Warming up
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is it neccessary to do warm-up exercise b4 u play??? wat kind of stretching exercises r recommended???
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It's beneficial to do at least 5mins of stretching everytime before you bowl
Though bowling is not an physically exacting sport, delibitating injuries are not uncommon. Also many older bowlers stop their game around 40-50 years of age due to back injuries
You may like to ask Brendan aka Freemun about his bad case of slip-disk. He will say stretching is a must, right Brendo
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last time, i stretch alot during my warm up 4 taekwondo. coz it requires u 2 kick well & flexible ! believe mi !
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i always go toilet first.
You can stretch all parts of your muscles, but the baldder also must warm up!!!!
As a former competitive swimmer, I personally feel shoulder, trunk twisting, wrist loosening are important parts to warm up.
As for the leg, stretch the calf, thigh, ankle rotation, knee rotation and if you can...do groin as well.
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Wow P1, it's the first time I hear of groin rotation. Must see how you do it
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People that know me know this about me: warm up. Always warm up. I can never stress this enough.
Although bowling is not as physical as contact sports like basketball or football, it is not as easy on the body as you think. Which other sport in the world requires the athelete to counterbalance up to 16 pounds on one side of their body while standing on one leg, trying to accuately hit a one-inch target 15 feet or more down the lane consistently?
In fact, i think stretching is even more important in bowling than some more "physical" sports because in bowling, muscles are used in a explosive fashion. Anyone who works out or knows about muscles should be able to explain this better Basically, it calls for a instant, short and intense burst of strength, much like weight-lifting does. And the consequences for not being properly warmed-up can be more horrible than that of other sports where one can warm up slowly.
As for the type of exercise to do, simple ones are those for the wrist, lower and upper arms, shoulders, chest, back, waist, thigh, ankle and calf.
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yes.... very impt too.... without proper stretching exercise.... it will lead to serious complications.... and even severed injuries.....Originally posted by [G]enie^^:is it neccessary to do warm-up exercise b4 u play??? wat kind of stretching exercises r recommended???
if the activities u wanna do gonna involved with ur lower part of ur body then stretch more on ur lower part and the same goes for ur upper part of body......
if poss. do include a cool down exercise too.... with that u can actually enable ur body to loosen the muscles and in a way prevent muscle aches after tedious activities..... thou cooling down exercise is not a must... but i recomand that do take a little bit of time to do it.....
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The issue is many bowlers(including myself) sometimes don't feel like a 5 mins warmup
But if kanna injury, especially a sprained neck, I will regret immeasurably
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so stupid of me.... its in bowling thread.... =)
abit of correction.... do some real stretching.... esp on ur arms, neck, shoulder.... and ur back..... before u got a nasty sprain on the shoulder blade like me the other time =) -
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wow.... i learnt a lot wor.. thanx dudes...heheeh
coz everytime i go bowl i alwayz dun warm-up wan.. den sometimes i go for training i will see my frend doing warm-ups so i was thinking if itz really neccessary.. -
Have a great time bowling
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yep yep!!
may my score improve...hahahz
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Yes must warm up!
Thinks can say my wrist injury may partly be due to lack of warm up b4 a eight games series!~ Sianzzz. Now i'm paying dearly for it!
Two weeks of not being able to be in action! Can't wait for Sat! CHEERS!