Lawn bowls coaching that
actually tells you what to change.
No drills copied out of a 1980s coaching manual. Just the handful of faults that cost club bowlers ends — and how to fix them before Saturday.
Why your bowls keep going narrow — the four real causes
A narrow bowl is almost never bad luck. It's one of four things, and three of them you can fix this week without touching your grip.
The delivery checklist: grip, stance, step, release
Four things happen between picking up the bowl and letting it go. Get them in the right order and most of your other faults quietly disappear.
Six drills you can do alone on an empty green
No opponent, no coach, no partner to roll the jack back. Here's how to turn an hour by yourself into an hour that's actually worth something.
Choosing your first set of bowls: size, weight and bias
The most expensive thing you'll buy in this sport, and the one most commonly bought wrong. Four decisions, in the order that matters.
Forehand or backhand: how to actually choose
Most bowlers pick a hand out of habit and then blame the bowl. Here's the decision as an experienced skip actually makes it — five questions, in order.
Reading a green: speed, swing, and what "14 seconds" actually means
Green speed is a number almost everyone quotes and very few can explain. Here's what it measures, how to work it out with a stopwatch, and what to change when it goes up.
The Monday drill
One short email a week: a drill to try, and the fix that solved someone's problem on the green.