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Summary: Excellent book for bowlers wishing to reach higher plateaus.
Review: Larry Matthews has put together a very concise easily understood book covering the sport of bowling. The book covers adjusting to lane conditions very well. This is one of the areas that is particularly hard for aspiring keglers. I personally have averaged over 200 for the past 20+ years, have shot many honor scores, and agree with Larry's bowling philosophy. One negative, on this great book . . . it needs an update on equipment. It doesn't cover the proactive, particle balls of the present era.
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Summary: Great Idea Poorly Executed
Review: The subject matter has so much potential, but this book fails to convey the concepts. What's missing? Here are my thoughts: 1) More pictures to explain the concepts. There is about 1 diagram per chapter and each occupies a full page. The illustrations convey too much information and are confusing. The solution to this problem would be to have more pictures concentrating on individual concepts. 2) Usage of bowling terms without an explanation of what you mean leaves the reader confused and doesn't help them to understand the concepts. Here is an example: "Everyone that can play ["play" in italics] will shoot "telephone numbers." [Page 23]. I have no idea what you mean by "telephone numbers". Solution: Don't use terms without explaining what they mean. 3) The use of italics and bold fonts is confusing. In the previous example, the word play is in italics. What were you trying to say? Was play in italics because you were injecting sarcasm into the sentence? My failure to understand the meaning is probably relating to my ignorance of the term "telephone numbers". My goal in reading this book was to improve my understanding of the more technical aspects of bowling. The book has accomplished this, but the process could have been easier.
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