Product Description

The sport's definitive work, from the game's master instructor. In Bowling Execution, legend and PBA Hall of Fame coach John Jowdy shares his expertise on every aspect of the sport, from developing skills to refining techniques for improved consistency.

Bowling Execution will show you how to

• improve each phase of your shot, from stance to follow-through;
• increase the accuracy of your hook;
• incorporate the free armswing for smoother mechanics;
• generate more power behind your shot to create greater pin action;
• analyze lane conditions and adjust your game accordingly; and
• develop strategies for achieving your personal best.

Whether your style is power or finesse, Bowling Execution will raise your game and your scores. It's the bowling resource you will turn to again and again.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #162496 in Books
• Brand: Human Kinetics
• Published on: 2009-02-13
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780736075381
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Review

"John Jowdy continues to stay on top of the bowling world with Bowling Execution. With John's techniques, instruction, and observations on the sport of bowling, you're certain to improve your game."

Mike Aulby
PBA and USBC Hall of Famer

From the Publisher
"John Jowdy continues to stay on top of the bowling world with Bowling Execution. With John's techniques, instruction, and observations on the sport of bowling, you're certain to improve your game."

Mike Aulby PBA and USBC Hall of Famer

About the Author
John Jowdy is a legend in bowling. He is recognized nationally and internationally as an author, speaker, and top coach of the pros. He has coached more than 100 professionals, and many of the bowlers he's worked with--including David Ozio, Del Warren, Randy Pedersen, Steve Hoskins, and Kent Wagner--won their first titles after working with him.

In honor of his coaching expertise, Jowdy has been inducted into the American Bowling Congress Hall of Fame as well as the Texas Bowling Hall of Fame and San Antonio Bowling Hall of Fame. He is also the only member of the Professional Bowlers Association Hall of Fame who was inducted for coaching. Jowdy has worked with every world-class bowler, including Donna Adamek, Mike Aulby, and Pete Weber.

Jowdy is known for teaching the execution and skill of the game, and he has been called the master of teaching the free armswing. He is also a skilled and prolific writer. He has received numerous writing awards, including the most prestigious awards a bowling writer can receive: the Flowers for the Living Award, the Mort Luby Meritorious Award, and the DBA Humanitarian Award. A former president of the Bowling Writers Association of America, he continues to write a syndicated monthly column that is carried in more than 20 national publications, as well as instructional columns for Bowling Digest and Bowling This Month. Columbia Industries, for whom Jowdy serves as pro tour consultant, has established an annual college scholarship in his honor.

Jowdy lives in El Cajon, California, with his wife, Brenda.

Customer Reviews

FOR BEGINNERS AND PROS
John Jowdy is well-known as a master bowling guru to many professional bowlers. When a PBA or PWBA member has needed assistance in elevating his or her game, John Jowdy has done so with proven results. John Jowdy is the familiar gentleman sitting with a foot long cigar in the first row of many televised matches watching, many time, his students. Therefore, Mr. Jowdy come to this book with much credibility. Many, but not all, bowling books are either too elemental for the intermediate or better bowler, or are filled with outdated information. Mr. Jowdy has bridged the gap between beginners and the better, experienced bowler with this book.
For example, I guess I would be considered a better than average league bowler with a 215 average. The night before my last league night, I read the chapters regarding the free armswing and the outward, rather than upward, follow-through, and put it into practice. The following night, I bowled a 299 game with a total of 16 strikes in a row over 2 games.
I would recommend this book if you are serious about improving your game.

the bowling god speaks
I read the book in one sitting. My first impression was that the game is just not this simple. then I read the book again more carefully and made notes where my game was out of whack. I went to a local house and tried two major changes; and threw the ball better than I have in years, if not ever. Part of John's genius is his unique ability to capture just the essential elements of his sport, but then to describe the common deviations and their effects such that you can discover your problems. I guess the game IS that simple to John.

A Must Read Book to Improve
I purchased this book after missing the second cut in a tournament that I roll in every year. John Jowdy's reputation speaks for itself. After reading the first four chapters on the free armswing, leverage point, hand grips and follow through, I bowled my first ever 700 series in league play (I currently have a yearbook average of 175)and I broke my personal best score twice in the same week (269 followed by 278 two nights later). Anyone, and I mean ANYONE who is serious about improving their game must buy this book