Improve Your Bowls

What Would You Play?

Bowls decisions are rarely just about which shot you can play. The better question is: what does the situation require?

Each challenge presents a simple game situation. Consider the score, the head, the likely reward, the risk of failure and the job of your next bowl before choosing your shot.

READ -> STATE -> PURPOSE -> TACTIC -> SHOT -> COMMIT -> REVIEW

Clean bowls head showing Red bowls, Blue bowls and a Yellow jack with play direction from the mat to the jack end

Read the head before choosing

You are playing Red. Use the head, score and risk to decide what the next bowl needs to do.

Public Tactical Challenges

These scenarios are short public coaching prompts designed to develop tactical thinking. They are not a replacement for protected CP3 structured strategy materials.

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