Offseason Goals, Plans...

Seeing as it is the "offseason" for college bowling, it is time to take a look what i can do to better myself for next season. As of right now, college bowling IS the most important part of my bowling career right now, so everything will be geared around that.

One of the first things that i would like to do is to create a workout regiment and stick to it. I have a history of stop and go gym time, which i would like stop. This workout regiment should help with upping my endurance, overall strength, and weight loss. Along with gym time, this also includes general activities like basketball (anybody want to hoop it up?) and hopefully, some tennis. I thought about trying something like p90x or other systems, but i think i want to do my own thing. I will probably pick up some light free weights and a mat to do some things at home when i am bored.

My plan for this is to use a combination of a liberal food journal and the outreach of this blog. Weighing everyday, tracking caloric intake along with fat intake and then output at the gym and time spent doing activities. This also includes eating better. No specific diet, just watching out for the problem foods and learning to like new things. I still plan to eat the stuff i normally do (jack in the box tacos) but less of them and less often. More detail will come at a later post.

Along with the "diet" and exercise, working on my bowling game is pretty important too. My main focus this summer will be to work on my targeting system and getting my moves down. People say im good (crazy) but this will hopefully improve my game to the point of where i have less bad shots throughtout a series. Other than that, working on leverage could also give a huge boost. This is mostly at the line and keeping my head steady throughout the approach. After that, anything that comes up will be tackled accordingly.

Those are the two most important goals for me this summer. I feel if i can stay with it, my game and confidence going into school in september will be elevated. Something else i would love to achieve is to win a major tournament this summer. JBT invite, TPC, LVO, or JWTC come to mind. I am tired of taking second in every big match. If i make it to the final of any of these, watch out, cause im bringing everything i got.

I would also like to learn a new skill or sport. I still plan on building that horseshoe court, but tennis, hockey, basketball are also on the radar. Maybe curling? is there still a club in seattle? anybody down for that?

So all in all, this summer will focus on physical activity. Just trying to better myself.

As always, Thanks for reading. Feel free to leave your goals in the comment section as well.
-Cameron
"Tearin' down the wall!"