The Benefits of First Bowl Behind the Jack at Lawn Bowls

 

Your first bowl in every end is the most difficult as regards length. For that reason, one should err on the side of putting it consistently behind the jack. For some reason, it seems to be easier to take a bit of weight off so that your subsequent deliveries are on the jack. At the same time that first back bowl provides useful options throughout the end. In a YouTube match, Mark Armstrong against Harry Coleman at Victoria, Australia, Harry delivers every first bowl except one behind the jack in his 21-up victory 

[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2xXj21lHYk&t=4958s ].