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What makes the difference between a top lawn bowler and an also-ran? It can't be physique, because bowls isn't a physical game: anyone - weak or strong, big or little, old or young - can play it.

In Think and Play Better Bowls, Mark de Lacy and double world champion Peter Belliss reveal why bowls is almost entirely a mind game - and then they tell you how to develop your mind so that you can't help but win. 'It's all in the way you think,' they say.

In a clear, no-nonsense style, this book shows how you, too, can harness the power of your mind to win at bowls. You will learn how to:

• Set short-term, intermediate and long-term goals
• Create a programme to guide you to your ultimate goal
• Foster positive statements that make you believe in your ability
• Develop alternative strategies for approaching difficult heads
• Visualise a scoring bowl before you play it
• Structure training sessions to correct specific problems
• Exploit windy conditions and poor green surfaces
• Deal with cheats and chatterboxes

Whether you want to beat your arch-rival, win your first club title, or gain national honours, this book tells you how, by thinking the right way, you can become the best bowler you could possibly be.

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