Book Description
Learn how to bowl your best game from one of the world’s top bowling coaches. John Jowdy has coached more than 100 pros, including Mike Aulby, Parker Bohn, Lisa Wagner, and Robin Romeo. In Bowling Execution, he covers every crucial technique. Jowdy breaks the shot into its components and teaches you how to identify and correct common technical flaws to improve your execution and increase your scores. You’ll learn how to • choose the right ball and adjust effectively to changing lane conditions; • improve execution, from stance to follow-through, to help you raise your scoring average; and • master the mental game to help you break out of slumps, practice more effectively, and prepare for critical situations. You’ll also find everything you ever wanted to know about hooking the ball, plus shot-making strategies to help you solve problems on the lanes. Master the game as pro players have, with John Jowdy as your guide, and soon you will maximize your scores!


From the Publisher
"John Jowdy takes the complex game of bowling and puts it in an understandable format that no doubt will help all bowlers. When even I had a problem with my game, I trusted the eyes of John Jowdy to help me put my game back on the proper course. John Jowdy takes his experience as an accomplished player and as the coach of many of the current and former greats of the pro tour and puts it into a book that is not only informative but also interesting and fun to read." Marshall D. Holman, PBA Hall of Fame member and former television analyst for the PBA on ESPN ”Having worked with John Jowdy for a number of years, I think it's great that he has finally put his teaching philosophies into a book. John always tries to keep things simple and work with each person’s strengths.” Nikki Gianulias, Women's Professional Bowling Hall of Fame member, Women's International Bowling Congress Hall of Fame member “If you are looking to get to the next level, then this book is for you. John Jowdy is one of the best coaches the PBA Tour has ever known. His correlations between what you should do and who have accomplished these feats is unparalleled in any other book on bowling.” Parker Bohn III, 1999 PBA Player of the Year


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 pros, and many of the bowlers he’s worked with—including David Ozio, Del Warren, Randy Peterson, 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 Professional Bowling Association (PBA) Hall of Fame and the American Bowling Congress (ABC) Hall of Fame as well as the Texas Bowling Hall of Fame and the San Antonio Bowling Hall of Fame. He has worked with virtually every world-class bowler, including Donna Adamek, Mike Aulby, Parker Bohn III, Nikki Gianulias, Marshall Holman, Dave Husted, Tish Johnson, John Mazza, Amleto Monacelli, Betty Morris, Robin Romeo, Mark Roth, Rick Steelsmith, Brian Voss, Lisa Wagner, Chris Warren, Pete Weber, and Danny Wiseman. Jowdy is known for teaching the execution and skill of the game, and he has been called the master of teaching the free arm swing. He teaches privately and conducts a seminar series, Bowling at the Highest Level. He’s 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, 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.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Bowl your best with the help of John Jowdy, one of the world's top bowling coaches. In Bowling Execution, Jowdy teaches how to perform and refine techniques to achieve consistency and higher scores. Learn how to: improve each phase of your shot, from stance to follow-through; use the free armswing for smoother mechanics; develop better control when hooking the ball; select the best shot-making strategy for each situation; adjust effectively to changing lane conditions; and practice more productively for winning results in competition. Take advantage of these and many more lessons from the master and reap the benefits in every frame, every game.

SYNOPSIS

Bowl your best with the help of one of the world's top bowling coaches. John Jowdy has coached more than 100 pros, including Mike Aulby, Parker Bohn, Lisa Wagner, and Robin Romeo. In Bowling Execution, Jowdy explains and shows how to perform every crucial technique correctly and consistently.

Jowdy teaches each phase of the shot and tells you how to correct common technical flaws to fine-tune performance and increase your scores. You'll learn how to

improve execution from stance to follow-through, select the right shot-making strategy for any situation, adjust effectively to changing lane conditions, master the mental game to help you break out of slumps, and practice more effectively to score higher in competition.

You'll also pick up many pearls of wisdom from the master, such as mechanical advantages of using the free armswing and ways to achieve better control when hooking the ball. Use the same lessons and insights John Jowdy has provided pro players for years, and soon you will maximize your scores!

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 pros, and many of the bowlers he's worked with-including David Ozio, Del Warren, Randy Peterson, 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 Professional Bowling Association (PBA) Hall of Fame and the American Bowling Congress (ABC) Hall of Fame as well as the Texas Bowling Hall of Fame and the San Antonio Bowling Hall of Fame. He has worked with virtually every world-class bowler, including Donna Adamek, Mike Aulby, Parker Bohn III, Nikki Gianulias, Marshall Holman, Dave Husted, Tish Johnson, John Mazza, Amleto Monacelli, Betty Morris, Robin Romeo, Mark Roth, Rick Steelsmith, Brian Voss, Lisa Wagner, Chris Warren, Pete Weber, and Danny Wiseman.

Jowdy is known for teaching the execution and skill of the game, and he has been called the master of teaching the free arm swing. He teaches privately and conducts a seminar series, Bowling at the Highest Level. He's 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, 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 San Diego, California, with his wife, Brenda.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

I believe bowlers everywhere will want to buy this book. John Jowdy helped me achieve hall of fame status in bowling; now what I learned from John is in print for all bowlers to learn.  — Mike Aulby, 27-time PBA champion and ABC and PBA Hall of Fame member

John Jowdy takes the complex game of bowling and puts it in an understandable format that no doubt will help all bowlers. When even I had a problem with my game, I trusted the eyes of John Jowdy to help me put my game back on the proper course. John Jowdy takes his experience as an accomplished player and as the coach of many of the current and former greats of the pro tour and puts it into a book that is not only informative but also interesting and fun to read.  — Marshall D. Holman, PBA Hall of Fame member and former television analyst for the PBA on ESPN

Having worked with John Jowdy for a number of years, I think it's great that he has finally put his teaching philosophies into a book. John always tries to keep things simple and work with each person's strengths.  — Nikki Gianulias, Women's Professional Bowling Hall of Fame member, Women's International Bowling Congress Hall of Fame member

Parker Bohn, III