Lets add an 8th one here. "Chewing gum while making a bowling YouTube video."

Biggest mistake is not knocking down all the pins on the first shot😂

Homeboy wearing his bowling shoes in the parking lot is wild

One thing that drives me crazy, especially in the winter, is when people come in from the parking lot, grab their stuff from their bag and walk right onto the approach to place them in the ball return. I've seen this even with more experienced bowlers. More often than not, they end up tracking something from the outside onto the approach from their street shoes. I ALWAYS take my street shoes off before even stepping near the tables behind the approaches. Just complete lack of awareness.

Most common mistake I see at my local alley is retired men thinking about their divorce when they’re up there ball in hand. You can’t bowl your best when you’re thinking about divorce.

I just changed my tape tonight. I would add one more thing to the shoe cover tip.  Make sure you take the cover off when you back to the lanes otherwise you will fall on approach.

I bowled in a youth league growing up, and learned most of what was in this video from personal experience.  I'm disabled, so I'm unable to slide during my appoach, but everything else I have applied to my own game. My highest ever score was a 243, where I bowled 9 strikes in one game, but 11 in a row. I also bowled a 210.

I see a lot of bowlers only using a shoe cover on their sliding foot and walking all around the center.  Don’t do that.  Use both, because you can pick up stuff on your other shoe and then track it up onto the approach.  And for heaven’s sake, if you leave the building for any reason, change into your street shoes, then change back into your bowling shoes when you get back inside.

As a beginner bowler, I must plead “ignorance” on all counts, but now I know. Thank you!

Needed to hear this. Then, never forgetting these foundations.  I'm getting back into bowling, after 30 years.

This Iraq war veteran, living in Germany, thanks you, sir.

Thanks for the info !

Too much informative.. received lots of important tips..

As someone returning to the game after many years I had to learn about grips. Way back in the day nobody thought about grips wearing out but just recently a PSO educated ne about that. She changed my grips out and I immediately got 2 boards more hook. Amazing!

Thanks. I haven't changed my tape in two years!!

Great tips!

Focus on your pace. Don’t rush yourself, or take too much time, just play.

I heard the Pete Weber doesn’t wipe his ball. With reactives as they take oil from the from part of the lane as they are bowled down. By not wiping his ball does that allow him to stay in that area longer as his reaction will diminish as the the oil is taken away. No so much with urethane though.

Great Advice

Number 8... buy and use a ball spinner.  A ball spinner makes it possible for you to change surfaces as needed without running to a proshop continuously. Also, use the ball spinner to thoroughly clean your bowling balls following every league or practice session. Ball spinners cost about as much as a new bowling ball, but in the long run, it pays for itself and you can add surface or polish your bowling balls without paying a proshop. I am so glad I bought a ball spinner 18 years ago and it still works like new.

Condensation from the cup and then using rosin can make your hand very slippery.