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Summary: A must read for all bowlers...
Review: A book written more for the experienced bowler, Mike Durbin shares his insights and experiences on the PBA Tour to drive home some common errors and how to correct them. I read through the book, and his simple ways to corrects what sometimes are major flaws make this book easy for anyone who has ever bowled to use and reuse-I keep this one in my bowling bag!!!!!
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Summary: Great Bowling Tips book!
Review: A great book for people who are willing to drop their major bad habits in bowling. This book gives you great tips on things that work. I'm new at the game (only 2 years at it) but couldn't get my average over 155 despite reading several books to see if I could correct whatever I was doing wrong. This easy-to-read paperback quickly put me on the right track with simple, yet important, tips on almost every aspect of bowling I had questions about. The book is more of a workbook since advice comes in short chapters which makes it possible to test yourself with the techniques incrementally. Despite my tendencies to revert to my bad habits, my average has improved by over 20 pins since I got the book 3+ months ago. When I follow the book's tips consistently, I'll hit 200+ every time. Well worth the few bucks!
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Summary: Excellent book for advanced beginner
Review: After reading this book for the last 4 days, I hit my target more frequent and my release has improved tremendously. Even though the score hasn't improved yet, I know it will very soon.
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Summary: Excellent book for advanced beginner
Review: After reading this book for the last 4 days, I hit my target more frequent and my release has improved tremendously. Even though the score hasn't improved yet, I know it will very soon.
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Summary: A real help...
Review: I bowl regularly in an extremely competitve league. During a purple patch, I found my scores dropping from 200 to 140, which isn't good. I decided to get some help from Mike Durbin and his book, and what I got in return was some real help. This book focuses on the common errors that plague any serious bowler, like your pushaway, your timing, and so on. It also contains some extremely helpful tips, which Durbin gives on past experience (any experience from a bowler like Durbin is sure to improve your game), such as wrapping your thumb in a facial tissue and then inserting it into your thumb hole, all to gain a better fit. Although not still at my best, I gained some pinfall, and a little bit more. However, it is best not to buy this book if you are just a recreational bowler, who wants to learn more about the game. It is more of a "2nd time" book; good for those who have a good understanding of the game. I suggest, for beginners, buying "Bowling: Steps To Success", by Bob Strickland.
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Summary: A real help...
Review: I bowl regularly in an extremely competitve league. During a purple patch, I found my scores dropping from 200 to 140, which isn't good. I decided to get some help from Mike Durbin and his book, and what I got in return was some real help. This book focuses on the common errors that plague any serious bowler, like your pushaway, your timing, and so on. It also contains some extremely helpful tips, which Durbin gives on past experience (any experience from a bowler like Durbin is sure to improve your game), such as wrapping your thumb in a facial tissue and then inserting it into your thumb hole, all to gain a better fit. Although not still at my best, I gained some pinfall, and a little bit more. However, it is best not to buy this book if you are just a recreational bowler, who wants to learn more about the game. It is more of a "2nd time" book; good for those who have a good understanding of the game. I suggest, for beginners, buying "Bowling: Steps To Success", by Bob Strickland.
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Summary: pretty good
Review: I read through this book, then I went bowling the next day. The first game I bowled was a 192. Second game was a 150 and third was a 176. thats a 172 average, pretty good for me, I have a 135 average. So the book was informative and already helped my game.
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Summary: Good information, didn't like the organization.
Review: I was a novice when I bought this book...I thought it would explain the fundamentals of bowling in a clear and easy to understand fashion. I thought the book was filled with too much non-essential information and not enough basics. For instance I was very interested in learning how to throw a hook shot, unfortunately the book only dedicates a few pages to this critical part of learning to bowl. For a book which is basically a list of Bowling tips, it doesn't really develop a fluid bowling routine to follow on each shot. The book does have some very good illustrations. I think this book makes a better supplement to something that stresses the fundamentals of bowling.
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Summary: Tips that WILL improve your bowling score
Review: I've never been a particularly apt bowler. At my peak, I struggled to bowl over 140 in a game and more recently as a very occasional bowler it was all I could do to crack 110. After reading this book, I decided to focus on just a few of the most basic issues such as how to hold the ball, how to aim correctly, etc. to see what it would do for me.The results were dramatic. After struggling for a game to adjust to the new mechanics my score shot up by 40 pins the next game. Even more amazing, I didn't bowl again for 6 months, then went out and shot a 177 which was the best score of my life. If I hadn't tightened up the last 2 frames I would have broken 200. An essential primer in the fundamental mechanics of bowling, this book is a great resource for recreational or beginning bowlers. Practice what the author preaches and you'll be a much better bowler!
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Summary: Tips that WILL improve your bowling score
Review: I've never been a particularly apt bowler. At my peak, I struggled to bowl over 140 in a game and more recently as a very occasional bowler it was all I could do to crack 110. After reading this book, I decided to focus on just a few of the most basic issues such as how to hold the ball, how to aim correctly, etc. to see what it would do for me. The results were dramatic. After struggling for a game to adjust to the new mechanics my score shot up by 40 pins the next game. Even more amazing, I didn't bowl again for 6 months, then went out and shot a 177 which was the best score of my life. If I hadn't tightened up the last 2 frames I would have broken 200. An essential primer in the fundamental mechanics of bowling, this book is a great resource for recreational or beginning bowlers. Practice what the author preaches and you'll be a much better bowler!
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