Lawn Bowls for Fun - All about Grippo.
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- čas přidán 11. 07. 2022
- Welcome to my bowls channel. I have been playing bowls since 1984, and started coaching about ten years ago. On this channel, I produce videos on how to play lawn bowls, aimed at potential new bowlers. Some of these will be for coaching, some will be just informative. I love this game and want to encourage everyone to give it a try. It is one of the few sports a whole family can play as there is no age limit, as long as your hand is big enough to hold a bowl. so, watch the videos and come and give this great game a try.
Alec.
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Very useful and informative. Thanks
You are welcome
You raise an interesting point about having “dry hands”. I have found that regular use of sanitiser with the Covid pandemic has left me with dry hands. My solution, in addition to a small amount of Grippo on the bowl which I polish off, is to use a synthetic glove. This has given me a good grip on the bowl.
That is interesting. and a very good point. Thanks for the input.
Only just found you channel Alec and really enjoying your videos. I’ve been bowling for six year and find your tips very useful.
Thanks for that. I appreciate the feedback.
Very useful -m thank you so much!
You are welcome!
I always use grippo infact i need to buy some more
I used to play crown green and am now in my 2nd season of the flat green and over the 8 years i have had a dislike to using grippo personally due to that sticky feeling it leaves on your hands. I have this same dislike to when it is wet and the bowl has completely dried as i find it makes it worse to hold somehow.
Found you channel last year in a bid to improve strategy, and find my feet in the game Alec and watched all of your videos and found them to be helpful. Even though i wasn’t new to bowling but was new to this sort it was very useful and insightful. I have found that with your videos and a few others’ that i have come on leaps and bounds aswell as playing more and in more competitive games and matches. Last year i had my U25 squad debut and this year i made my Mens county debut aswell as booking a ticket to leamington to play in the national white rose semi final.
All in all thanks for the videos and keep them up as they are useful and helpful.
Wow, you have done well. I have been to Leamington, but just as a spectator, I am not that good, although I keep trying. :) I agree about grippo can leave your hands feeling a little sticky. I do wash them after a game, I should have added that. Thanks for the input.
@@LawnBowlsforFun i am only off there this year thanks to my 7 team mates. Without them i wouldn’t have progressed to leamington for another couple of years. They have tons of experience behind them. Looking forward to the experience but also very nervous with it. You just gotta keep plodding with the comps. The people in my county, some of them have won national titles and an inexperienced, including myself, lost trips by 10 shots to them. So sometimes its just gotta plod along and you will get there. But the matches are just good experiences really.
Looking forward to more advice and such from yourself in the future 👍
We play on pretty heavy greens. 8sec to 11 sec. Grippo SIGNIFICANTLY adds to the control I have on the bowl. When it's damp/wet ... Grippo on the bowl AND on the fingers (reapplying as necessary) helps a lot .
Yes, I agree with everything you say. :)
I stand corrected. There are indoor bowling clubs in Australia, I did not know that. 😁
I personally use a grip cloth, you just have to apply it to your fingertips,no need to use grippo. I use grippo once a month or so to polish my bowls. I have also seen players use bees wax on their hands to improve grip.
Do you know I must try a grip cloth. Bees wax! what a good idea. I bet a few more good ideas will come from this. :)
I've just bought a second hand set of bowls and there is a build of grippo on them. I've tried washing them with soapy water but they still look grubby with it. It is slowly coming off. Any tips?
Love your videos. I joined our local club a couple of months ago and watched all your videos before I went! I'm starting to play in the friendly and non league matches but luckily tomorrow's is cancelled due to the extreme weather expected. I'll probably keep cool indoors and rematch some of your videos on how to avoid releasing the bowl with my hand coming across my body rather than straight up!
Our friendly game tomorrow is also cancelled. Glad you enjoy the videos, thanks. With regard to the build up of grippo, I would soak them in hot soapy water, then give them a scrub with a soft brush. If that does not work I am not sure. 😬
Alex, even though my bowls are only six months old, the shine has definitely gone from new. Is Grippo good for bowl restoration, putting back the colour?
Yes, I use Grippo to polish my bowls up. Every so often, if they look grubby, I wash them in soapy water, dry them, add some grippo, polish up with a cloth and they look great. They can get scratched too, especially if sand is added to the green for any reason, so it helps with the scratches too.
can you tell me what the active or main ingredient is in these grippers, i have skin allergies that can be aggravated by various chemicals. thanks
To be honest I have never looked. Although I never heard od any issues. It is always worth contacting the makers, am sure they will oblige. Maybe try the rosewater, I would think that is the safest option. It smells nice too. :)
Would it help with a bowling arm??
Hi George, I don't think you need to use grippo with a bowling arm, I think it grips well enough. Unless you are finding it does slip, then give it a try, I would like to know the result.
We do bowl indoors in OZ and grippo is not allowed.
Ahhh, I never knew that, I thought you guys bowled outdoors all year, or at least for most of it. Thanks for that. 👍
@@LawnBowlsforFun More clubs in OZ are using synthetic.
It saves on Greenkeepers wages and is more consistent.
Many clubs in Brisbane where I play, are converting to
greens under cover.
This allows us to play in all weather conditions and
avoid skin cancer.
I play at Mt Gravatt and we have one green totally undercover
and one with a retractable shade cloth roof.
Both are synthetic.
Enjoy your videos.
Cheers Kieran
@@kieranosullivan445 thanks for that. In fact I remember seeing a game with the green under cover, but thought it was a one off. We have some really hot weather here right now and games are being rescheduled due to the heat. I saw players holding umbrellas yesterday, not for rain (which you would expect here), but for keeping in the shade. ☀️
@@LawnBowlsforFun The Boston’s popular grip for bowlers fingers here is Wilgrip.
Because of the high humidity, bowls become slippery.
Doesn’t worry me as I use a DHB Hacksaw bowling arm.
We use grippo for polishing bowls only with the aid of a bowls sock.
@@kieranosullivan445 yes, there are plenty of options out there. I have tried others, and they do much the same thing. I must try more, just out of interest.
playing indoors my hands get tacky so I spray hands with deodorant..
That’s a good idea. 👍