own journey for improvement.

[Aimée · Rating 1 out of 5]

Dryyyyyyyy.