Now that you have mastered the approach, delivery, and release of the ball, you must learn to acquire accuracy. Of course, we all know the ball should strike the pins in the 1—3 pocket to achieve a strike, and further, that the hook ball, explained in the previous chapter, is the best method for hit­ting in the 1—3 pocket.

How do you direct the ball into the 1—3 pocket? Well, to answer that question, let me explain the spot-bowling system of targeting—the system I heartily advocate to all bowlers. Spot bowling is simply directing the ball so that it rolls over "spot" or directional guides on the lane in front of you and then moves into the pins.

The theory behind the success of spot bowling is that it is a lot easier to hit a target that is ten or fifteen feet in front of you than one at the other end of the lane, about sixty feet away.

These directional guides or rangefinders, as they are some­times called, will be found built into the lanes of every mod­ern bowling center. The term "rangefinders" refers to the seven small triangular indicators, spaced about six inches apart, and found inserted in the lane about fifteen feet from the foul line. They are the guides we use in spot bowling.

Generally speaking, in the spot-bowling system, the perfect strike ball is directed over the... [Chapter Incomplete]

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