Fixing Narrow Lawn Bowls on the Fly

Down at the local bowls club for the morning draw the other day I got paired with a lady who consistently brought her arm across her body causing narrow bowls that crossed the center line and ended up wide by at least a meter. She was aiming her bowls at the forward boundary marker but because of her swing, they swerved in. Nevertheless, this novice lady’s delivery was not random but quite dependable, so there was a cure that I effected without saying a word to her. When our side got possession of the mat, I helped her move it up almost to the hog line and got her to deliver the jack to near the forward ditch. 

Because she was a new bowler she continued to play her aim line to the forward boundary marker instead of just maintaining the same delivery angle; so now her line was too wide, but because she bowled consistently narrow the two mistakes canceled each other out with the result that her bowls came right back to center rink. 

This new bowler needed a bit of coaching but the middle of a social game is not the proper time for coaching. Sometimes, like in this instance, a skip can make a change that ameliorates a team member's weakness.