My writing: essays from beyond the lanes. Stories, lessons, and the mental game work that builds champions on the lanes and in life. A new letter when the next one's ready.
For most of my life, "bowler" was practically part of my name. Diandra, the bowler. That is how people introduced me. That is how I introduced myself. And somewhere along the way, I stopped noticing where the word ended and I began. Bowling is not who I am. It is something I do. And that distinction changes everything.
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Your average just reset to zero. New sheet. New season. Before you throw the first ball, I want you to ask yourself one question — the same one I ask every bowler I work with, and the same one I've asked myself before every season I ever bowled. When this is over, how will you measure success?
Take off the bowling shirt. No logo. No name on the back. No score next to it. Who's left? I ask athletes that question a lot, and I have watched a few of them go quiet. Not because they don't have an answer. Because nobody ever asked them to find one. A score is one afternoon's handwriting. It is not the whole story of you.
For most of my career, I did not rest. Not really. I trained, I competed, I traveled, I came home, and I did it again. Rest was something that happened to other people — or something you earned — and I was never quite convinced I had earned it. Here is what I know now that I did not know then: rest is not the prize at the end of the work. Rest is part of the work.
Performing on the big stage — presence, pressure, and the privilege of the moment. There’s a moment right before you bowl on the big stage. The ball feels heavier than it did in warm-up. The lights are hot. Really…
Performing on the big stage — presence, pressure, and the privilege of the moment. There’s a moment right before you bowl on the big stage. The ball feels heavier than it did in warm-up. The lights are hot. Really…
Performing on the big stage — presence, pressure, and the privilege of the moment. There’s a moment right before you bowl on the big stage. The ball feels heavier than it did in warm-up. The lights are hot. Really…
Performing on the big stage — presence, pressure, and the privilege of the moment. There’s a moment right before you bowl on the big stage. The ball feels heavier than it did in warm-up. The lights are hot. Really…
Performing on the big stage — presence, pressure, and the privilege of the moment. There’s a moment right before you bowl on the big stage. The ball feels heavier than it did in warm-up. The lights are hot. Really…