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I play at a decent level I like to think. I use the same stand and follow through indoors or out. The only difference is power, as outdoor at times...

That sounds like politicians saying 'fair share of tax' : yet no-one is ever prepared to say what that actually is - and it always seems to go up...

........having a healthy amount of sex. I find it always works to bring anxiety levels down.

True, but things like pressure can be positive in the right instances for some people. I was asked to join the club's League team quite early after...

It very much depends on your own attitude to both in life generally - recognising your own natural prejudices and trying to moderate them at both...

That's what I would have done in the specific situation in the question and as posited in #4, but the WB decision concerns me as as having wider...

One of the problems is because there is a shortage of new members, they tend to get involved in teams out of there depth,i have always tried to...

Just pick the mat up and move it

And what would you be saying if, during play, some bright spark refers to the WB decision in a silly situation - eg. if L.6.2.7 is not adhered to...

Can we just get on and play bowls,

Oh dear! I fear this has opened a can of worms. Umpy - any chance of a quick decision?

Many players think even if the bowl is on the right bias when the displacement happened if in there opinion it would not have finished on the rink of...

I'm sorry John, you're going to have to expand on this misconception please, the double negative is confusing your statement.

Of course on the right bias,i assumed as they said it was coming back to the head it is on the right bias ,I was trying to highlight a misconception...

Not really John, the law says it has to be on a bias that brings it back onto the rink of play. if it was on the wrong bias it would be dead and I...

The bit about coming back into the head is irrelevant,the players are not there to judge where it would have finished.

We do have an exceptional green - however, there are quite a few turkeys around and much that I dislike on playing very heavy and slow greens,...

Yes Bowl displacement by a neutral person or neutral object Law 37.3.1 Displacement of a bowl in its original course that has not disturbed the...

Yes the shoulder of the green not many contortionists playing bowls

Don't quite undersatnd this, John. Do you, perhaps, mean the shoulder on the bowls line to the jack?

I find it hard to believe you suggest he plays outdoors with no backswing.you must be playing on some exceptional greens in the early season. Or...

My pairs player outdoors doesn't take a step. He's a builder and obviously quite strong, but has previously had problems with his knees, so that's...

Your idea of indoor being a wrist delivery is certainly not what we coach,and is not what most bowlers do,static stance is the last thing we teach...