The pendulum theory of slip sliding away and returning. Amenhokit developed the pendulum theory of making shots.
Most who have bowled have heard of the relaxed pendulum swing necessary to repeat shots.
Push away toward the target then relax and let the weight of the ball swing freely and if the push away was on line the ball will hit the target. But Amenhokit theory was, as good and practiced as one became, an exact sameness would never be achieved.
There is a gradience in good shots and all shots.
Few observers could see the differences in shots, but Amenhokit intoned it was not necessary to always make the best shot. Sometimes the best shots were too powerful leaving single pins on ‘perfect hits’
Push away toward the target then relax and let the weight of the ball swing freely and if the push away was on line the ball will hit the target. But Amenhokit theory was, as good and practiced as one became, an exact sameness would never be achieved.
There is a gradience in good shots and all shots.
Few observers could see the differences in shots, but Amenhokit intoned it was not necessary to always make the best shot. Sometimes the best shots were too powerful leaving single pins on ‘perfect hits’
The obelisk was the symbol of the "tap". A seeming perfect hit, a '3', that left a corner pin. (Amenhokit will expound more on the 'tap' in later blogs. )While coaching, each shot was graded a 1, 2 or 3, with 3 being closest to perfect. It was possible to throw a couple of 3’s in a row, but the pendulum would swing back toward 1’s.
It’s possible to continue striking with 1’s but the pendulum will always swing back toward 3’s.
Stay relaxed knowing the pendulum will make better shots.
These are the subtleties Amenhokit teaches.
The extremes, a 1’s begins the swing back toward 3’s. Awareness and attention to these details support the skill of the game, for as good as things are going there is always change.
Don’t get too high or allow the demons of self-abasement to start negative self-talk.
The ball always returns, and there will be another shot.
In the pendulum theory there is space for feedback, and its friend feed-forward.
This is the space Amenhokit offers to those who practice the discipline.
We find similar spaces in music, dance, crafts, even communication where knowing at the top of each note, before each step, prior to the brush stroke or next word, there is extra space, the same space musicians ‘jam’ within. Thousands of times on the lanes I found that same space as the pendulum swing descended and the shot, if needed, could be corrected.
It was correction without invalidation.
Use the pendulum swing to remember who is source, and the game never slips slides away.
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