regional tournament
A big fat thank you goes out to my mom who always supports me, believes in me and is always there for me. it has been going on for quite a while that i have been doubting myself on and off the lanes but this girl is not here to give up. I decided to turn things around, worked hard on the lanes, physically in the gym and mentally at home and yesterday it finally paid off. I dared to go out on the lanes to bowl one shot at a time, to believe in myself and to enjoy it. the result: 1482 (with 8 per game) and leading the regional tournament. Here's to never giving up! I couldnt have done it without my number one idol in the world, my mom and of course my dear beloved IQ Tour and Optimus đ gosh. Going to bed with a huge smile. Finals on monday, wish me luck!
Q: any good tips for bowling clothes?
A: Let's see.
When I bowl I prefer wearing stretchy skirts or shorts/pants. My favorite skirt is out team outfit, it's a tennis skirt. I don't know where it's from but here are a few suggestions below:
http://m.nike.com/us/en_us/pd/court-tennis-skirt/pid-1376035/pgid-1376031
Or some of my favorite shorts/skirts from Röhnisch
http://en.rohnisch.com/en/artiklar/elle-skort.html
Golf clothing or Tennis clothing are perfect for us bowlers. :)
Good morning
I got back home Vimmerby on Monday. Went straight to the gym for a squat-party then off to the bowl for house league. Unfortunately my team mates never showed up so I couldn't bowl. Yes. I was grumpy about it.
Tuesday I woke up, laced up my running shoes and went out in the beautiful weather. Stair workout to warm up then pw/run down to the beach and back. I have never ran on the beach before and damn it sucks Hahaha. Good workout for the legs for sure. 1,5h later I was home again, showered, got dressed and made some food. Had to get ready for practice.
Yesterday's practice was actually better than expected. I worked on my release, to get more side on the ball cause lately I have been so much up the back. Good feeling actually. Gonna keep working on that tonight with mom.
Now: breakfast.
Later: gym? practice and work
đ
youth team
So proud of the young talented guys I coach back home. Today they finished first and second at the last practice/tournament of the south region.
http://iof1.idrottonline.se/SvenskaBowlingforbundet/Kontakt/Distriktsforbund/SkanesBowlingforbund/Nyheter/Egnanyheter/UngdomsbowlingensDag/
Nice job guys!!
update
I KNOW
it's been forever AGAIN. I'm just enjoying life to the fullest. I had a rough time a few weeks ago but thanks to the amazing people I'm blessed to call my friends, I'm happy again.
I'm back in the gym, kicking ass. Trying out some new products that is gonna help me get my body the vitamins and stuff that I need. Looking forward to see what it can do for me.
Also working a little, lucky me I can do it on distance too. â
So what else has happened?
I'm right now in Vimmerby visiting my best friend. Had an unreal Friday watching her trying on wedding dresses and go through the plans for THE day. So happy for her.
As I said. Enjoying life. Weather is starting to get better in Sweden too. Spending this afternoon in the backyard in the sun, working on that tan ;) hahahaha jk. But it's actually warm. So I'm gonna keep doing this for a little while and I will get back to you tomorrow when I'm home again and in the gym.
Lots of love
And thanks for being patient people X
weekend
Leta reflect över the weekend. Well spare practice gave results.
I don't think there is something wrong with my physical game. I believe I need to work on my mental game. Cause I can bowl sooo freaking good in practice but when I step out on the lanes during a competition my head just blocks. I tend to focus on everything and everyone else instead of just myself and my own bowling. Like I'm afraid of succeeding. I just put too much pressure that it's not even fun anymore.
Don't get me wrong, it is fun, I love bowling, but when you're so focused on what not to do, that's when you fail.
Time to focus more on the mental game.
Anyone have any suggestions of books etc?
Other than bowling I'm finally back in the gym after having a terrible cold. Leg day yesterday with one of my friends in the military haha. Guess what? I'm sore today! Haha
Getting ready for a new session at the gym with Rebecca. Later on is coaching session, bowling practice and work đ
swedish elite championship
Yesterday was a very long day.
I drove for 4,5h to get to Ărebro where this year's swedish elite championship is held.
So what is this tournament?
In Sweden we have two types of swedish championships. One is more for the amateur bowler and one is for the elite bowlers. The amateur one is 22 different classes, depending on average, age and gender. The elite championships top 16 qualifies of the overall ranking of the year and then another 8 spots is open to another qualifying where anyone can bowl.
Qualifying, for those 8 spots, bowled on Athens pattern. It took 1520/8 to make it through.
24 ladies bowl first and second squad on Stockholm 34ft and Tokyo 43ft. Nina bowled very well and is now leading on 2746/12. Top 16 made it through for today's 3 pattern and the cut was 2389/12.
I'm sitting 9th with 2482/12. I was not close to striking as much as the other girls were on the short pattern. I have two games that I really struggled in. Game 4 i just couldnt get the last pin out. 9pin twice, 10pin twice, 4 pin and 7 pin. Just can't afford that when some of the girls are killing it with 1480's.
The longer pattern was a little bit better. The scores were lower but also made it harder to catch up.
It was a long day as I said. Drove for 4,5h. Bowled for 6h. And ate alot. That's pretty much all I did.
I got a somewhat good night's sleep. My body is tired and sore but feeling alright. Today is a new day and a new pattern. It's all or nothing, top 8 makes is through to tonight's round Robin. We are bowling on Montreal next!
"make your spares"
Yesterday was one of the best days in a very long time on the lanes. I litterally enjoyed every second of it. The first hour I was working on my push away, ballmotion away and tried a few balls that I haven't bowled with much lately. Ended my practice session with 40 spareshots, 20shots on 1 pin left and 20shots with two pins left. 39/40. Stupid 3-9 ruined my 100% đŁ
Close! Still a good session.
When I was done my brother came to me and asked if I could sub, we have a 50+ tour event in our bowling center and someone cancelled 45min before the squad. I said yes. I mean why not?
Good decision since I bowled very well. Pattern was Seoul and I bowled 1420 with my Asylum and IQ Tour solid. Too bad my scores didn't count ;)
Also went over my bowling balls, made sure everything is set for the weekend. Packed my bags. Or at least my bowling bags. Need to get my clothes together. Aaaaaa so boring.
Oh well leaving tomorrow for Ărebro and swedish Elite championships. Tough weekend coming up. 3 different patterns. I will tell you more about it tomorrow.
increase/decrease
The last two days of practice has been focus on speed. How to increase my speed and also decrease.
This can be a bit tricky. What I tend to do wrong when I increase my speed is to not be quick enough in my push away. I need to be more aggressive from the start and just go with it. Normally to increase my speed I move back on the approach to get a longer distance to the foul line. This forces me to take longer/faster steps.
What I wanna do is move back on the approach, straighter start position as in not bending my knees that much to get higher from the floor (think loft) and also be aggressive in my push away.
So when I do the opposite, decrease my speed, I move up the approach. Normally I do a 5 steps approach but when I wanna decrease my speed increase choose to do a 4 steps approach instead. Why? Cause it feels more natural for me. I can still be "aggressive" but with a lower ball speed.
I need to remind myself not to drop my right shoulder though. What I wanna do here is 4 steps with more bend knees than normally to get lower in my body/swing, feel relaxed, open up my shoulders to be able to open up the lane.
What to do tomorrow on the lanes?
project bowling
So yesterday I met up with one of my friends, she is going to help me out with a project I'm doing right now. We took some fun photos and today I got a sneakpeak of two photos. 
Pretty cool huh? Look at my chubby cheeks! Hahaha. I can't tell you yet what it is but hopefully this is gonna help me make my pwba - dream come true.
Can't wait to see the rest!
