Lawn Bowls Tips and Tricks for Beginners.

3 min readJan 8, 2020

Lawn bowls is a diplomatic game which tests one’s abilities. The balls are commonly known as bowls or woods.
It is played on a bowling green which may be flat or convex or uneven. It is normally played outdoors and the outdoor surface is either natural grass, artificial turf.
Though bowls look round, they’re not symmetrical. One side is shaved down so that the bowl travels in a curve. The bulkier side is known as the “bias”.

Lawn Bowls Tips.

The objective of the game is to get as many of your bowls as close as possible to the small jack.
Build up a variety of lawn bowls techniques to improve your chances of landing right next to the jack.
Your strongest hand should be holding the ball. Observe and feel the ball — one side should be flattered and other side should be slightly heavier.
Position your middle finger along the running edge of the ball. This is the line directly between the face of the bias and the shaved sides.
Your finger helps to guide and assist the bowl. Use your thumb and index finger to keep the bowl stable on each side.
Try positioning your body more like an archer’s, one foot a little in front of the other and shoulders angled slightly. Suddenly your hips aren’t in the way.
Roll a stronger shot if you’re trying a more direct tactic. Aim slightly to the right if you’re curving left into the jack. Flip the bowl in your hand to curl in the reverse direction.
When you move your arm as a controlled unit, you’ll get a true pendulum swing, with much better weight control.

Lawn Bowls Tricks.

Keep your shoulders square to that line as you swing.
Bend your legs and roll the ball smoothly onto the green.
Lean your free arm against your leg to keep yourself steady and accurate.
Roll the bowl very hard to make a drive shot. Throw hard to eliminate the curve as much as possible.
Take a consistent mat position. Each time you deliver a bowl, step onto the same spot on the mat.
When there’s no other way around an obstacle, you can stretch one foot out to the side while keeping the other foot on the mat.
Knocking your opponent’s bowls out of the way will increase your score.
Practice a few shots to get a feel for the speed of the green. Short or wet grass means faster bowls.
Aim for easier targets first. For example, if two opponent balls are close together, then it is an easier target than one ball.
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