Tips for Shot Selection, Tactics & Playing Shots
| 1. | SIMPLICITY: |
The easier shot is
usually the right shot to play.
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| 2. | SCOREBOARD GUIDANCE: |
The scoreboard sometimes
dictates that the conservative or alternatively — the gambling shot, is the
one to play.
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| 3. | STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS: |
Play to your own
strength and your opponent's weakness. Your best guide is your own
team's performance on that day, as well as that of your opponent's.
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| 4. | BEATING TOUCHERS: |
In singles, pairs,
triples, and fours, the best response a front toucher is to get one close to
cut down a possible big count but to increase your shot options on
subsequent bowls. There are a variety of possibilities for using a
close bowl in front, at the side, or behind the jack.
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| 5. | DITCH DRAWING: |
With the jack in the
ditch, don't draw close to the ditch with your last bowl, just draw to a
point past your opponent's nearest bowl.
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| 6. | OPPOSING THOUGHT: |
That shot your opponents
don't want you to play is usually the shot that you are looking for.
So put yourself in their shoes and think from their point of view.
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| 7. | LATE STAGES: |
Late in the game,
particularly on the last end, in a straight choice between a "dead draw" and
a firing shot inside with shot against, chose the weight shot. There
are usually more options for a favorable outcome to occur.
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| 8. | WHICH HAND: |
If both hands are
equally true, choose the tighter hand, because in percentage terms, it
should be easier to play.
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