When the "Conscious mind" makes an action or   a decision to act; it is our  "Thinking" and our instructions which activates that action; and when the "Subconscious Mind" activates an action it is usually  done "Instinctively" because of experience or training which had previously occurred. Yes we think the action with the "Conscious" but we do not follow the action step by step when we instruct the "Subconscious Mind". The image (right) is from Thinkability and express that people think in words and also some people think in images and we find that some peo ..read more

Under Development Conscious and Subconscious Mind Battle for control of your body actions. Yes we are always thinking so the Conscious mind is always telling the body what to do. But also the subconscious mind is always at work too. As you walk and do your things (check the time on your iphone) the eye is watching and the subconscious mind is receiving information.  If  an object happens in front of you it will stop your walk. Even in sports this conflict of control exists. The traffic sounds you hear, the discussion of visitors near by even the sound of nature. One year, in a semi-f ..read more

(Under Development) Very often in Coaching we must realize that because students do not know what they don't know and  they must be introduced to a way of thinking if they are to advance to thinking beyond the "Throw and Catch" approach to sports.  "Muscle memory" is such an area of  coaching and non-spoken topics.  Not so much because it is complex, but because of the understanding of the "Subconscious" mental interaction  which instructs  our bodies and especially our muscles during a "Muscle Memory" action. There  are Muscle actions which are "Memories" wh ..read more

 Your internal clock, called a circadian clock, cycles about every 24 hours and "Circadian rhythm disorders", also known as sleep-wake cycle disorders, are problems that occur when your body's internal clock, which tells you when it,'s time to sleep or wake, is out of sync with your environment. (US NHLBI)  There are several aspect of this science involved in a Coach's intervention in the performance of their athletics. From schedule practice after a competition with the intention to allow for a stressful competition to be surpressed and the athletic rest; to the development of Pract ..read more

 (Under development)   How do I start to explain the importance of communication. Skips don’t realize they’re teams only as good as they are and communicators. Tonight I was playing with a very good player in pairs and he was making shots that four and five year experience players are still not able to make. She said that she had been playing for about a year and I was impressed. To see such beautiful shots. The first game of three week lead by 110 days points with the game nearly over. However, at one point, I noticed that my pointer had simply abandoned the game. No longer w ..read more

 (Being Builded ) In the previous Blog I wrote "The most important thing of learning Bowls is not the basic but how to develop your Mind Set." and explained the continual thinking when playing Singles or Pairs when you are doing 3 or 4 bowls immediately after the opponent has done one of theirs. However, what about triples and Fours where you are spending time waiting for 2 or 3 players to do a delivery. No you can't be in full power mode all those long minutes. Not like in Singles where you just get finished thinking and planning your next after an analysis of the opponents last bow ..read more

A couple of days ago, this blog was "Toolbox, Accessories, "Walking the Mat" and I wrote I was surprise to see Tryslan in the 1st end of play use his "Walk the mat".  However, I was impressed with his development because a lot of clubs don't have 2nd Year Coaching which usually covers the 'Toolbox ABC". These teachings are not tricks or different delivery or placements but an expansion of the Bowls Basic. For example; one of the C's of CCC is concentration which is important but can't be taught to new bowlers in the first year.  New bowlers get the Basics and bowl for a year or two b ..read more

As a blogger, I am trying to give the reader/visitor another insight into "Learning Lawn Bowls" which I have received from over 20 years of experience on the greens. This morning, as I open my Desktop computer with Windows 10, I get an invitiation by Microsoft (Bing AI) to ask a question so I ask "What is the purpose of the Trial End of Plays in Lawn Bowls ?"; not expecting much from the Bing AI, I am thinking how stupid I am in asking this question.   How "Surprise" I was when the reply I got from Bing Chat with GPT-4 was. 123. (the 1 2  here refers to the Source that AI ..read more

  The basic of Lawn Bowls is simple as doing two things at the same time. Chewing Gum and walking for example can easily be done together. But in Lawn Bowls you must do a Perfect Delivery which has many parts that can go wrong and judging your Delivery Weight to get your bowl to the Jack. You may say, "What about finding your Delivery Line ?". While reading an article on "Trial Ends" and their purpose there was an interesting fact. "The jack distrance in Trial Ends is nothing more than a distraction".  True. If the "Trial Ends" are to inform you on the conditions and speed of the gre ..read more

 From Blogger's  Stats on visitors to "Lawn Bowls- Using the Head" Blog on Sept 11, 2015, I  Bowls Stats Sept 11, 2015 see many  "UNIQUE" hits from Ukraine this past summer, so I decided to do some research as to the extend of Lawn Bowls in the Ukraine.  First to use a dictionary English to Ukraine for "Lawn Bowls" which I discovered is " Миски з газон" in Ukraine. Good start because if Lawn Bowls is in  the dictionary and part of the language, then the people must be playing the sport. As I have only 55 blogs and the readers are read ..read more