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Types of Lawn Bowlers
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Types of Lawn Bowlers
This useful guide was found, by Barry Stewart, on the Safety Bay Bowling Club’s Facebook page. Which one are you?
THE PUSHER: Explosive action, not that smooth and likes poking through the head. Poor weight control and not a reliable draw shot player.
THE YO YO: Too much up and down movement. Down-up-down when bowls delivery is mostly forward and down with no up movement. So this means too many bowls not up when you are down!!
THE SWINGER: A fun sort of guy but plays the game off line and out of balance. Has trouble playing up shots as playing across line all the time. Not sure if he is outside in or inside out!
MR SMOOTH: Silky smooth delivery that purrs away. Has complete control at delivery and just needs to focus to dominate the game.
THE MACHINE: So repetitive he is almost boring but envied by all other bowlers. One dimensional but hard to beat. Probably played quoits as a youngster.
THE FLICKER: Not relaxed and doesn’t feel the bowls with the fingers rather bowling from the wrist. Unpredictable amount of flick or turn so plays only half a good game. Hard to add weight and the flick puts bowls onto the wrong line.
THE DUMPER: Usually dumped out of the Pennant side. Poor flexibility, disability or lazy on delivery. Bouncing bowls lose momentum and have unpredictable draw. Must be remembering the days of skipping stones on the water!
THE POKER: Related to the pusher, looking for the conversion and usually just misses!! Not the best team player doing this all the time. Lacks confidence with the draw shot probably due to poor weight control.
THE CALCULATOR: A very careful player and analytical. Plays and loves percentages so much he gets distracted from the main game. Generally sits by himself with all his friends!
THE STONKER: Plays his best bowls when really needed that are often heart breakers. Match winner who lives to play “stonkers”. Adrenalin junkie who drinks a lot of coffee at half time break.
