Ross Grimball emailed me earlier this week wanting some advice on how I pickup the single corner-pin spares (7 and 10, individually). Ross is a 17-year-old young man who bowls in a youth league, despite using a wheelchair due to Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. I was happy to share my approach on those spares, and I also asked Ross if he would mind filling out the IKAN User Profile questions for my blog, which he kindly did.
Ross' Profile answers are below, but first here's the advice I shared in case anyone else is interested:
To pickup single corner-pin spares, what I try to do is go "cross alley" i.e. I try to setup with my chair & IKAN Bowler in line with the corner pin and the center arrow. Sometimes I'm not perfectly in line with the center arrow and corner pin, but the key, in my opinion, is to drive straight at the corner pin. Also, I don't actually look at the arrows as I approach the foul line. I look at the pin, and kind of with my peripheral vision, I'm also looking at my IKAN Bowler. When it appears I'm aimed accurately, I hit my brakes and let inertia and gravity takeover.
Great question, thanks Ross, and thanks for the profile answers!
Name: Ross Grimball
Age: 17
Location: Patterson, LA
Reason for Wheelchair Use: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Onset or Injury Date: I was diagnosed in 1996 and I have been wheelchair bound for 9 years.
Wheelchair Operation Method: Joystick
High Bowling Score: 170
Approx Bowling Average: 131
Typical Range of Scores: 100-150
Bowling Frequency: I bowl once a week in a youth league at Charlie's Lanes in Morgan City, LA.
Bowling Ball: Tornado (undrilled)
Quote from Ross: "Bowling allows me to compete and have a feeling of self-achievement."
Excellent quote, Ross, thanks again!
Ross sent me a clip of him bowling:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5D5LOumJTg
Ross' Profile answers are below, but first here's the advice I shared in case anyone else is interested:
To pickup single corner-pin spares, what I try to do is go "cross alley" i.e. I try to setup with my chair & IKAN Bowler in line with the corner pin and the center arrow. Sometimes I'm not perfectly in line with the center arrow and corner pin, but the key, in my opinion, is to drive straight at the corner pin. Also, I don't actually look at the arrows as I approach the foul line. I look at the pin, and kind of with my peripheral vision, I'm also looking at my IKAN Bowler. When it appears I'm aimed accurately, I hit my brakes and let inertia and gravity takeover.
Great question, thanks Ross, and thanks for the profile answers!
Name: Ross Grimball
Age: 17
Location: Patterson, LA
Reason for Wheelchair Use: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Onset or Injury Date: I was diagnosed in 1996 and I have been wheelchair bound for 9 years.
Wheelchair Operation Method: Joystick
High Bowling Score: 170
Approx Bowling Average: 131
Typical Range of Scores: 100-150
Bowling Frequency: I bowl once a week in a youth league at Charlie's Lanes in Morgan City, LA.
Bowling Ball: Tornado (undrilled)
Quote from Ross: "Bowling allows me to compete and have a feeling of self-achievement."
Excellent quote, Ross, thanks again!
Ross sent me a clip of him bowling:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5D5LOumJTg
Bill Miller :-)
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