The Benefits of the Skip Delivering a Block Shot

Because the better bowlers deliver their bowls later in an end and because the jack is often moved during the end, the bowls of the early players are less frequently involved in the count. The junior members of a team are keenly aware when their bowls are involved and particularly when one of their bowls is shot. In a social game, when the skip goes to bowl and his inexperienced lead's bowl is shot , I think consideration should be given to trying to protect that shot rather than adding to the score. Nothing is more disheartening to a beginning player than to have his own skip err and displace ‘his’ shot bowl with the side’s last bowl. Perhaps if the skip  bowls so as not to disturb a winning position, s(he) should consider playing a block to protect, or at least make more challenging, the opposing skip’s attempt to displace that shot, disrupt the head, or blank the end. This action like no other would inspire and motivate a novice teammate.